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…
Category: Mental Health
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PYP Featured on Trauma Research Foundation’s Website
“The vast majority of incarcerated people have suffered significant developmental trauma. This trauma includes abuse, neglect, poverty, hunger, homelessness, incarceration of a parent, and discrimination in various forms.…
Women In Prison Are Struggling To Access Mental Health And Social Support When They Need It Most
” The continued lack of mental, emotional, and social health programming for women in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic may actually cause the virus’s most…
Trauma Research Conference with Bessel van der Kolk
For the 33rd year, Bessel van der Kolk will be hosting some of the world’s most innovative leaders from the fields of trauma, attachment, neuroscience,…
Addiction, Recovery, and Yoga
The following facts come from the article, “Online only: Report finds most U.S. inmates suffer from substance abuse or addiction” which references a report from…