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…
Category: Trauma
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Trauma Research Foundation’s Book Club: The Body Keeps the Score
Let’s dive in as a community into this integral piece of research and literature that changed the world and our understanding of trauma. This is…
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…
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…
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.…