Yoga Instruction Brings Physical And Mental Health Benefits To Idaho Prisons

By Samantha Wright,

Published October 21, 2019 at 2:08 PM MDT

Occupational therapist Kaelyn Rogers teaches yoga to inmates in the Idaho State Correctional Institution.

This segment originally aired June 6, 2019.

Yoga therapist Kaelyn Rogers spent a year-and-a-half traveleing the world, studying yoga and contemplating how she could bring that experience back to Boise to the benefit of the community. Rogers' solution was to bring yoga into IDOC facilities and train inmates. She joins Idaho Matters with Deputy Warden Randy Valley from the Idaho State Correctional Institution.

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Yoga Instruction Brings Physical And Mental Health Benefits To Idaho Prisons

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