Transformational yoga in prison | Brianne Murphy | TEDxChesterStatePrison 2016
Brianne Murphy teaches trauma sensitive yoga and mindfulness to staff and inmates in state prisons. Through a simple demonstration, she talks about the practice of yoga’s ability to offer courage, compassion and confidence; helping inmates heal and rediscover the life and freedom within. Transformation Yoga Project facilitates yoga programs at prisons and community youth detention centers across the Delaware Valley. The objective is to provide access to safe, supportive yoga programs that teach mindfulness and practical solutions for dealing with impulse control, substance abuse, anger and aggression. Benefits include reduced stress and better self-control.
Through the eyes of a child | Gina Derry | TEDxMarionCorrectionalSalon 2014
Expressing the pain and changes that a young child faces growing up in prison visiting rooms and the later recovery journey from drugs and alcohol to healing and yoga. Gina Derry is a survivor of an abusive, psychopathic father and an alcoholic mother. Her father went to prison when she was 6 years old. She has carried a lifetime of trauma from a neglectful, fatherless childhood. A vast majority of her trauma comes from visiting her father in prison and yearning for a relationship with him. Gina is a certified yoga teacher and has practiced for over a decade. This is where she found her path to healing. Along with the Yoga on High Foundation, Gina is a co-developer of the “Power of Transformation" Yoga program designed solely for the inmates of Marion Correction Institution. Her work at Marion has already brought her a lifetime’s lesson of gratitude and forgiveness. After TEDxMarionCorrectional she will continue her Dharma, speaking up for the children in prison visiting rooms. Hari Om!
Yoga and meditation | Subtle practices for change | Rosa Vissers | TEDxMonroeCorrectionalComplex 2014
What changes occur when we practice yoga and meditation? And how can these practices be used to support prisoners' successful rehabilitation? In 2010, Rosa Vissers made a life-changing decision for herself—she became a volunteer with the organization Yoga Behind Bars. Her commitment to service, her love of yoga and her career experience as an international dancer combined to make a great foundation to her becoming the organization's development and communications director in 2013. Fueled by her convictions, Rosa believes that together, we can create a compassion revolution.
Why laugh? | Meg Scott | TEDxMarionCorrectional 2013
Meg Scott's background and passion is teaching. Meg trained with Dr. Madan Kataria, the founder of Laughter Yoga in 2007 to become a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. In 2009, she took Steve Wilson's World Laughter Tour Laughter Leader training. Meg has trained over 160 Laughter Yoga Leaders in Florida and Ohio since 2008. She wrote and illustrated "Happy Hour Without the Hangover: A Guide to Leading a Successful Laughter Club." During the winter months she leads a free laughter club on Fort Myers Beach, Florida, and has offered laughter presentations to people of all ages. She has been featured and quoted in magazines and newspapers, including U.S. News and World Report. She is co-founder of What Wise Women Want Workshops and offers a variety of classes. After TEDxMarionCorrectional she will continue to spread the word that laughter is the best medicine...beneficial for the mind, body and spirit. www.laughteryogawithmegscott.com