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Foundational Training: Yoga Through the Lens of Trauma and Incarceration - Prison Yoga Project Community
Foundational Training: Yoga Through the Lens of Trauma and Incarceration - Prison Yoga Project Community
This online training is an evolution of the popular in-person weekend training we have offered since 2010. More than 3,000 people have attended one of our training programs. Many have become facilitators leading yoga practices with incarcerated men, women, and youth; some have even started their own yoga service programs. Weâve had lawyers, therapists, social
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Bringing yoga and embodied mindfulness practices to incarcerated people can be very rewarding. Become a trauma informed yoga teacher today!
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Youth Graphic Novel- This Time, I Choose
Youth Graphic Novel- This Time, I Choose
Told with grit, honesty, and heart, This Time, I Choose follows one teen's journey through grief, identity, and the long, nonlinear path of healing after trauma. Angry and reeling from loss, Kenny must navigate the pressures of growing up-and discover what it means to reclaim his life on his own terms. Rooted in real-w
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James Fox: The Dude Who Brought Yoga To Prisons (Podcast)
James Fox: The Dude Who Brought Yoga To Prisons (Podcast)
James is the founder of Prison Yoga Project, which brings trauma-informed yoga to prisoners to help them heal and rehabilitate. And last year 57,000 prisoners attended their programming! This life-changing work is led by their own Army of Normal Folks who are facilitators.
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Programs in Cleveland | Prison Yoga Project
Programs in Cleveland | Prison Yoga Project
What makes a program last inside a correctional facility? Itâs not just funding, or curriculum, or even outcomesâthough all of those matter. Itâs relationships. The kind built over time between facilitators and participants, between organizations and staff, between people who may stand on different sides of the system but share a belief that something better [âŚ]
Returning to Joy: Youth Yoga at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center | Prison Yoga Project
Returning to Joy: Youth Yoga at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center | Prison Yoga Project
With support from the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, Prison Yoga Project recently restarted our youth yoga program at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center. Over five months, we provided 20 trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness sessions, reaching 41 young people. Alongside movement and breathwork, youth engaged with This Time I Choose: Daring to Find a New Way [âŚ]
Moe: From Sentenced at San Quentin to Healing South Central LA
Moe: From Sentenced at San Quentin to Healing South Central LA
With heartfelt gratitude and great enthusiasm, Iâm honored to share that Darnell âMoeâ Washingtonâa former participant in yoga programming at San Quentinâis Prison Yoga Projectâs newest board member. Why is this so meaningful? Because Moe embodies the transformation we hope for all those who practice yoga in prisonâto become their full selves, to care deeply [âŚ]
Living with Balance and Stability | Prison Yoga Project
Living with Balance and Stability | Prison Yoga Project
My name is Andre Williams. I am 56 years of age and a lifer. I have been practicing yoga here at the California Menâs Colony for well over a year. I have been blessed to learn from the amazing yoga instructors, Stephanie, Mary, and Mark. I would like to share my personal experience and growth since learning the principles of mindfulness and how to have healthier connections with self and others.
Life-Shifting Epiphanies in the Chaos of a Maximum-Security Facility | Prison Yoga Project
Life-Shifting Epiphanies in the Chaos of a Maximum-Security Facility | Prison Yoga Project
By Victor Reyes, Board Member & Facilitator, Prison Yoga Project; Colorado District Judge â Retired Life-shifting epiphanies in the chaos of a maximum-security facility seem unfathomable. An environment where every human being, employees and incarcerated individuals alike, exists largely in fight, flight, or freeze is not the most fertile ground for deep reflection. Having facilitated [âŚ]
From Incarceration To Leadership: Nicole Bâs Journey With Prison Yoga Project | Prison Yoga Project
From Incarceration To Leadership: Nicole Bâs Journey With Prison Yoga Project | Prison Yoga Project
By Nicole Belonga, East Coast Regional Coordinator, Prison Yoga Project Last fall, I found myself standing beside Jen Lindgren who teaches yoga inside the prison where I was once incarcerated. We were at a public luncheon, representing Prison Yoga Project, answering questions about a program that had quite literally changed the trajectory of my life. [âŚ]
Tien Nguyen's Path from Prison Yoga Participant to Yoga Teacher
Tien Nguyen's Path from Prison Yoga Participant to Yoga Teacher
Photo: Anna Proctor, Tien Nguyen, and Jeff Kohler, representing Yoga Bridge, Prison Yoga Project, and the Omer G. Voss Family Foundation. By Tien Nguyen, Prison Yoga Project Facilitator and Family Bridges Instructor I often say that yoga found me when I needed it most. My name is Tien Nguyen, and I am a yoga facilitator [âŚ]
Culture of Violence | Prison Yoga Project
Culture of Violence | Prison Yoga Project
By Nicole Hellthaler, Executive Director Earlier this month, The New Yorker published a powerful and painful article titled âA Year of Convulsions in New Yorkâs Prisonsâ. It recounts the killing of Robert Brooks, a man who was beaten to death by correctional officers while incarcerated at Marcy Correctional Facility, and the months of upheaval that followed across New [âŚ]
Inside Pendleton with Betsie Davis
Inside Pendleton with Betsie Davis
By Betsie Davis, Prison Yoga Project Facilitator and Operations Coordinator When people hear âPrison Yoga Project,â they often imagine straightforward yoga classes in prisons. But for those of us facilitating these sessions, the reality is far more profound. I began volunteering with PYP in 2019 at Indiana State Prison, one of the countryâs oldest facilities. [âŚ]
Inside Mexican Prisons with Luisa PĂŠrez
Inside Mexican Prisons with Luisa PĂŠrez
Inside San Quentin with Bessel van der Kolk
Inside San Quentin with Bessel van der Kolk
By James Fox, PYP Founder What happens when some of the worldâs leading voices on trauma step inside a notorious prison? On April 10, San Quentin welcomed Dr. Bessel van der Kolkâpsychiatrist, researcher, and author of the groundbreaking The Body Keeps the Scoreâalong with somatic educator Licia Sky. Hosted by San Quentin Mental Health in collaboration [âŚ]
Behind the Scenes: Creating PYPâs First Graphic Novel
Behind the Scenes: Creating PYPâs First Graphic Novel
By Nicole Hellthaler, Executive Director At Prison Yoga Project, we love to share stories of impactâhow yoga is reaching people in prisons and jails, and how itâs reshaping communities. Todayâs story is a little different. We want to take you behind the scenes and share how our team created something brand new: our first-ever graphic [âŚ]
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