Mission & Impacts

Prison Yoga Project supports incarcerated people with trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness practices to promote rehabilitation, reduce recidivism, and improve public safety.

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 leads 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