Prison Mindfulness Summit

October 26-30, 2022

A FREE 5-Day Summit

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When I think about the fact that society, a nation, has sentenced me to death, all I can do is turn inside myself, to the place in my heart that wants so desperately to feel human, still connected to this world, as if I have a purpose. — Jarvis Jay Masters

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Learn About Current Developments, Strategies, and Best Practices for Offering Mindfulness Meditation, Yoga and Other Contemplative Practices to Incarcerated and Returning Adults and Youths as well as Public Safety Professionals.

With Many of the Pioneers and Leading Contributors to the Prison Dharma, Prison Mindfulness, and Prison Yoga Movement

Summit Mission:

To reinvigorate the Prison Mindfulness/Yoga movement post-Pandemic, Create Community for volunteers and professionals in the movement, share strategies and best practices, and bring positive change and transformation for our criminal justice and public safety systems and all those impacted by them.

To give voice to the diverse practitioners and researchers contributing to the development of this movement as well as incarcerated and returning practitioners.

Who Is This Summit For? Everyone Interested in the Prison Dharma, Mindfulness & Yoga movement, volunteers and professionals delivering programs for at-risk, incarcerated and returning citizens and/or public safety professionals; and organizers, leaders and staff of organizations and projects delivering and supporting these programs.

In addition to 28+ in-depth Speaker Sessions addressing strategies and best practices for offering mindfulness and contemplative practices to incarcerated citizens and public safety professionals.

You will have Free Access to 5 powerful Documentary Films about bringing mindfulness meditation and yoga to incarcerated citizens and public safety professionals.

What You'll Learn:

Learn about the current landscape of mindfulness-based programs in prisons and jails, including Dharma-based, secular mindfulness-based and yoga-based programs

How the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted prison programs and volunteering and new possibilities emerging post-pandemic

Best practices and effective strategies for offering mindfulness-based programs for incarcerated men, women, and youth with experienced teachers, volunteers, program developers, and movement leaders and innovators

Learn about innovative programs integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence and community

How new developments in the delivery of prison and jail education, like secure computer tablets, may impact the prison mindfulness movement

Learn from former prisoners now facilitating mindfulness-based programs in prisons and jails

Best practices and strategies for offering mindfulness-based programs to correctional officers, probation & parole officers, sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement and public safety professionals

Emerging possibilities for the future of mindfulness-based programs for incarcerated and returning citizens and the public safety professionals who work in our prisons and jails

Thought Leaders

Learn from a diverse group of 28+ leading contributors, experts, and pioneers in the Prison Dharma, Mindfulness & Yoga movement.

Best Practices

Update and deepen your knowledge and understanding of best practices for offering mindfulness and other contemplative practices to incarcerated citizens and public safety professionals.

Flexible 48-hour Access

Enjoy all the inspiring expert interviews posted each day of the Summit at your convenience, any time of day, for 48 hours.

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SUMMIT PRESENTERS

45+ Leading Experts to Guide You

VEN THUBTEN CHÖDRON

Buddhist nun, teacher, author, founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey

ROSHI FLEET MAULL, PHD

Meditation & Mindset Teacher, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Prison Mindfulness Institute, Author of Dharma in Hell and Radical Responsibility

VEN ROBINA COURTIN

Buddhist nun, former director of Liberation Prison Project

VEN DE HONG

Founder of Engaged Buddhist Alliance

SITA LOZOFF

Co-founder and present Spiritual Director, Human Kindness Foundation

BERNARD MOSS

GRIP Facilitator, peacemaker, expert in violence prevention, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence

VITA PIRES

Executive Director of the Prison Mindfulness Institute

BILL BROWN

Executive Director, Prison Yoga Project

REV MICHAEL CHRISTIE

Trainer/Facilitator, Connecticut DOC Chaplain

REV KALEN McALLISTER

Buddhist Priest, Founder of Laughing Bear Bakery

MICAH ANDERSON, LMFT

Clinical Director of the Mind Body Awareness Project

LESLIE BOOKER

Dharma Teacher, Writer

ERIN PARISH

Executive Director, Human Kindness Foundation

MICHAEL YELLOW BIRD IMTA CMT-P, MSW, PHD

Dean of the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba

GABRIELLA SAVELLI

International Director IAHV & Art of Living Prison Program

LAMA JUSTIN VON BUJDOSS

Buddhist teacher/former Executive Director of Chaplaincy, NYCDOC

GAIL JACKSON

Mindfulness Teacher, Performing Artist, Healer, Drum Circle Facilitator

MATTHEW HAHN

Co-founder of the Recovery Dharma program, Program Facilitator for Mindful Prisons

CHIA-TI CHIU

Senior Teacher and Trainer, Lineage Project

MICHAL WARSHAVSKY

Manager of " The Quiet Within" - Meditation for Prisoners in Israel

SAM HIMELSTEIN

Founder and CEO, Center for Adolescent Studies

TRIME PERSINGER

Prison Chaplain, Developer of "The Art of Communication", a mindfulness-based course for inmates

MARSHALL LANE

Founder and CEO, Tiffany's Recovery Inc. 501 c3

KIM GROSE-MOORE

Executive Director, Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP)

MARTINE BACHELOR

Former Buddhist Nun in Korea, Faculty of Bodhi College, Teacher Council of Gaia House

DAVE SMITH

Buddhist Teacher, Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Trainer

CARMEN ALONSO

Licensed Psychologist, Mindfulness and Martial Arts Instructor, Founder of Just Mindfulness

RICHARD SHANKMAN

Founder of Mindful Schools, Buddhist Teacher, Author

REBECCA FOSTER

MBEI Lead Facilitator & Founder of Embody Freedom

JARED SEIDE

Center for Council, Founder and Executive Director

LIZ RICHARDSON

Actor and playwright

JONAH M. DAVID

Mindfulness Facilitator, Filmmaker

CO-HOST: VITA PIRES

Executive Director of the Prison Mindfulness Institute

CO-HOST: FLEET MAULL, PHD

Meditation & Mindset Teacher, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Prison Mindfulness Institute, Author of Dharma in Hell and Radical Responsibility

CO-HOST: SANDY INKSTER

Mindfulness Teacher, owner of Sandy’s Mindful Interactive Life Experiences

CO-HOST: JOHN MacADAMS

IMTA, CMT-P (Certified Mindfulness Teacher Professional). CMPS Senior Trainer/Program Manager. Senior Buddhist Chaplain-volunteer, Los Angeles County, Mens Central Jail.