June 10, 6pm EDT: On this week’s radio program Mitchell focuses on a special project taking place in a medium-security prison in upstate NY where inmates are learning classical Yoga, meditation and ancient Vedantic teachings and training to become Yoga instructors, an innovative program which is the first of its kind in the country.Discussing this project with Mitchell are Executive Director of Sivananda Yoga Ranch in Woodbourne, NY, Sri Nivasan, and Manager of the Ashram, Mahadev Chaitanya.
Sri Nivasan, Director and senior teacher (archarya) of Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch served with his guru and yoga master, Swami Vishnudevananda.
Mahadev Chaitanya, manager of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch, has been dedicated to the practices for nearly a decade. As the main Hatha yoga teacher for Teacher Trainings at the Ranch and in the prison, he is a wonderful teacher who effortlessly weaves classical yoga teachings into today’s modern lifestyle.
The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch is currently leading a yoga Teachers Training Course at Otisville medium-security correctional facility in New York State, training 15 inmates to become yoga teachers. The initiative – the first one of its kind in the US – is taking place in April-October of 2015.
