Since 2008, YBB has equipped thousands of men, women, and youth behind bars with the physical and mental tools to change their lives from the inside out.
OUR PURPOSE
We’re Reimagining The Criminal Justice System
Yoga Behind Bars (YBB) is the only nonprofit organization in Washington state dedicated to bringing yoga and meditation to prisons, jails, and detention centers. Our programs promote rehabilitation, help to build safer communities, and contribute to reform of the corrections system.
Since 2008, we have equipped thousands of men, women, and youth experiencing incarceration with the physical and mental tools to change their lives from the inside out.
OUR COMMITMENT
Let’s Break this Cycle of Suffering.
of this prison boom have been concentrated among the poor, immigrants, people with mental illness, and people of color.
We are committed to break this cycle of suffering by giving people behind bars the opportunity to heal their
trauma, reduce stress, and promote safety while in prison and once released.
LEADERSHIP & SERVICE
An International Leader in Trauma-Informed Yoga.
Training people to work with populations impacted by trauma, we offer a comprehensive 17-hour program
in Trauma-Informed Yoga to address the unique challenges faced by populations impacted by trauma, especially
people behind bars. All our instructors have completed at least 200 hours of training. Beyond Washington state, our methodology is being used in Colorado, Maine, Nebraska, West Virginia and even Kenya. As an international leader in yoga service, we were the first program in the nation to offer a Yoga Teacher Training for people behind bars.
Training people to work with populations impacted by trauma, we offer a comprehensive 17-hour program in Trauma-Informed Yoga to address the unique challenges faced by populations impacted by trauma, especially people behind bars. All our instructors have completed at least 200 hours of training. Beyond Washington state, our methodology is being used in Colorado, Maine, Nebraska, West Virginia and even Kenya. As an international leader in yoga service, we were the first program in the nation to offer a Yoga Teacher Training for people behind bars.
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Register now: December Trauma-Informed Yoga Training
Register now: YBB Trauma Informed Yoga Training, December 2021
Become a YBB Virtual Ambassador!
We are looking for supporters like you to help us reach our fundraising goal by becoming a Virtual Ambassador for our Oct. 7th Power of Community event
Welcome YBB’s New Interim ED: Arthur Padilla
Who Am I? My name is Arthur Padilla. I have been working and breathing the nonprofit world, trauma-informed practices, and dismantling systems of racism and oppression since the beginning of the HIV epidemic.