The Prison Phoenix Trust offers hope and healing to people in prison through meditation and yoga. We support these simple breath-based practices in more than 200 prisons and other secure establishments in the UK and Ireland by:
- training qualified yoga teachers to work safely and respectfully in prison
- helping establish regular classes for prisoners and for staff
- mentoring people in prison through letter writing
- peer support through newsletters in which prisoners share encouragement and advice with each other
- sending specialist books, DVDs and CDs, free to prisoners and staff
- providing prison yoga content for Prison Radio, TV and digital devices, plus publications such as Inside Time and Her Wellbeing
We provide our resources in various languages, as well as for people who can’t read at all, and can recommend yoga practices for people with specific ailments and disabilities.
Please get in touch if you have any questions about how we can help.
Our aim as laid out in the Trust Deed is to “advance the education of and rehabilitate and promote the mental and moral improvement of prisoners and former prisoners, primarily in the UK and Ireland.”