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Freedom beyond bars
30 inmates’ journey from being criminals to youth leaders Splashing the water on his face from the slow running tap, the breaking dawn rays pierces in his eyes, waking him up to the just-another day. He takes a bath, wears regular white clothes and a Gand ... -
SRIJAN Program
"Expand your vision and see that inside every culprit, there is a victim crying for help. That person is also a victim of ignorance, small-mindedness and lack of awareness. It's the stress, lack of understanding, lack of broad vision about life, ... -
Prison Smart, the Great Growth in Argentina
Breathing For Freedom Since 2006 thousands of Argentine prisoners have completed regular Art of Living courses including, Advanced Meditation Courses (Part 2), Sri Sri Yoga and pre-Teachers Training Course. Ismael Mastrini, a lawyer, closed his firm to d ... -
Yoga Behind Bars
None of those prisoners who have done Sudarshan Kriya have come back to jail till date, shares Sadashiv Kamath, a prison program teacher, teaching actively in the Mangalore central jail. Regular courses, where the Sudarshan Kriya and other practical techn ... -
Sultan of swings settles deep within
Its 3 o clock in the afternoon. He had been planning and waiting for this day for almost three weeks. He ran the plan carefully in his mind. “Finish the dishes...press his 'seth's' (employer’s) feet till he falls into his afternoon nap. Lea ... -
Love In The Life Of A Criminal
Unfathomable are the ways of Love! With love comes compassion, belongingness. Love has no border, it sees no color, it doesn’t differentiate, it embraces all. Even the toughest of criminals, when shown compassion, bow down with folded hands and surrender ... -
Once a jail, now an ashram
‘Violence ends where love begins.’- Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar The village of Senari in Bihar, is infamous for frequent massacres by the Naxalites (Ranveer Sena, Communist Party of India (ML), People’s War Group, and Mala, are some of the Naxal outfits ... -
Smiling uniforms
It is rare to see a smiling, calm and an energetic policeman (women included) on the streets of India. But, for the citizens of the far northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, this won’t be a rare scenario. Being a policeman is not an easy job. There are ... -
The Real Shawshank Redemption
By Tomislav Huha Tomislav Huha, a volunteer with The Art of Living, shares his experience of assisting a Prison Smart program in Croatia: A few months ago I started assisting the Prison Smart program. We have had four courses this year so far (there might ...
