Article: Regular yoga classes for Kerala prisoners likely

Kannur (Kerala), July 24 -- Yoga could soon provide a solace for tensed prisoners in Kerala, the state's health minister said Monday.

"I feel a stint of regular yoga classes can well be a solace for the prisoners who are otherwise tensed," P.K. Sreemathy told reporters after visiting Kannur's central prison.

Later speaking to IANS she said she would do her bit to see that a session in yoga is introduced in the jails.

"In the past there was an attempt in imparting yoga in the Kannur jail but it developed some problems because it was taught by a mystic. What I ...

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