Prison Yoga Project

Self-empowerment and self-rehabilitation

Prison Yoga Project envisions a cultural-shift toward a healing-centered approach to addressing crime, substance use disorder, and mental health disorders. Our mission is to provide programs for rehabilitation and resilience rooted in 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