Sitting in Circle with Executive Director of Center for Council, Jared Seide
Jared Seide is the Executive Director of Center for Council. He has designed, piloted and coordinated council-based programs in prisons, assisted living facilities, youth groups, non-profits, faith-based organizations, social services, law enforcement agencies and more. Several of these programs include the “Co-Mentoring Project,” for emancipated foster youth, the “Organizational Wellness Project,” for community-based organizations, “Peace […]
Loving Awareness in Action: Redefining Social Justice with Dr. Sará Yafah King
This episode was recorded 7/8/2022 Dr. Sará Yafah King titles and range of study extend beautifully and with great depth. A neuroscientist, political and learning scientist, medical anthropologist, social entrepreneur, public speaker, a mother, and more. At the cross-section of her meditation study and social justice, she joins us to speak of her journey of […]
Culturally Inclusive Care with Australian Ambassador, Sonia Brown-Diaz
Do we have a special episode for you. Sonia Brown-Diaz joined us from Brisbane, Australia, on October 28th, 2022. She shares her purpose, heart-work, and journey working with incarcerated populations throughout Australia. We witness the story of her path unfolding through chapters of navigating grief, PTSD, and finding yoga. She speaks so eloquently of how […]
Living Your Yoga with Judge Victor Reyes
We’re throwing it back today to June 2021 because this episode needs to be heard. In this episode, you will witness moving stories about the life and work of Retired Judge Victor Reyes, a Prison Yoga Project facilitator. Retired Judge Victor Reyes spent most of his legal career working in the Colorado Criminal Justice System, […]
Youth, Addiction, and Cultivating Emotional Safety with Dr. Sam Himelstein
Recorded on: 1/13/2023 In this first episode of our 2023 season, Dr. Sam Himelstein starts by sharing his mindfulness journey, being incarcerated on and off as a youth, and the root of addiction. From here, we flow into a potent conversation, sharing the impact of working at the local level of our justice system and […]
Life after Death: Buddhist Sangha on Death Row with Tibetan Buddhist Chaplain Susan Shannon
Susan Shannon, the Buddhist Chaplin practicing on Death Row in San Quentin State Prison, joins us to share stories of devotion and dedication from her long-time students and Sangha on death row. We will be learning practices for energetic protection, becoming aware of intergenerational trauma, and practicing boundaries while still meeting individual and collective needs. […]
The Leap of Beginning with Kristin Varner
Recorded on 9/24/21 In this episode, we speak with Kristin Varner, yoga facilitator and lawyer, about the unpredictability of facilitating in a post-pandemic world and how our personal practice supports all aspects of our lives and facilitation. If you’re looking to become a facilitator or offer programming in incarcerated settings, this is a must-listen interview. […]
Skill in Action: Radicalizing your Yoga Practice with Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Collective liberation is at the heart of Michelle Cassandra Johnson’s work and our work at Prison Yoga Project. We explore what it means to be a leader as facilitators of yoga, living by moral codes offered to us through the yamas and niyamas and leaning into truth and discomfort while allowing resistance and love to […]
The Invitation – The Leap of Beginning with Kristin Varner
Join us in our webinar where we bring on all of our program directors and facilitators throughout the world. We are so lucky to sit down with Kristin Varner. Kristin loves yoga and loves sharing what she loves after practicing yoga and law for two decades, she combined her passion for yoga and advocacy to […]
