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First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners

  • Written by Anthony Hopkins, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisonersThe participants in the eight-week yoga trial program in Canberra's Alexander Maconochie Centre prison. Author provided

In 2017, a small group of male prisoners participated in an eight-week yoga program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre(AMC), which houses all adult prisoners in Canberra. While prison yoga programs have been evaluated in other...

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