If you have a question about our training that is not listed below, please email us at training@prisonyoga.org.
How do I submit my hours for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education credit?
You may use our courses for Continuing Education credit for Yoga Allinamce. Please click this link for step by step instructions. https://community.prisonyoga.org/pyp-register-as-yoga-alliance-members/.
Do I have to be a yoga teacher/therapist or meditation teacher to attend?
The training is open to anyone interested, regardless of experience or training. To work with us as a facilitator, we require a 200-hour yoga teacher training certification or extensive experience teaching yoga and/or mindfulness. Due to the sensitive nature of our work, we screen, so not everyone who attends the training is guaranteed an opportunity to work with Prison Yoga Project as a facilitator; however, there are many other ways to engage.
How can I become a Prison Yoga Project Facilitator?
If you are interested in becoming a PYP facilitator, please check out our Becoming a Facilitator for more information.
Do you offer scholarships for the trainings?
We offer a tiered-pricing model with Community, Supported, and Benefactors levels. For people who can afford to pay a little more, the extra you give covers a part of the cost for those who cannot.
For those with constrained finances, we also offer scholarships. Scholarship applications are evaluated based on economic need, identification with a disproportionately impacted group by trauma and incarceration, and the likelihood of applying the knowledge and skills learned in service to the community. You will find the scholarship application here:
How do I send a PYP book to someone?
If you would like to send a book to someone you know who is incarcerated, you may purchase the book and their shipping name and address here. If you want to donate to our book program so that we may continue sending free books to folks who request them from inside, you may donate here. If you know someone who is incarcerated, you can let them know that they can write us and request a book at Prison Yoga Project, P.O. Box 415, Bolinas, CA 94924.