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  1. 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 ...
  2. 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 a ...
  3. Prison SMART in Tihar Jail

    Tihar Jail The Prison SMART program was introduced in Tihar Jail in 1999. More than  120,000 inmates from prisons in India have undergone the Prison SMART program  with spectacular results. In Tihar Jail (Asia's largest prison) alone, around 48,000 c ...
  4. 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 ...
  5. The gift of a yoga mat

    At the outset of a prisoner rehabilitation course in Peru’s Piedras Gordas Prison, the prisoners were given a gift: a yoga mat. The mat could have been passed off as something to make the course more comfortable and obviously would be returned after the c ...
  6. Women Inmates

    Prison SMART Program If people get sick, we bring them to the hospital and give them the right medicines so that they get better. If people’s behavior is sick, we bring them to the prison, but we forget the medicines.”   – Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar The ...
  7. Advanced Course for Prisoners in Argentina

    Maximum security takes on new meaning as prisons go from violence to peace in Argentina “I am learning to be a better person. I welcome the change in me and I will not ever return to a place like this. I now see things differently, which is on track,” sha ...
  8. Wedding bells in a Belgian prison

    After a life-altering Prison Program, trials, tribulations and bombardment of affection, Marco gets married Love stories are always heart-warming to hear. Especially, when love comes your way when you least expect it and yet need it the most. Marco's ...
  9. Prisoner rehabilitation in Taiwan

    Since 2004, The Art of Living’s Prison Smart Program has found its roots in five correctional facilities of Taiwan as a way of rehabilitating the inmates. The Tucheng Detention Center offers a five-day course each month with an average of 60 participants ...
  10. The Art of Living Programs at The Dominican Republic's New Model Prisons

     The Art of Living Foundation has recently signed an agreement with the Dominican Republic’s National Penitentiary School, to conduct Stress Management And Rehabilitation Training (SMART) programs at 12 of its New Model Prison campuses. The New Model Pris ...