Carrying The Dharma in Prison: The Prison Mindfulness Summit

Prison Mindfulness Summit: useful approaches to volunteering in prison, pitfalls that facilitators might encounter in incarcerated settings, and what makes for safe prison sanghas.

Here is an interview I did for the Prison Mindfulness Summit in October 2022. In it, I discuss useful approaches to volunteering in prison, pitfalls that facilitators might encounter in incarcerated settings, and what makes for safe prison sanghas.

The Prison Mindfulness Summit was presented by the Prison Mindfulness Institute. If you’re interested in hearing what other speakers had to say at the summit or what sort of work PMI does, check them both out here:

Prison Mindfulness Summit: https://www.prisonmindfulnesssummit.org

Prison Mindfulness Institute: https://www.prisonmindfulness.org

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