by Amara Oden | Feb 26, 2020 | News
Many people know we offer yoga to incarcerated people with the help of a core of volunteer yoga instructors. However, in addition to providing yoga through our core of 65 volunteers, we have 10 yoga teachers who are incarcerated themselves and teach to fellow inmates....
by Amara Oden | Jan 29, 2020 | Events, News, Student Stories
Can you imagine what it would feel like to go an entire year without being told you matter? Without knowing if others even know or care that you exist? This is the reality of many of my students at the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) Washington State Reformatory...
by Amara Oden | Aug 20, 2019 | News
Yoga Behind Bars (YBB) is proud to announce the selection of Julian Saucier as the organization’s new executive director.“I am humbled and honored to be chosen to serve as the next executive director of Yoga Behind Bars. From the day that I was introduced to this...
by Amara Oden | Apr 20, 2019 | News
I’ve been a yoga student of Jessamyn Stanley’s for a few years. I found her online teachings on yoga both grounding and liberating. As a person who lives and does occasional yoga in a larger body, it was refreshing to have a teacher guide me to ‘make space for your...
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