Carter (PDN Admin)'s Blog – October 2010 Archive (4)
The Prison Wives Movement
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The Prison Wives Movement is striving to be adopted by "Prison Wives" all
over the world, to unite and support one another.
A "Prison Wife" is simply a woman who has to deal with a prison system due
to her husband being incarcerated.
We want to help women all over to come out of…
Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on October 27, 2010 at 11:17am — No Comments
Stand by Me Lin Jensen opens his heart to a schoolyard, from Shambhala Sun Nov. 2010
teacher of the Chico Zen Sangha in Chico, California.
A few years after I undertook Buddhist practice, I took the four bodhisattva vows, the first of which is, “Though beings are numberless, I vow to save them all.”
“All beings?” I asked. “People, birds, trees, stones?”
“All beings,” I was told.
“How,” I asked, “do I save all beings?”
The answer: “By… Continue
Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on October 15, 2010 at 6:48pm — 1 Comment
Prison Yoga by James Fox
“Hey Yogaman!” a guy yells as I’m buzzed through the gate at San Quentin State Prison. It’s a Tuesday, 2:30 P.M. I walk onto the yard past two correctional officers leaning against the building as they monitor the outdoor activities of inmates. On the way to the classroom two of my students intercept me, eager to help prepare our makeshift yoga studio. After tables and chairs are stacked, the floor mopped, and mats pulled out of storage, we’re… Continue
Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on October 11, 2010 at 12:32pm — 3 Comments
PRACTICAL YOGA OUTREACH TRAINING TO SERVE INCARCERATED COMMUNITIES
The Prison Yoga Project, Yoga Activist.org, and the Give Back Yoga Foundation are offering a special training for yoga teachers and students interested in working with the incarcerated.
James Fox, the founder and director of PYP, will lead the training drawing on his years of experience teaching yoga and meditation to incarcerated youth and adults including 8 years at San Quentin Prison.
This two-day training will include a wealth of… Continue
Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on October 11, 2010 at 12:25pm — No Comments
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April 1, 2013 at 4:30pm to July 1, 2013 at 5:45pm – Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
Prison Mindfulness Institute's FREE Post Release / Community Meditation and Yoga class at the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence: Every MONDAY, 4:30 - 5:45 with Richard Sylvester a…
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Path of Freedom Webinar (Spring)
May 6, 2013 at 7pm to May 23, 2013 at 9pm – Online
With Fleet Maull May 6 - 23 Six Sessions, (Mondays & Thursdays for three weeks) Hope you can join us! Hours for the training are: 7-9pm Eastern 5-7pm Mountain Time 4-6pm Pacific This program is…
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Prison Yoga Teacher Training
June 29, 2013 at 11am to June 30, 2013 at 6pm – California Institute of Integral Studies
The Prison Yoga Project (PYP) in collaboration with the Insight Prison Project is offering a special training at San Francisco’s California Institute of Integral Studies (C.I.I.S.) for yoga teachers…
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Yoga Alliance certification CEUs available Yoga of Recovery is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit…
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