[Bill]

Hello! My name is Bill Brown, and I am the current Executive Director of the Prison Yoga Project. I am here as one of your training facilitators. I have been working in prisons and jails bringing yoga and embodied mindfulness to incarcerated people since 2013, and I’m a contributing editor to the Yoga Service Council book “Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System.” My yoga therapy training was with Pheonix Rising Yoga Therapy and I am a C-IAYT (Certified – International Association of Yoga Therapy).

What am I excited about learning? Well, we’ve built-in time for self-reflection and for research on your local scene so I am hoping to learn from you all more about the texture of the criminal justice system throughout the country. I also know that we have people with considerable knowledge and expertise, so I know there will be rich and rewarding discussions.

In my free time, I enjoy photography, cooking, and being out in nature.

[Bill]

Welcome, Denise! I am always impressed when people can trace their calling to this type of work at such a young age. Veterans are, as you might expect, overrepresented in prison and jails, and there are unique opportunities to work that intersection of society. It’s likely we will create a Yoga for Incarcerated Veterans special interest group in the Community site soon.

[Bill]

Hi Molly! This is what we’ve been hoping for when we created this site, bringing all the passionate, like-minded people – like you – together to share and learn from each other. So glad you’re here!

[Bill]

Hi Susan! So glad to have you with us. You’re background and experience are quite rich. Looking forward to the perspective you bring with respect to working with Indigenous People.

[Bill]

Hi Eleonora! I’ve always been interested in acting and improv as a trauma-informed practice. Looking forward to hearing more.