HMP Winchester Yoga

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For Yoga Teachers

More information about teaching in prison and how we can work with you.

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For Prisons

Find out how yoga and meditation can benefit your prison regime and how we can help you.

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Who We Are

The Prison Phoenix Trust encourages prisoners in the development of their spiritual welfare, through the practices of meditation and yoga, working with silence and the breath.

We offer personal support to prisoners around the UK and the Republic of Ireland through teaching, workshops, correspondence, books and newsletters – and to prison staff too. We work with people of any faith, or of none, and honour all religions.

“What matters is how you're going to use your time inside. What's important is you can change, your life can become different.”

Latest News

For Mental Health Awareness Week 2025, The Prison Phoenix Trust launched Give it 10 — a simple, effective yoga and mindfulness challenge for people in custody. The idea? Just 10 minutes a day for 7 days to support mental wellbeing. The challenge was a hit, with 124 prisons and justice organisations across the UK and Ireland taking part. Prisoners and staff alike found it easy to access and genuinely helpful — especially for those new to yoga. What’s in the continue reading

  The Prison Phoenix Trust (PPT) continues to build its support for people in UK and Irish prisons, offering yoga and meditation as transformative tools for rehabilitation and mental well-being. With the recent addition of courses at HMP Liverpool and HMP Hollesley Bay, regular weekly yoga sessions are now available in 52 prisons. New Prison Yoga Classes at HMP Liverpool In April, HMP Liverpool began the first in a series of seven six-week yoga and meditation courses with a PPT-trained continue reading

Join The Prison Phoenix Trust as we build our award-winning team supporting people in prison through meditation and yoga. To help support escalating numbers of people in prison, we are seeking 2 new part-time staff.  It is an exciting time for The PPT as recognition of the impact of our work grows and we move into a new phase of our development in the run up to our 40th anniversary in 2028. For all roles, apply by sending your CV and continue reading