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Prison Yoga

Prison Yoga Project Santa Barbara offers yoga classes weekly at the Santa Barbara County Jail. Click here if you would like to make a donation via PayPal.

James Fox, Founder and Director of the Prison Yoga Project, has been nominated for a Yoga Journal Good Karma award (yogajournal.com).


Volunteer Instructors Ginny Kuhn and Mike Lewis, and several inmates are interviewed about the positive impact of this rehabilitative outreach – mindful yoga and meditation to the incarcerated.

Descartes said, 'I think, therefore I am.' In light of the Buddha's teaching, you might say, 'I think, therefore I am...not here.' You are lost in your thinking, so you are really not here. For you to truly be here, thinking has to stop. As you are practicing mindfulness of the breath, the object of your attention is simply the breath. You stop thinking about the past, the future, your pain, your plans, and so forth, and you start to be really here, body and mind united.
― Thich Nhat Hanh

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
― Thich Nhat Hanh

Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
― Jack Kornfield

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