Yoga in Prisons - An Analysis of the Perceived Long-term Effects of Trauma-Informed, Mindfulness-Based Yoga for Incarcerated Populations

This brief provides readers with a broad, but detailed framework to understand, evaluate, and apply trauma-informed techniques suitable for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated populations using movement, breath practices, and other embodied, mindfulness-based exercises. Leveraging recent neurobiological research about trauma, this book presents best practices and on-the-ground experiences of participants of mindfulness-based, trauma-informed yoga while incarcerated. It acknowledges the role that trauma may have played in individuals' lives, including substance misuse and violent behavior. This brief will leverage the emergence of the integration of developmental, neurological, addiction treatment, and social perspectives. It is an accessible and valuable tool for a variety of body-based healing professionals.
 

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Dysregulated Body.- Chapter 3 The Healing Nature of an Ethical Relationship.- Chapter 4 Blending Disciplines.- Chapter 5 Breathing Truth, Being Alive.- Chapter 6 Healing Justice.- Chapter 7 The Path Ahead--Putting Knowledge into Practice.

Product details

• Authors: Chanda Williams
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 20.08.2025
• EAN: 9783031983672
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3198367-2
• No. of pages: 55
• Illustrations: Approx. 55 p. 1 illus.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Offending Populations & Correctional Psychotherapy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Klinische Psychologie, Kriminalpsychologie, forensische Psychologie, forensic psychology, Prison and Punishment, Trauma Psychology, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Somatic-based Practices for Trauma, Yoga for Incarcerated People, Effects of yoga for incarcerated people, Yoga for addiction recovery, Facilitating yoga in prisons