Our Mission

Prison Yoga Santa Barbara (PYSB) trains incarcerated individuals in yoga, meditation and mindfulness practices in Santa Barbara County to reduce the impact of trauma and stress of life and incarceration as well as build the skills and mindsets that increase successful re-entry and reduce recidivism rates.

Staff

Advisory Board

Ginny Kuhn

CEO, Founder & Instructor
M.A. Spiritual Psychology

Instructors

Cecily

Daniela

Jami Lee

Ida

Maria

Mike

Natalie

Paul

Silla

Steve

Toby

Nicholas Crisosto

Education and Technology Consultant

Namita Dhirajlal

Restaurant Owner • Culinary Arts Instructor • Meditation Instructor

Maria Antonia Durbiano, MA Clinical Psychology

Drug and Alcohol Counselor, Sheriff's Treatment Program

Laurie Holbrook

Director, Los Prietos Boys Camp • Santa Barbara County Probation Department

Dawn Humphrey

Santa Barbara Team Leader, Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness

Mike Lewis

Drug and Alcohol Counselor, Day Reporting Center • Yoga Instructor

Lieutenant Timothy McWilliams

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office • Santa Barbara Jail

Michael Morgan

Lecturer in Theater & Community, UC Santa Barbara • Director, The Odyssey Project

Maureen Murdock Ph.D.

Author • Educator • Psychotherapist • Photographer

David Powdrell

Accountant

Thank you to our sponsors

Santa Barbara Foundation

Prison Yoga Project Network

Coordinator Ginny Kuhn and PYSB instrucotors have trained with James Fox, the founder of the Prison Yoga Project based in San Francisco, PYP now has an international network of trained providers working with incarcerated, re-entry, and parolee populations.