Bill Brown was 41 years old when he took his first yoga class, and the experience moved him to tears.

You’ll hear why in this conversation, as well as how Bill wound up directing an organization that brings yoga to thousands of incarcerated men and women around the world.

This is the second of three conversations in our Prison Yoga Project series; Bill expands on the group’s work (discussed last episode with founder James Fox) as well as his own compelling personal story.

Bill also talks about:

• How yoga can help people with trauma and dissociation
• Gaining trust when facilitating yoga classes in prisons and jails
• How stress builds in the body over time and how yoga can help guys work through that
• How yoga helped Bill deal with anger in a much healthier way
• Using the force of the ground in your yoga practice
• How Prison Yoga Project has scaled and has even begun working with corrections officers and other staff

Links:

• Prison Yoga Project
• Support PYP’s work with a donation here