YOGA BEHIND BARS
PO Box 84494, Seattle, WA 98124 www.yogabehindbars.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: We share trauma-informed yoga and meditation with people involved in the criminal justice system to promote rehabilitation, personal transformation, and a more just society for all.

Yoga Behind Bars shares yoga and meditation with incarcerated youth and adults; offers trauma-informed yoga trainings; and provides support to Yoga Behind Bars trained incarcerated yoga teachers.

Trauma Informed Yoga Instruction (TIYI): We offer yoga teachers, educators, mental health professionals, and clinicians a 17-hour Trauma-Informed Yoga training program. We focus on accessible, practical tools for inclusive, resilience-building approaches to yoga as well as the intersection of yoga and social justice work. In 2019, 777 of people attended our training.

Yoga Classes Behind Bars (YBBC): In 2019, we offered an average of 33 classes a week in 15 prisons, jails and detention centers throughout Washington state, including 18 weekly classes taught by YBB-trained incarcerated teachers. We provided 1,399 hours of trauma-informed yoga and meditation instruction, a $104,888 in-kind donation by our volunteer instructors.

General Programs: Community outreach, information sessions, and advocacy.

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