Prison Yoga Project Community | Nicole | Activity https://community.prisonyoga.org/members/nicole/activity/ Activity feed for Nicole. Wed, 13 May 2026 19:42:23 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 57439e7edb15ba92e830718390801720 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=60052 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:27:45 -0700
Full Circle: Welcoming Darnell “Moe” Washington to the PYP Board

With heartfelt gratitude and great enthusiasm, I’m honored to share that Darnell “Moe” Washington—a former participant in yoga programming at San Quentin—is Prison Yoga Project’s…

]]> 2 526145dd2e91ed01cc4604e39bf44191 Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2026/02/27/living-with-balance-and-stability/#comment-204 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:55:37 -0700 483622042aee081587d89d5e2e6befad Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2026/02/27/living-with-balance-and-stability/#comment-203 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:55:11 -0700 0b5325abf0212667c7bce6e54d6fb053 Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2026/02/27/living-with-balance-and-stability/#comment-202 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:54:50 -0700 79fda5a4d43826c4b6a073271a36ff81 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=59604 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:32:50 -0800
Living with Balance and Stability

By Andre Williams, Participant in the PYP Sangha at California Men’s Colony My name is Andre Williams. I am 56 years of age and a…

]]> 6 c15248be6b908a46444bc2c7bf3357ee Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=58067 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:11:02 -0800
From Incarceration To Leadership: Nicole B’s Journey With Prison Yoga Project

Last fall, I found myself standing beside Jen Lindgren who teaches yoga inside the prison where I was once incarcerated. We were at a public…

]]> 5 3308a37ae769c186fd02dfb8790e96dc Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2025/09/08/behind-the-scenes-creating-pyps-first-graphic-novel/#comment-176 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:18:40 -0800 14cebc013a843b6c3c1458356567900b Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=54676 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:35:52 -0700
The Quiet Work of Changing a Culture of Violence

Earlier this month, The New Yorker published a powerful and painful article titled “A Year of Convulsions in New York’s Prisons”. It recounts the killing…

]]> 1 03cfd2ea477db15aa44ef749e05e3684 Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2025/09/08/behind-the-scenes-creating-pyps-first-graphic-novel/#comment-170 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:52:27 -0700 c9bd591c900d687b1de765ed9ca96fd1 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=53255 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:59:35 -0700
Behind the Scenes: Creating PYP’s First Graphic Novel

At Prison Yoga Project, we love to share stories of impact—how yoga is reaching people in prisons and jails, and how it’s reshaping communities. Today’s…

]]> 5 616b39afad51256d66a66f0c3932a4e9 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=51943 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:54:40 -0700
Prison Officer. Space Holder. Healer.

Author’s note: I usually use the term “incarcerated people” when referring to those behind bars, as it centers their humanity. In this piece, you’ll also…

]]> 2 6e63f1f81d5d3de6910a8878de1d232a Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=51307 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:32:23 -0700 1 d57a2f9df4040cc284a3f4be8746127d Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2024/07/01/transitioning-leaders-at-prison-yoga-project/#comment-125 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:26:42 -0700 8bb6d379fb45c7c52405577475cd16c3 Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2024/07/01/transitioning-leaders-at-prison-yoga-project/#comment-124 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:26:19 -0700 17cd51c172a12b7efe136a7952306dcb Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2024/07/01/transitioning-leaders-at-prison-yoga-project/#comment-123 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:26:02 -0700 7fcfe2a457fbe06e68541ac1c24049f2 Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2024/07/01/transitioning-leaders-at-prison-yoga-project/#comment-122 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:25:45 -0700 8fe645cf15b59d32c7a521a2fcedd4f3 Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/2023/02/10/prison-yoga-project-receives-50000-grant-from-lululemon/#comment-100 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:51:35 -0800 0623799860d9140b21b3136f08d1d55d Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=28871 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:44:30 -0700
Millions Denied Voting Rights in Midterms Due to Felony Convictions

A new report released by The Sentencing Project estimates that 4.6 million people (one in every 50 adults) are barred from voting in the 2022…

]]> d0b21e1e8bdee37ae30032517bf862f8 Nicole posted a new topic "Hi Everyone! Feel free to drop your name and where you provide/hope to provide a PYP Youth Program!" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/4119/ Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:47:09 -0700 I’m Nicole, PYP’s Assistant Director. I live in Little Rock, Arkansas, and provided weekly yoga classes to incarcerated teens at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center!

]]> a757031bcc62f943ed99c6d47ca5d561 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=28535 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 03:26:22 -0700
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…

]]> 43b13e5985ce101c5d38a8bdb28d5f55 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=20050 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 22:49:25 -0800
Yoga for Youth and Correctional Staff in 2022

I can understand how easy it might be to feel discouraged or even outraged right now with our society so divided. I have a reason…

]]> 0 1b248ac7d197f720d6c7eb4d21ef3dec Nicole liked forum post "Lesson 1, Chapters 1-3" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/2284/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:19:37 -0700 91b0609121aacc8d762977d05d164e86 Nicole liked forum post "Lesson 1, Chapters 1-3" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/2283/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:19:35 -0700 adeffe003db0f0395feed8fe9770b3a3 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=13773 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:51:12 -0700
A New Lease on Life - People Convicted of Violent Crimes Are Rarely Rearrested for New Violent Crimes

Analysis from a new report by the Sentencing Project, released June 30, 2021, show most state-level studies show that people who are released from life…

]]> 0 ea3318ccda82b556b540a77cd4cc1374 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=13613 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:43:08 -0700
Raising the Age Without Expanding Secure Confinement in the Youth Justice System

Over the past decade, great strides have been taken to reduce the number of youth incarcerated and to address the racial disparity in the youth…

]]> 0 87ac1e0585627d0f7075f9496966ea2a Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=12715 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:26:19 -0700
The Landscape of Youth Incarceration

This summer, PYP will turn our attention to a series of webinars focused on youth yoga programming, as we anticipate a return inside soon to…

]]> 0 39c4e27ca1bf23b71bb382d92b2d0f64 Nicole commented on the post, Quintin Jones Is Not Innocent. But He Doesn’t Deserve to Die. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=5 Tue, 18 May 2021 17:38:25 -0700 400bdacf63c7a44a940534a3c0bd3e0f Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=11461 Mon, 10 May 2021 15:25:59 -0700
Quintin Jones Is Not Innocent. But He Doesn’t Deserve to Die.

Quintin Jones was sentenced to death for the murder of his Great Aunt in 1999, committed when he was under the influence of drugs. His…

]]> 0 5c69f082c8dd7e01d92e573a1813f5ca Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1397/#acomment-1483 Wed, 05 May 2021 22:38:32 -0700 If you want to connect further, you are also welcome to email me at nicole@prisonyoga.org.

In reply to - Sean posted an update in the group Yoga for Correctional Officers

Welcome . I have had the privilege to be involved with sharing practices Perhaps some consider the PYP to be for just the incarcerated

Having […]

]]> ae635ad8e51c7d8267ffb95ab9d9c079 Nicole posted an update in the group Youth: https://www.sentencingproject.org/news/youth-justice-news-the […] https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1472/ Tue, 04 May 2021 17:44:19 -0700 https://www.sentencingproject.org/news/youth-justice-news-the-sentencing-project-continues-the-fight-for-youth-justice/

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Youth Justice News: The Sentencing Project Continues the Fight for Youth Justice | The Sentencing Project

Youth justice has been a critical component of The Sentencing Project’s mission for years but in 2021 we are greatly... Read More »

]]> 0 3bd6b3600f6208b16019cb8e67aa88be Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=11210 Tue, 04 May 2021 17:43:19 -0700
Youth Justice News

The Sentencing Project recently released an update on their fight for youth justice. They are devoting increased time and energy to address racial disparities and…

]]> 0 387ed8ac45f363345cb5e6600a17f433 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=11107 Mon, 03 May 2021 14:25:05 -0700
Opinion: I was sentenced to 30 years to life at 16. I shouldn’t have been sent into the adult system.

The article below was recently shared with me by Carol Sullivan, a fellow yoga facilitator in Denver and leader of Yoga And Then Some. Author…

]]> 0 58f62c4062e01cc738e0bb6f57b794dc Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=11091 Sat, 01 May 2021 20:32:35 -0700
WELLNESS AFTER COVID, A YOGA AND HEALTHCARE SYMPOSIUM

Registration is now open for the Give Back University Virtual Symposium: Wellness After COVID. This event will be held from May 28th- May 30th. You…

]]> 0 b1b17af15a05f15b13be69a5385bc719 Nicole replied to the topic "Lesson 1, Chapter 18-22" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1442/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:11:13 -0700 @shawn-chereskin All so beautifully said! I’ve given a lot of thought recently to what it means to shift the narrative. How do we get people to think and talk differently about whiteness? How do we get people to see their…   Read more»

]]> 07ee62a28dd4ee18d99fec450f36457c Nicole replied to the topic "Lesson 3, Chapters 13-17" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1441/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:07:28 -0700 @joannathurmancomcast-net I am so curious to know their experience of running alone versus running together! 

]]> 9a7ba961a7ff77fb409b836935f5b924 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=10767 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:02:42 -0700
Healing After Chauvin Murder Conviction: Is It Possible?

Racial trauma therapist Resmaa Menakem was featured on NPR’s Here and Now. He discusses the impact of the murder of George Floyd on communities of…

]]> 0 8fe5e8316c3480cb7c08dc39a2dd3109 Nicole posted a new post. https://community.prisonyoga.org/?p=10734 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:05:31 -0700
How to Dismantle Mass Incarceration

UnCommon Law and ChangeLawyers partnered to deliver a series of webinars on mass incarceration, with an intentional focus on BIPOC Communities. You can view the…

]]> 0 d10defeb3fa4c1067ee0e438d4d4be69 Nicole replied to the topic "Lesson 1, Chapters 1-3" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1431/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:08:16 -0700 @ke-plaquetoutlook-com Thanks for sharing, Kelly! When you say “skin-colored”, does that refer to a person of color? I have never heard that phrase before and am wondering if that is a term used in France. What I have learned from…   Read more»

]]> 53b15cc8151be7affc6382e594ac0d68 Nicole posted an update in the group Yoga for Correctional Officers: This is another article from Sue Radcliffe, shared as a […] https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1408/ Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:57:22 -0700 This is another article from Sue Radcliffe, shared as a blog a few weeks ago.

https://thecrimereport.org/2021/02/22/law-enforcement-officers-and-trauma-the-next-public-health-crisis/

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Law Enforcement Officers and Trauma: The Next Public Health Crisis?   | The Crime Report

Police and corrections officers suffer higher rates of depression, PTSD, burnout and other anxiety-related mental health conditions than the general population. They should not have to suffer in silence, write three experts in trauma therapy and research.

]]> 0 85710acf8a25e0f8ffc15e89bbe7a69e Nicole posted a new activity comment https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1397/#acomment-1407 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:55:25 -0700 Welcome, Sean! 

I am sure we can learn a lot from you and your work with first responders.  Our Program Director in Alabama, @Susie Weigel may be a good person to connect with. She is currently offering mindfulness sessions to correctional officers and came up with the idea to offer it in shorter amounts of time throughout the week. 

In reply to - Sean posted an update in the group Yoga for Correctional Officers

Welcome . I have had the privilege to be involved with sharing practices Perhaps some consider the PYP to be for just the incarcerated

Having […]

]]> f34d63507246870a5928a466f6672e9e Nicole replied to the topic "Lesson 3, Chapters 13-17" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1338/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:00:57 -0700 @carolinecl So beautifully said! We refer to this moment where you were witnessing your client cry as “holding space.” 

]]> 0da7b32681b81ebde879f8fe97be86d4 Nicole liked forum post "Lesson 2, Chapter 12" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1331/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:33:15 -0700 7cf89509fe3773ee3aeb205789df7009 Nicole liked forum post "Lesson 2, Chapter 12" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1330/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:33:12 -0700 b847b27ce879d14934f074aaef884c37 Nicole replied to the topic "Lesson 1, Chapters 10-11" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1325/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 20:23:48 -0700 @shawn-chereskin Thank you for sharing here as well, so helpful!

]]> 1fcc67ff6f6f323243fe72568994ef37 Nicole liked forum post "Lesson 1, Chapters 10-11" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1324/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 20:23:17 -0700 8a6d7cb91fcffed1db178d103fbc7a10 Nicole replied to the topic "Lesson 3, Chapters 23-24" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1301/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:40:50 -0700 @breathingstillnessgmail-com Our PYP team can relate to this so much. What will become of our programs? And, maybe this pause is for the better (not to make light of all the pain of this pandemic.) I wish you the best…   Read more»

]]> ada33e0acd471ecd68bb53f549a42650 Nicole replied to the topic "Lesson 2, Chapter 12" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1300/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:38:18 -0700 @shawn-chereskin @joannathurmancomcast-net

Thank you for sharing your experiences with these practices. Another reminder of the need to do our own work, so that we may respond to ourselves and others from a compassionate place. 

]]> 231451f044ce005d3629699698e7c1c4 Nicole replied to the topic "Lesson 1, Chapter 18-22" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1299/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:35:05 -0700 @breathingstillnessgmail-com

 

Such beautiful words and it all makes sense to me. Thank you.

I love the story you shared about the men inside. We learn so much from our participants and are better because of their compassion.  

]]> 0e7a482f38ffc792c2ad3394fd11c2e3 Nicole liked forum post "Lesson 3, Chapters 13-17" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1298/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:28:53 -0700 30ad4cc37d65a9854d51c5b9cb2dd7f0 Nicole liked forum post "Lesson 3, Chapters 13-17" - https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1297/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:28:47 -0700