Introduction and Afterthoughts by Tonen O'Connor, Resident Priest Emerita at Milwaukee Zen Center

The three inmates doing time for violent crime recount their early lives,…

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By Karen Fitzgerald for Illinois Times

Yoga is hardly the first thing that comes to mind as an activity for male prisoners. But two inmates who teach yoga classes at a state prison near Canton believe it is ideal for prison life.



“Yoga is my sunrise,”…

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Written by Emma Seppala, Ph.D. and Maaheem Akhtar of Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), for The Huffington Post, September 11, 2012.

The purpose of the inmate's letter was to request reading materials pertaining to…

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The Latest from K.C. Walpole & the Gateless Gate Sangha

Greetings:

Thought I would share this because it is a little out of this world. As y’all know, am doing my 21^st MBSR retreat and the newly constructed women’s prison called…

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In a six by eight foot jail cell there’s barely room for a bunk, a seatless toilet, and a postage-sized sink. The only other space you have in jail is in your head, and even that gets crowded with all the people you carry around in there who you resent for the things they did to you.

The world is pretty small when you’re locked up, especially if you’re a kid doing time with a healthy body that needs to move, energy sizzling through you like high tension wires, your emotions…

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Greetings:



Hope everyone is doing well. We just finished our second five day MBSR prison retreat this month at a women’s prison, It was in Gadsden, Florida which is about 40 or so miles west of Tallahassee. It is a CCA prison and I have to say that all things considered, we got a tremendous amount of support from the entire staff that we came in contact. This was their first five day retreat and there were a host of unknowns but they… Continue