Central Jail Inmates Learn Art of Living

A number of hardcore prisoners at Varanasi Central Jail experienced mental peace and joy of life after attending a three-day advance course conducted by the Art of Living. During the course, they observed complete silence and practised meditation, pranayam and sudarshan kriya.

"For me, it was a great feeling that cannot be explained in words," said Murari, one of the 68 prisoners who attended the course that concluded on Sunday. Similar was the opinion of other prisoners like Amarjeet and Ram Kumar Singh. They said they were relieved from their physical and mental troubles by doing meditation and sudarshan kriya.

According to Utpal Upadhyaya of Art of Living, the course was conducted under 'prison smart programme' at the Central Jail. Such a course was organised for the first in Uttar Pradesh. For this purpose, a senior teacher, Manjula, came from the Bangalore ashram of Art of Living. (MORE)

Source: Times of India