In the NEWS….
Qld Corrective Services 2024
Yoga on the Inside and the Queensland Corrective Services – using yoga to help reduce recidivism
The established relationship between QCS and Yoga on the Inside for the supply of health and wellbeing services meets the strategy’s objectives to 'enable and improve health and wellbeing’ of prisoners and ‘connect through partnerships’, as well as meeting the Queensland Government’s commitment to ‘increase spend with genuine, quality, social enterprises’ (QPS 2023).
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Jess Naunton from ABC Radio Qld's Drive program talked to us about our program offers people who are affected by symptoms of trauma, and more specifically what the benefits are to those who are incarcerated.
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We chatted all-things relating to trauma informed yoga and embodied mindfulness for people affected by the symptoms of trauma; in particular those who are incarcerated settings. We also got to hear from Ryan Gaylard, owner of Zenko Studios, and how his yoga tribe is giving back so generously by donating pre-loved yoga gear to Yoga on the Inside, in honour of his late wife Lauren Verona... "Lauren didn't simply want to run a yoga studio, her aim was to create a safe space for people to connect, gather and feel a part of"
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Yoga providing an enduring impact in prison as inmates look to move from chaos to calm.
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Blog 2023
Impact Boom Elevate+ Accelerator Program 2023
Yoga on the Inside is honoured to have been selected as one of Queensland's High Potential Impact Enterprises to join the Elevate+ Accelerator Program to Take Social and Environmental Issues.
My overall goal during the next 6 months of this program is to refine the purpose of Yoga on the Inside, the work that we do, the people that we serve, and the impact that this work has the potential to create for people (especially those who are marginalised) we connect with.
This is a COHORT OF 13 DYNAMIC SOCIAL ENTERPRISES THROUGHOUT SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND. These social enterprises are LED BY PURPOSE-LED ENTREPRENEURS, EACH OF THESE ENTERPRISES, ARE RESPONDING TO A VAST RANGE OF ISSUES & CHALLENGES IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND.
I’m honoured and humbled to be a part of this cohort where we get to share and learn with one another and help each other succeed and grow for the betterment of the communities we ALL live in.
Qld Corrective Services 2024
Yoga on the Inside and the Queensland Corrective Services – using yoga to help reduce recidivism
The established relationship between QCS and Yoga on the Inside for the supply of health and wellbeing services meets the strategy’s objectives to 'enable and improve health and wellbeing’ of prisoners and ‘connect through partnerships’, as well as meeting the Queensland Government’s commitment to ‘increase spend with genuine, quality, social enterprises’ (QPS 2023). Read the full story here
Media Release 2018: Accessible yoga for prisoners....and more about how Yoga on the Inside was born
From humble beginnings and a passion for karma-yoga (yoga of service) Yoga on the Inside was born.
The opportunity and need to make yoga accessible to those members of our society who are often seen as underserving, is what had driven me (Sonia) to bring this trauma-informed yoga practice to this incarcerated population of individuals. The NEIS Program (run via Sarina Russo) is what helped launch this passion-project of mine, along with the never-wavering support from the international Prison Yoga Project.
Providing prisoners with a means and an opportunity to learn about compassion to themselves and to others is at the heart of what we are able to achieve with this program.
Media Release 2019: QLD Corrective Services - International Women’s Day 2019
See what QCS (Queensland Corrective Services) is saying about the positive effects the Yoga on the Inside trauma-informed program is having with a group of it's female prisoners.....click here or download the pdf