June 2010 Blog Posts (6)
Jailhouse bliss-out: Teaching yoga to prisoners
By Nick Aveling
Laura Sygrove teaches downward dogs to downtrodden kids. The 33-year-old yoga instructor,…
ContinueAdded by Carter (PDN Admin) on June 29, 2010 at 8:17am — No Comments
Juvenile Justice Reform: A Law Congress Must Pass
When you go to jail you feel like everybody’s in your business but nobody cares. You get cuffed, shoved into the back of a squad car.
The police blotter broadcasts to the world what you did. You get booked,
fingerprinted, photographed, everything about you fed into “The Man’s” hungry
computer. You’re watched—by correctional officers, wardens, nurses, other
inmates; even the kitchen workers warily scope you out. Bars instead of…
Added by David Chura on June 28, 2010 at 9:38am — No Comments
“Touched” by Dakari P.
Against my left forearm
It pushed against my shoulder
Then sheltered me from harm,
Then it happened again
Just the other day,
I thought someone had grabbed me
But it suddenly went away,
Never have I known
Just what to think of it,
Every now and then
I feel it a little bit,
Maybe it's my mother
Trying to get my attention,
Looking down on me
From another dimension,
It could be my… Continue
Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on June 18, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Lessons from Solitary Confinement
Each time I read that chapter the…
ContinueAdded by David Chura on June 9, 2010 at 9:00am — 3 Comments
Zen Master Bernie & Jeff Bridges Video II
To watch part 2 of this conversation, click here.
To learn more about the Symposium for Socially Engaged Buddhism this August in Massachusetts, where Jeff is scheduled to perform, click… Continue
Added by Ari Pliskin on June 4, 2010 at 2:09pm — No Comments
Study Circles for Inmates
(attached to this post is the Study Guide for Prisoners)
Click here to download:
Discovering-Ethics--A-Study-Guide-for-Inmates.pdf
In the… Continue
Added by Kate Crisp (PDN Director) on June 2, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
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