Inside Pendleton Prison, Five New Yoga Teachers Are Ready to Give Back
One year. A few hours together every Friday, along with daily work in between classes. Six individuals came into this 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training not…
Category: Facilitator
What Prison Taught Me About Hope
Where Do You Find Hope? I have been teaching trauma-informed yoga with Prison Yoga Project (PYP) at Richard J. Donovan (RJD) Correctional Facility for the…
Bringing Yoga to Parliament: Emma Smallman on Centering Hidden Voices
Hi, I’m Emma Smallman, based in Birmingham, UK—originally from the Lake District, where my journey began in very different surroundings. For 14 years, I worked…
Introducing Georgia, PYP’s new Facilitator Mentor!
Georgia (they/them) has been facilitating yoga for marginalized and system-impacted communities since 2016. Having personal experience being unhoused, incarcerated and recovering from substance abuse, they…
Welcome our California Program Manager, Gabrielle Blue!
Dear PYP Community, We are thrilled to welcome Gabrielle Blue as PYP’s new California Program Manager. Due to the tremendous growth and success of our…
PYP Featured: A Trauma-informed Approach to Exercise Leadership
Discover the transformative power of a trauma-informed approach to exercise leadership in this enlightening article! Bill Brown, Executive Director of the Prison Yoga Project, shares…
James Fox Hosts Buddhist Chaplain on Death Row at San Quentin, Susan Shannon
We want to formally invite you to our Third Season of Prajna! Prajna, our Founder Series, features Prison Yoga Project’s Founder, James Fox. For this entire…
Prison Yoga Project featured in Men’s Health Magazine!
” In jail, everything about life is predetermined; everything from meals to showers to calls home. The men have limited choices and no freedom. But…
PYP Facilitator Highlight: Jennifer Bourgeois
Jennifer Bourgeois, Ph.D., a member of the PYP Facilitator Community, recently wrote a blog post for the Black Yoga Teacher’s Association (BYTA), sharing her goal…
Linda Thai’s Certificate in Somatic Embodiment and Regulation Strategies: 25% off!
We have exciting news and an incredible opportunity! In 2021, our core team at Prison Yoga Project participated in Linda Thai’s training: we were captivated…