Prison Yoga Project- Special Training

https://www.yogamudra.dk/Events/Prison_Yoga_Project_workshop_w_James_Fox__Sep_2018 TIME: 21-23 September 2018 PLACE: YOGAMUDRA Østerbro, Ryesgade 106 2nd floor, DK-2100 Copenhagen Note: Spaces are limited and distributed on a 'first come, first served' basis! All classes are taught in English. ABOUT THE PRISON YOGA PROJECT The Prison Yoga Project (PYP) is a non-profit organization headquartered in California with the mission of establishing yoga programs for prisoners and others impacted by trauma. Since 2011, PYP has trained 2,000 teachers in its trauma informed, mindfulness based methodology and replicated its program to more than 230 jails and prisons in the U.S., and also in Mexico, Canada, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands and Great Britain. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP James Fox, founder and director of the PYP and author of Yoga A Path for Healing and Recovery, will lead the event. This unique weekend workshop is intended for anyone interested in bringing yoga to underserved or at-risk populations and will include: • PYP's evidence-based, trauma informed methodology for applying yoga and mindfulness practices to improve the mental, emotional and physical well-being of those impacted by trauma. • Strategies for presenting and establishing yoga classes in institutional settings including correctional facilities, refugee centers and military veterans programs. • An in depth orientation for teaching yoga in the unique socio-cultural environment of prisons. • Instruction in specific asana, pranayama and meditation practices that have been proven effective with people impacted by trauma including prisoners. WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Friday, 21 September 2018 • 18:30-20:30 Dharma talk Saturday and Sunday, 22-23 September 2018 • 12:00-18:30 Theory and practice, incl. a 30-minutes snack break ABOUT JAMES FOX James Fox M.A. is the founder of the Prison Yoga Project, an organization dedicated to establishing yoga and mindfulness programs in prisons and rehabilitation centers worldwide. Since 2002, James has taught yoga and meditation to prisoners at San Quentin Prison in California and many other U.S. correctional facilities. He is trained in a variety of traditional yoga and meditation disciplines, as well as in providing yoga practices for addiction recovery and the dissociative effects of trauma. He has developed a special program for incarcerated military veterans suffering from PTSD. James has dedicated his career to bringing the mental and emotional health benefits of yoga and meditation to at-risk populations. In addition to his work with adult prisoners he has lengthy experience teaching at-risk youth in detention, at a residential treatment facility and for inner city community programs. He established a yoga curriculum for the Peacebuilders Initiative, an annual week-long summer intensive for Chicago teenagers that develops community leadership, conflict resolution and peacemaking skills. James has also worked with a leading restorative justice agency. He has several years of experience as a facilitator of victim/offender, violence prevention and emotional literacy classes for prisoners. In 2008 and 2009 he was awarded U.S. State Department Grants to advise and train governmental and non-governmental staff involved in prisoner and ex-gang member rehabilitation programs in Central America. He has served as an advisor to the National Institute of Health sponsored Chicago Urban Mindfulness Program and is on the faculty for Loyola Marymount University's (Los Angeles) Yoga and Mindfulness for Social Change Certification Program. In 2015, James was a recipient of a Karma Yoga Award from Yoga Journal Magazine. PARTICIPANTS This unique weekend workshop is intended for anyone interested in bringing yoga to underserved or at-risk populations. 

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