For Facilities Start a PYP Program in Your Facility
We assist prisons, government agencies, private entities, and individuals in establishing trauma-informed, mindfulness-based yoga in prisons and jails. We work alongside administrators, health care professionals, correctional staff, and security-conscious professionals who are themselves subject to the traumatizing nature of the environment. Facilitating yoga and mindfulness programs in this setting requires a unique skill set, knowledge base, and character.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have a question about our training that is not listed below, please contact us.
How can I become a Prison Yoga Project facilitator?
If you are interested in becoming a PYP facilitator, please check out our Becoming a Facilitator for more information.
Do I have to be a yoga teacher/therapist or meditation teacher to attend your Foundational Training?
The training is open to anyone interested, regardless of experience or training. To work with us as a facilitator, we require a 200-hour yoga teacher training certification or extensive experience teaching yoga and/or mindfulness. Due to the sensitive nature of our work, we screen, so not everyone who attends the training is guaranteed an opportunity to work with Prison Yoga Project as a facilitator; however, there are many other ways to engage.
Do you offer scholarships for your training?
We offer a tiered-pricing model with Community, Supporter, and Benefactor levels. For people who can afford to pay a little more, the extra you give covers a part of the cost for those who cannot.
For those with constrained finances, we also offer scholarships. Scholarship applications are evaluated based on economic need, identification with a disproportionately impacted group by trauma and incarceration, and the likelihood of applying the knowledge and skills learned in service to the community.
You will find the scholarship application here.
