Tale of Two Graduates: Emma and Paige

PYP Two Grads

Witness two graduates of our 200-hour YTT Yoga, Social Justice, and Leadership discuss what they loved about our training and what motivated them to study with Prison Yoga Project. Listen to their testimonial today to learn more about our training program!

FUTURES with guest Rebecca Cervenak, PYP-OH Program Director

PYP Futures Rebecca

Sit with us as we welcome to Rebecca Cervenak, PYP-OH Program Director, FUTURES – our summer and fall programming where we talk about youth justice and youth advocacy.

Celeste Smith – PYP Scholarship Recipient, YTT Graduate, and Facilitator

PYP Celeste Smith

Meet Celeste Smith, Prison Yoga Project scholarship recipient, YTT graduate, and facilitator. Celeste’s heart is for service and she shares yoga from a place of wisdom gained through experience. We’re proud to have her on our team. More than any other factor, what enables our continued growth is the availability of well-qualified teachers. We awarded […]

Change Begun Inside of That Yoga Room – Kimini’s Story

PYP Testimonial

We’re well aware that our work has a positive impact on participants, and a growing number of studies illustrate this. Sometimes though, we learn of the lasting benefits from former participants, post-incarceration. When we do, it gives us a reason to celebrate. We’d like to share one of those stories with you today. Kimini Randall […]

“We call each other the yogis…”

Women at Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in San Diego, California talk about their experience practicing with Prison Yoga Project.

2017 PYP Student Stories

PYP 2017 Testimonials

Listen to the experiences of former PYP Students as they navigated through being in prison, finding PYP, and learning from trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness.

2016 PYP Student Stories

PYP 2016 stories

Listen to interviews with some of our 2016 participants. San Quentin State Prison:   Ronnie: Mo: