How Yoga Can Reduce Reincarceration Rates

Bill Brown is the Executive Director of Prison Yoga Project, a nonprofit bringing trauma-informed yoga practices to thousands of incarcerated people around the country, promoting stress and anger management and mindfulness to reduce the likelihood of reincarceration. Prison Yoga Project’s unique offering addresses unresolved traumas that can contribute to criminal behavior and emphasizes improved mental health and personal rehabilitation for every participant.

Bill delivered a Stand at Stand Together Foundation’s August 2022 Catalyst Summit in Denver, Colorado to an audience of over 300 nonprofit leaders. Bill shares his own personal story of transformation, and the incredible work that Prison Yoga Project is doing to reduce reincarceration rates in America through trauma-informed healing.

Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty.

Learn more about Stand Together Foundation at https://www.StandTogetherFoundation.org/

Lean more about Prison Yoga Project at https://prisonyoga.org/