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.

Thank you to our sponsors

Staff

Board of Directors

Ginny Kuhn

CEO & Founder
M.A. Spiritual Psychology

Instructors

• Cecily

• Daniela

• Ginny

• Mark

• Mike

• Jami Lee

• Natalie

• Paul

• Silla

• Steve

• Toby

Nicolas Crisosto, Secretary

Education and Technology Consultant

Nimita 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

Mike Lewis

Drug and Alcohol Counselor, Day Reporting Center • Yoga Instructor

Lieutenant Kenneth Callahan

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, Treasurer

Accountant

Prison Yoga Project Network

Founder Ginny Kuhn and some PYSB instructors 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.