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    Category: Mental Health

    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…

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    Blaire Embrey September 20, 2024
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    Unprocessed Grief and Loss: A Deep Dive into the Shadows of Pain in our Prajna Series

    With our fourth and final session ahead, it feels imperative to look back at our last few gatherings, where we had the profound honor of…

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    Blaire Embrey October 8, 2023
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    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…

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    Blaire Embrey September 12, 2023
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    Prison Yoga Project’s, Nicole Hellthaler, featured on The Redefining Yoga Podcast

    Our Assistant Director, Nicole Hellthaler, episode on The Redefining Yoga Podcast is up today! Let’s Go Prison Yoga Project!!!! Share with your community, friends, and family! Join…

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    Blaire Embrey June 30, 2023
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    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…

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    Blaire Embrey May 24, 2023
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    2023 TPW Women’s Committee Trauma Facilitation

    Hello Community! Our friends and colleagues at the Transformative in-Prison Workgroup (TPW) is hosting an Advanced Training: Trauma Informed Facilitation in Women’s Prisons this Thursday!…

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    Priscilla May 22, 2023

    Prison Yoga Project x Trauma Research Foundation

    ” Throughout the US and our in-prison classes internationally, we see transformations in the people we serve each week. For many incarcerated people, our program…

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    Blaire Embrey May 8, 2023
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    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…

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    Blaire Embrey May 4, 2023
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    Counting Down: Paths to a 20-year Maximum Prison Sentence with The Sentencing Project

    The Sentencing Project released a new report, “Counting Down: Paths to a 20-Year Maximum Prison Sentence,” which examines opportunities to address the country’s high rates…

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    Blaire Embrey February 27, 2023
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    What Could Have Kept Me Out of Prison

    The Marshall Project Reporting and Research: We asked people behind bars what services and programs could have changed the course of their lives. Therapy, affordable…

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    Blaire Embrey November 22, 2022
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