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Deschutes jail inmates use yoga to relieve stress, anxiety
By ktvz.com- Lauren Melink
Published: 07/13/2018

BEND, Ore. - There’s a new yoga studio in Central Oregon, and it’s not what you would expect. It has bars on the windows, guards in the corner and inmates on the mats.

It's yoga for inmates -- only women, for now -- and it's turned one room at the Deschutes County Jail into a warm and welcoming place.

Behind three locked and guarded doors, inmates like Angel Wood are practicing yoga, hopeful it will help with their anxiety and stress.

"There is anxiety big time. But this will help," Wood said Thursday.

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Comments:

  1. StephanieCasey on 11/19/2019:

    It is quite nice that the inmates there are indulging in such healthy activities. People at London healing always advocate for such practices for malpractices like these Deschutes inmates. I really hope they get a good result out of it.

  2. YogTravel on 11/18/2019:

    Thanks for sharing such a informative post with in the great community you can find such information on Yoga community website too


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