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Lean on Me

The Prison Phoenix Trust is a UK based charity providing prisoners with yoga and meditation classes, individual mentoring, peer-support and specialist educational resources accessible to a wide range of learning abilities.

1. Mountain

Stand, eyes closed, for 10 breaths.

2. Chair pose

With feet hip distance apart, feel your back rest on the wall for 5 breaths.

3. Forward fold

Relax your upper body, head, and neck. Stay for 5 breaths.

4. Warrior 1

Right leg forward for 5 breaths.

5. Intense stretch

Forearms or palms rest on the wall
for 5 breaths.

6. Repeat 4 & 5 on other side.

7. Warrior 2

Right hand and outer edge of foot connect with the wall for 5 breaths.

8. Peaceful warrior

Reach left arm and upper body towards wall for 5 breaths.

9. Repeat 6 & 7 on other side.

10. Boat pose

Forearms or palms rest on the wall
for 5 breaths.

11. Seated twist

For 5 breaths on each side.

12. Legs up the wall

Rest with legs up the wall or on
your bed for 30 slow, deep breaths.

1. Mountain

Stand, eyes closed, for 10 breaths.

2. Chair pose

With feet hip distance apart, feel your back rest on the wall for 5 breaths.

3. Forward fold

Relax your upper body, head, and neck. Stay for 5 breaths.

4. Warrior 1

Right leg forward for 5 breaths.

5. Intense stretch

Forearms or palms rest on the wall
for 5 breaths.

6. Repeat 4 & 5 on other side.

7. Warrior 2

Right hand and outer edge of foot connect with the wall for 5 breaths.

8. Peaceful warrior

Reach left arm and upper body towards wall for 5 breaths.

9. Repeat 6 & 7 on other side.

10. Boat pose

Forearms or palms rest on the wall
for 5 breaths.

11. Seated twist

For 5 breaths on each side.

12. Legs up the wall

Rest with legs up the wall or on
your bed for 30 slow, deep breaths.

This
article
was originally printed in the
March 2025
edition of About Time.

Cell Workout

Republished with permission from Inside Time in the UK.

Complete the entire circuit above, then repeat it a second time to hit the full rep count. Good luck!

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ISSUE NO. 25

4 MIN READ

How to Face Your Past But Not Let It Define You

By Dr Carollyne Youssef

There comes a moment in every person’s life when they are forced to face themselves. Not the version they show to others, but the deeper, more honest truth underneath.

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ISSUE NO. 25

3 MIN READ

‘You’re Cured!’: Struggle to Strength with Hep C

By Mike

About a week later, the nurse told me I had tested positive for hep C. Strangely, I didn’t feel sad. I felt determined.

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ISSUE NO. 24

2 MIN READ

Mental Health in Solitary Confinement

By Ashleigh Chapman

Solitary confinement is unfortunately all too common in Australian prisons.

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ISSUE NO. 24

2 MIN READ