A choice-led class inside a tightly controlled day
Rise Above Yoga’s Wisconsin teaching programme puts dignity and voluntary participation at the centre of its classroom.
In a November 12 Daily Cardinal report, Rise Above Yoga instructors describe offering choices inside Wisconsin correctional facilities. Participants can decide how much of a session to join, in a setting where many ordinary decisions are made for them.
The invitation is part of the practice
Teacher Kelsey Dalrymple describes a self-paced approach that responds to the different circumstances people bring into the room. The report follows the volunteer organization’s work across correctional and community settings, including its six-week Dane County Jail sessions.
Rise Above Yoga’s own website confirms its Wisconsin programme for incarcerated adults, justice-involved young people and communities affected by the justice system. It identifies Dalrymple and executive director Liz Michalkiewicz among its team.
The reporting includes instructors’ observations, rather than an independent evaluation of health effects. The practical teaching detail is narrower: respect is not conditional on a student’s legal history, and participation does not require everyone to perform the same movement. A class can preserve choice even when the surrounding day offers little of it.
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