Celebrating the Mend Collaborative Launch
Prison Yoga Project is happy to support the launch of Mend Collaborative, a restorative justice organization providing healing, reconciliation, and dialogue opportunities for survivors and…
Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research: Attend Virtually!
Brought to you by the International Association of Yoga Therapist, this weekend long symposium will be filled with educational content. Our Executive Director, Bill Brown,…
Open Prisons: Trust-Based Incarceration
In this article we see new and successful ways of working with incarcerated populations rooted in dignity. There is still more to be understood with…
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,…
Welcome, Prison Yoga Project Portugal!
Our Program Director and Training Coordinator for Europe, Josefin Wikström, led over two dozen qualified yoga teachers through training and preparation to facilitate a pilot…
Transformative Justice, Organizing, and College Courses
Ohio University added a new course for their students, offering a fresh perspective to social justice. ” The course is to show students how to…
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…
Reading through the lines: The correlation between literacy and incarceration
This article shines light on the school to prison pipeline and one of the factors adding to the struggles of youth; illiteracy. Read the whole…
UMass Dartmouth Awarded Grant for Creation of Transformative Justice Center
” The Center will serve as a research hub for Transformative Justice scholars and practitioners, coordinate with the Certificate Program, and be a resource for…
Prison Yoga Project Selected by Stand Together Foundation as One of the Most Transformative Nonprofits in the Country
Prison Yoga Project joins a highly selective community of nonprofits working to break the cycle of poverty. Prison Yoga Project is proud to announce it…