Jail Yoga Progam - Improve Parenting
How An Innovative Jail Yoga Program Helped Inmates Improve Their Parenting
Before he was sent to jail, Michael Gutierrez would drive the two hours to visit his 5-year-old son without a license, usually high on meth. But he didn’t go very often. He was homeless, living on friend’s couches. By the time he started serving h...
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www.washingtonpost.comThe Prison Yoga Project
Our mission is to bring yoga and mindfulness into American prisons. We are a non-profit organization operating under the fiscal sponsorship of Give Back Yoga Foundation, a 501c3 corporation.
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prisonyoga.orgAbout Eat Breathe Thrive | Give Back Yoga Foundation
The statistics are alarming: today, 2.25 million men and women – 1 in 100 adults – are in U.S. prisons. 1 in 31 adults, or 7.3 million Americans, are under some sort of correctional supervision. And 60% of released prisoners will return to prison ...
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givebackyoga.orgJail Yoga Program Expansion Part 2 - Additional Classes Including Our First Men's Class!
On April 20, 2015 the Dekalb County Jail kicked off a pilot program for the female inmates in general population. The 8-week pilot program offered various courses including Writing, Brain Games, Reading Circle, How to… (Life Skills), Logic Skills ...
