Wildmind Meditation News
Nov 15, 2010
Students learn about healing programs for inmates
Prison inmates can find hope and healing through meditation and yoga, students at a local high school found out this week, in a presentation on the work of Sister Elaine MacInnes and her charity, Freeing the Human Spirit.
“Every day, 36,000 Canadians wake up in prison cells,” Cheryl Vanderburg, Freeing the Human Spirit’s program co-ordinator, told her teenage audience at Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, Wednesday morning, Nov. 10.
“More than half the people in prison are victims of child abuse. The majority have unstable job history. Every day, I go into prisons and I see kids like yourselves. They’ve done something stupid and gotten caught.”
Vanderburg was a guest speaker during the high school’s annual Peace and Justice Week.
For the majority of prisoners, they want to change. They’ve come from difficult circumstances, said Vanderburg, a yoga instructor.
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See also our review of Sister Elaine MacInnes’s book, The Flowing Bridge.
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<p>"Every day, 36,000 Canadians wake up in prison cells," Cheryl Vanderburg, Freeing the Human Spirit's program co-ordinator, told her teenage audience at Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, Wednesday morning, Nov. 10.</p>
<p>"More than half the people in prison are victims of child abuse. The majority have unstable job history. Every day, I go into prisons and I see kids like yourselves. They've done something stupid and gotten caught."</p>
<p>Vanderburg was a guest speaker during the high school's annual Peace and Justice Week.</p>
<p>For the majority of prisoners, they want to change. They've come from difficult circumstances, said Vanderburg, a yoga instructor.</p>
<p>Read the rest of this article...</p>
<p>See also our review of Sister Elaine MacInnes's book, The Flowing Bridge.){kind=link}
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