Mission

Prison Yoga Project supports incarcerated people with trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness practices to promote rehabilitation, reduce recidivism, and improve public safety.

Background

This Restorative Justice perspective is what we model when we go into a facility. We’ve seen firsthand how this practice positively impacts the men and women with whom we work. We’ve also seen how modeling this humanizing approach and demonstrating its efficacy enables our partners in the criminal justice system to take a different approach. We are leading a prison reform movement by example, being the change we want to see in the world.

Prison Yoga Project

Contact

  • P.O. Box 415
    Bolinas, CA 94924

  • Contact Section on Website

Unverified Information

Length of Program
Expected Outcomes
Certificate
Letter to Board of Parole
Formerly Incarcerated Staff
Receives State Funding
Reentry Services
For Credits

Program Logistics

Modality

In-Person

Expected Outcomes

  • Provide trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness practices as a means of self-empowerment and self-rehabilitation
  • Reduce the physical, mental, and emotional impacts and healthcare costs associated with stress and unresolved trauma
  • Develop the self-awareness, self-worth, empathy, and compassion that leads to positive personal and pro-social choices
  • Foster a more peaceful and humane incarceration environment for incarcerated people and staff
  • Reduce the rate of recidivism among formerly incarcerated people
  • Support the people we serve, and those who serve with us, in their ability to connect with their higher selves
  • Publish and distribute educational materials (books, and audio/video programs) to support personal yoga and mindfulness practices
  • Assist prisons, governmental agencies, private entities, and individuals in establishing trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness programs
  • Provide training in the rationale, practicalities, and methodology for providing trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness programs