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Yoga Makes You Mind Your Manners

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Driver's Yoga is catching on. The latest offering: Meditation and yoga courses for autorickshaw drivers in Chennai, India. The courses are, in part, an effort to soothe the nerves of drivers who spend their days as part of the swerving thrall of rickshaws, scooters, bikes, and cows. But the commissioner of Chennai's Police force, which is partially funding the yoga classes for drivers, explains that that's not all. In a country where a regular yoga practice can get you an early prison-release, the police are also hoping the classes will "improve adherence to traffic rules...and reduce the harassment by the auto drivers towards public." And you thought yoga was just making you feel all limber and lovely. Nope, it's traffic school/CTFO training.