American Justice Dept Upheld Indian Yoga and Meditation

In the storm of life we struggle through myriads of stimuli of pressure,

stress, and muti-problems that seek for a solution and answer. We are so

suppressed by the routine of this every life style that most of us seem

helpless. However, if we look closely to ancient techniques we shall

discover the magnificent way to understand and realize the ones around us

and mostly ourselves. If only we could stop for a moment and allow this to

happen…

Let me bow to Indian Maharishi Patanjali with folded hands who helped in

removing the impurities of the mind through his writings on Yoga, impurities

of speech through his writings on grammar, and impurities of body through

his writings on Ayurveda.

The American justice Dept. have recently approved the power of yoga and

meditation vide a recent judgement in the American court." Man Who Slapped

Wife Sentenced to Yoga, It's Anger Management, Says Judge." First there was

house arrest. Now there's yoga. A judge ordered a man convicted of slapping

his wife to take a yoga class as part of his one-year probation. "It's part

of anger management," County Criminal Court at Law Judge Larry Standley said

of the ancient Hindu philosophy of exercise and well-being. "For people who

are into it, it really calms them down. " Standley, a former prosecutor,

said the case of James Lee Cross was unique. Cross, a 53-year-old car

salesman from Tomball, explained that his wife was struggling with a

substance abuse problem and that he struck her on New Year's Eve during an

argument about her drinking. "He was trying to get a hold of her because she

has a problem," Standley said after the court hearing. "I thought this would

help him realize that he only has control over himself." The sentence came

as a surprise to Cross, who was told to enroll in a class and report back to

Standley on his progress. "I'm not very familiar with it," Cross said of

yoga. "From what I understand, it may help in a couple ways, not only as far

as mentally settling, but maybe a little weight loss." Darla Magee, an

instructor at Yoga Body Houston in River Oaks, said she would recommend that

Cross take a basic yoga class emphasizing breathing and including a variety

of postures -- forward bends, back bends and twists. "Yoga can help us to

get rid of many emotional issues we might have," she said. "It's a spiritual

cleanse." Prosecutor Lincoln Goodwin agreed to a sentence of probation

without jail time because Cross had no significant criminal history

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2365341.

Yoga which is one of the greatest Indian contribution to the world has got

vast potential in all fields. In Tihar jail India Yoga is experimented among

the inmates and found successful. Their criminal mentality is changed. This

study aimed at investigating the effect of Vipassana Meditation (VM) on

Quality of Life (QOL), Subjective Well-Being (SWB), and Criminal Propensity

(CP) among inmates of Tihar Jail, Delhi. To this effect the following

hypotheses were formulated. 1. There will be a significant positive effect

of VM on the QOL of inmates of Tihar jail. 2. VM will have a positive and

significant effect on