Meditation and Yoga are increasingly being used by prisons to support the good mental health and emotional resilience necessary for rehabilitation. The Prison Phoenix Trust offers prisons:
Free handouts, DVDs, books and CDs
Created especially for use in secure environments our books, DVDs, CDs and printable handouts enable people in prison of all abilities to practise yoga and meditation on their own, including resources suitable for non-confident readers. All are provided free to people living and working in prison.
- Staff can order resources and download handouts
- Print resource request form to give to prisoners
Yoga classes and courses
Yoga and meditation classes for people in prison take place in many prisons in the UK and Ireland with qualified teachers trained and supported by us to work safely and respectfully in secure environments.
Correspondence
When people write to us from prison we write back and will continue to correspond for as long as they wish, encouraging them with meditation and yoga and helping them to find meaning and hope. We train and support volunteers who correspond securely with hundreds of people in prison every year.
Peer support
We offer peer support in the form of a quarterly newsletter, written partly by people sharing their experiences of meditation and yoga in prison, the joys and challenges.
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