Welcome Our New Team Member, Amy Emley!
Prison Yoga Project is pleased to introduce you to the newest member of our National Team, National Program Director Amy Emley! Read on to learn more. What drew you to working with Prison Yoga Project? When I first encountered PYP, it reignited the passion that set me out on this path originally. In 2013, my […]
Interview with Prison Yoga Project: Catalyst Impact Partners with Stand Together Foundation
Recently, Prison Yoga Project was chosen to be part of Stand Together Foundation’s first group of Catalyst Impact Partners. Stand Together Foundation (STF) is an organization committed to changing the way the United States thinks about, talks about, and tackles poverty. As a Catalyst Impact Partner, PYP receives management training, access to a new customer-first impact-measurement […]
Prison Yoga Project Receives $50,000 Grant from lululemon
Friends and supporters, we’re overjoyed to share with you that Prison Yoga Project was named as a 2022 recipient of the Here to Be Grant from the lululemon Centre for Social Impact. And we want to let you know about how these funds will help us further our mission to support incarcerated people with trauma-informed […]
Why Yoga Journal has partnered with Prison Yoga Project!
What you can do to help ” Earlier this year, Yoga Journal‘s parent company, Outside, Inc., launched Find Your Good, an initiative intended to support underrepresented populations. Our company has partnered with 14 nonprofit organizations that share the ideals of this mission in various ways. Yoga Journal has chosen to work with Prison Yoga Project in support of its […]
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 the currently incarcerated. We are excited to see new organizations created by impacted leadership and that will provide opportunities for survivors from all backgrounds to collaborate on giving back to […]
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 program at six prisons in Portugal. Congratulations and welcome to the PYP Sangha!
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 implementing Transformative Justice practices through collaborative models of responding to harm and building community. Creating a replicable model of the Center and its curriculum will allow graduates of the Certificate Program […]
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 has been selected to participate in Stand Together Foundation’s Catalyst Program, a management training and peer-learning program to help nonprofits grow, scale, and replicate their success. We are one of […]
Reflecting on 2021’s achievements as I look forward with hope to a New Year
Before I get into our plans for 2022, I want to acknowledge some of our accomplishments from 2021. While we’re all too aware that the global situation remains challenging, we feel it’s a vital practice to choose to put your attention on the positive as well. In 2021, Prison Yoga Project: Restarted more than 65 […]
