Carter (PDN Admin)'s Blog Posts Tagged 'River' (4)

Namaste: Doing yoga while doing time

By Nicole Doll for KPTV Portland OR

Instructor Gina Kieval's Monday night yoga …

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Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on March 28, 2013 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Yoga blossoms in Canton prison

By Karen Fitzgerald for Illinois Times

Yoga is hardly the first thing that comes to mind as an activity for male prisoners. But two inmates who teach yoga classes at a state prison near Canton believe it is ideal for prison life.



“Yoga is my sunrise,”…

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Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on October 17, 2012 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Meditation Intensive in Prison

By Skylar Rickabaugh and Ted Fremd for Shambhala Times, September 17, 2012

Week long meditation intensive inside Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI) took place this summer. Within an environment of fear and aggression, a small percentage of the…

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Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on September 19, 2012 at 2:25pm — No Comments

Snake River Prison Retreat

 

The "Snake River" of the poem below refers to the Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario, Oregon.  

Chaplain Trimé Persinger, Skylar and Ted Fremd, Steve Ryman and Frank Ryan led a seven day meditation intensive at SRCI several…

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Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on July 27, 2012 at 2:30pm — No Comments

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