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Resources

Prison Yoga Project, prisonyoga.org

Defy Ventures, defyventures.org

Higher Ground Recovery & Yoga, yogahigherground.com

Yoga Behind Bars, yogabehindbars.org

Satchidananda Ashram Prison Project, yogaville.org

Community Partnerships

Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood/Hudson
Adolfo Lopez, Co-Director

Samaritan Daytop Village
Meadow Run Recovery Center for Women/Rhinebeck
Liz Perulli, Director

Red Door Residential Center/Hudson

Riverside Residential Center/Catskill

Ulster County Jail/Kingston

Columbia County Jail/Hudson

ReEntry/Columbia Hudson

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