Love Incarnate for the Incarcerated

[Guest guest]

I know many religious groups reach out to the

imprisoned, but the first yoga groups in the U.S. I

have heard of were Bo and Sita Bozoff's Prison Ashram

Project which started in the early 1970s.

 

http://www.humankindness.org/project.html

 

Which outlines some more info. about the U.S. justice

process if you are not familiar with its human

blindspots. In American Studies the social critics

have much to say about the perils of police state

attitudes that lead towards a "carceral culture" of

controlling people instead of transforming the

conditions that create poverty, drug abuse, violence,

and so forth. Accordingly, I'm cautious about

assuming anything about why people are being put

behind bars at such a high rate in this country.

 

Salutations to those who are doing Mother's work in

this area, and all sevites.

 

Love, Prashanti

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Before I had heard back from Michael, before I understood how clear

he was about Amma, I sent him Bo Lozoff's book WE'RE ALL DOING

TIME. Ram Dass and Bo came up with the idea that time in prison

could be like life in an ashram. Bo's ceaseless correspondence,

newsletters and books constantly going out to prisoners and prisons

and the work that he and his wife Sita have done in the prisons

across the country have made it possible for many men and women to

spend their "time" to grow spiritualy using yoga, pranayama and

meditation. I read his book and read about his work as part of my

research before we started what we are doing.

 

In Amma's love,

Aikya

 

 

 

Ammachi, Rachel Radhakrishna

<rachelradha> wrote:

> I know many religious groups reach out to the

> imprisoned, but the first yoga groups in the U.S. I

> have heard of were Bo and Sita Bozoff's Prison Ashram

> Project which started in the early 1970s.

>

> http://www.humankindness.org/project.html

>

> Which outlines some more info. about the U.S. justice

> process if you are not familiar with its human

> blindspots. In American Studies the social critics

> have much to say about the perils of police state

> attitudes that lead towards a "carceral culture" of

> controlling people instead of transforming the

> conditions that create poverty, drug abuse, violence,

> and so forth. Accordingly, I'm cautious about

> assuming anything about why people are being put

> behind bars at such a high rate in this country.

>

> Salutations to those who are doing Mother's work in

> this area, and all sevites.

>

> Love, Prashanti

>

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