S1 E21 Trauma-Informed Yoga in Prisons | Healing, Incarceration & the Prison Yoga Project with Jen Lindgren (part 2)

In Part Two of this powerful conversation on The Inner Practice Podcast, host Jackie Vandertuin speaks with trauma-informed educator and Prison Yoga Project Director of Training, Jen Lindgren, about the realities of incarceration, trauma, and the transformative role of embodied healing practices inside correctional facilities.Drawing from both her personal experience growing up with a father who was incarcerated and her years facilitating trauma-informed yoga in prisons, Jen offers a deeply human perspective on the people behind prison walls and the complex trauma histories many carry. Together, Jackie and Jen explore the intersection of trauma, addiction, poverty, systemic injustice, and incarceration — and how practices like yoga, breathwork, and mindfulness can help restore agency, emotional regulation, and self-awareness in environments often defined by control and punishment.This episode examines: The hidden trauma often underlying incarceration  Misconceptions about incarcerated individuals  The connection between the nervous system, survival behaviors, and harm  Racial and social inequities within the prison system  What trauma-informed yoga actually looks like inside correctional facilities  How body-based healing practices support rehabilitation and recovery  The importance of choice, dignity, and humanity in healing-centered spaces More than 90% of incarcerated individuals will one day return to their communities. This conversation invites us to reconsider what rehabilitation truly means — and what becomes possible when healing is part of the process.This is an episode about resilience, accountability, humanity, and the possibility of transformation.To learn more about the Prison Yoga Project, see https://www.prisonyoga.org/To follow Jen on Instagram go to yellowbikeandyogaTo learn about the ACE study, click on this link for an overview https://www.cdc.gov/aces/about/index.htmlSend us Fan MailSupport the showIf you enjoyed this show, make sure you like, subscribe, follow and download the episode or simply leave a comment.  I would love to hear from you!  Please feel free to share your thoughts, episode ideas or simply to say "hello"!This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected] in touch at:Website:  https://www.jackievandertuintherapy.comInstagram:  jackie_vandertuin_therapyFacebook:  Jackie Vandertuin TherapyTo support the show, feel free to buy me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/theinnerpractice