Freedom Inside?: Yoga and Meditation in the Carceral State Godrej Farah
Freedom Inside?: Yoga and Meditation in the Carceral State Godrej Farah An estimated forty million people in the United States regularly practice yoga, and as an industry it generates over nine…
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Freedom Inside?: Yoga and Meditation in the Carceral State Godrej Farah
An estimated forty million people in the United States regularly practice yoga, and as an industry it generates over nine billion dollars annually. Yoga is also widely practiced in prisons, another large business in the United States. A major reason for its popularity is its promise of mental and physical well-being: yoga and meditation are thought to be spiritual paths to self-improvement.
But critics argue that such practices can also have disempowering effects, due to their emphasis on acceptance, non-judgment, and non-reaction. Prisons in all fifty states offer yoga and meditation as a form of rehabilitation. If the root of suffering is in the mind, as the philosophy behind yoga and meditation suggests, then injustice (including mass incarceration) may be reduced to a mental state requiring coping techniques rather than a more critical mindset.
Others insist that yoga can heighten
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