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Ex-marketing exec finds satisfaction teaching yoga to prison inmates  (Marin Independent Journal)

7/24/2011

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JAMES FOX, 60, of Bolinas quit a lucrative job as director of marketing for a prominent wine company while in his 40s to search for more satisfying work. Today, he teaches yoga and "mindfulness" practices to inmates at San Quentin State Prison and serves as programs director for the San Rafael-based Insight Prison Project.

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globaltel link
8/18/2021 01:33:25 am

I'm glad that they are doing their efforts. Inmates really need these to cope with the stress inside the prison.

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Securtel link
9/8/2021 04:27:47 am

Prisons are closed places they are out of sight, very much out of mind for the general population.

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    • Victim Offender Education Group (VOEG)
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    • Complementary Courses and Sponsored Programs
    • Trainings >
      • Phase 1: Basic Victim Offender Education Group Facilitation Skills Training
      • Phase 2: VOEG Intensive Curriculum and Implementation Training
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