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A high-security prison in Norway has abandoned its yoga classes after it made some of the prisoners even more dangerously aggressive than usual. The experimental progam was introduced earlier this year at Ringerike prison, home to some of the country’s most dangerous prisoners, with the hope that the calming effect of yoga practice would help to keep the prisoner’s anger in check. Instead, staff at the prison reported that the deep breathing exercises unblocked the prisoner’s psychological barriers, unleashing otherwise repressed emotions and leading to increased agitation, aggression, mental confusion and even insomnia among the inmates. The group who had introduced the yoga program to the prison expressed surprise at the results, claiming that their techniques have worked with great success on about 100,000 prisoners in 15 countries. (The Independent UK)