Move Beyond Survival. Build a Life Guided by Choice and Purpose.
When life has been shaped by stress, trauma, incarceration, or the justice system, familiar reactions can take over before there is time to choose another response. Survival to Service is a self-paced, trauma-informed online course that helps you understand these patterns, build practical skills, and take meaningful steps toward the life you want to create.
Designed for justice-impacted people—including those in incarceration, reentry, recovery, alternative courts, parole, or probation—the course offers lessons and practices that can benefit anyone seeking greater resilience, self-awareness, and personal growth.
Through accessible lessons, guided self-reflection, and simple practices involving movement, breathing, mindfulness, and body awareness, you will explore how stress and past experiences can influence your thoughts, emotions, physical reactions, and behavior. You will learn ways to recognize automatic patterns, regulate difficult emotions, and create more space between what you feel and what you do.
More information: https://community.prisonyoga.org/courses/survival-to-service/