More about the Transitional Yoga Program in Boulder, CO.

 In 2017 we raising money for our research measuring the physiological and psychological benefits of yoga with our incarcerated female participants.  This research could provide valuable evidence of the benefits of mindfulness programs being incorporated into the Criminal Justice System.  These benefits would be for our participants, as well the communities in which they live.  See our research page for information.  Give Back Yoga has given a grant to purchase the heart rate variability system to measure physiological stress.  Yoga Impact has donated the funds to purchase a laptop system that will optimally serve the research, and its purposes. 

More on training on the navajo nation:  In fact, many of the trainees embraced the breath work, meditation and asana so deeply that they are already sharing these practices with their family and community members even before the training has ended. All have found that chair yoga is form that is accessible to many, even teens. The trainees' range of physical abilities has been a wonderful challenge, too: some trainees are extreme athletes; one trainee arrived pushing a walker. We are meeting at the Native American Baha'i Center, which is on the Navajo Nation in Houck, Arizona. Some of the trainees drove 5 hours to participate each month. One of the trainees walked 10 miles the first weekend!