With a view to making the jails in the state “Yog Yukt –Apraadh Mukt ”, prisoners in different jails of Haryana who are interested in learning Yoga would be trained as “Yog Gurus” in Bhondsi jail located in Gurugram district.
At an event organized in the premises of Bhondsi Jail, the Director General of Police(DGP), Prisons , K. Selvaraj on Thursday, said India Vision Foundation, Panchvati Yog Aashram and Nature Cure Center had started a 45-day ‘Bandi Yog Prashikshan Kaaryakram’.
Selvaraj said prisoners interested in learning Yoga would be shifted to a special barrack in Bhondsi jail where they would be given intensive training in Yoga from morning to evening. They would be trained in detail in Pranayaam, Dhyaan, Neti etc. and Asanas besides time management, he said.
In addition, they would also be given lectures in classes. This workshop would be carried out under the guidance of Superintendent Prisons, Jaikishan Chhiller, who himself is a national level Yogi.
After getting trained at Bhondsi, these prisoners would be shifted back to their prisons where they would work as chief instructors to teach Yoga to the rest of the prisoners. This would bring about a change in their mindset besides bringing them good health, Selvaraj said.