Prison Yoga Project

Self-empowerment and self-rehabilitation

Prison Yoga Project seeks a cultural shift toward a healing-centered approach to addressing crime, addiction, and mental illness through yoga and embodied mindfulness.

To support this mission, we:

  • Provide trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness practices as a means of self-empowerment and self-rehabilitation
  • Reduce the physical, mental, and emotional impacts and healthcare costs associated with stress and unresolved trauma
  • Develop the self-awareness, self-worth, empathy, and compassion that lead to positive personal and pro-social choices
  • Foster a more peaceful and humane incarceration environment for incarcerated people and staff
  • Reduce the rate of recidivism among formerly incarcerated people
  • Support the people we serve and those who serve with us in their ability to connect with their higher selves
  • Publish and distribute educational materials (books and audio/video programs) to support personal yoga and mindfulness practices
  • Assist prisons, governmental agencies, private entities, and individuals in establishing trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness programs
  • Provide training in the rationale, practicalities, and methodology for providing trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness programs