I have long flirted with the idea of attending a Yoga class. I have heard that once you approach your 30s you should stop lifting weights as often, and concentrate instead on maintaining your flexibility and cardiovascular health. Plus, everyone says that Yoga is supposed to be relaxing. Well…not everyone. Norwegian prison officials have another take. The BBC reported earlier this week:
A prison in Norway has stopped holding yoga classes after it found that instead of calming inmates, they were actually making some more aggressive.
High-security Ringerike jail near Oslo offered the classes to eight inmates on a trial basis earlier this year.
Prison warden Sigbjoern Hagen said some of the inmates became more irritable and agitated and had trouble sleeping.
He said the prison did not have the resources to treat emotions unleashed by the deep breathing exercises.
Yeah, I don’t know. Call me a prude but I am not sure it is wise to practice something like a Dog Pose, Spread Leg Forward Fold, or a Bridge Pose in a prison anyways. I would definitely not want to be on the receiving end of “emotions unleashed.” I kid, I kid. 
A sample of eight prisoners is pretty unscientific to say the least. Maybe they just had an incredibly annoying instructor. I have long believed that both Andy Dufresne and the Count of Monte Cristo probably had to perform Yoga in order to remain sane and escape. Determination to both stay sane and escape will more than likely be my ultimate motivation for dropping in on a Yoga class as well.
