Support Dharma Project's Prenatal Yoga Program in Prisons
Help us Improve Prenatal Health Outcomes for Women Experiencing Incarceration
Dharma Project is starting a prenatal yoga program, in partnership with Cherished Life + Wellness, for pregnant women experiencing incarceration. Our goal is to raise $5,000 to get this program started, please join us in this unique opportunity to provide support for expectant mothers and their babies!
Prenatal Yoga provides mothers and their babies with the following:
- Practices that promote mental & physical health in prison
- Breathing & relaxation techniques for labor, birth & motherhood
- Reduced risk of labor complications
- Improved health outcomes for newborns
- Encourages connection and harmony with baby
- Facilitates faster recovery from pregnancy and postpartum
- Promotes empowerment, self-confidence, & healthy decision making
- Reduces pregnancy related tension/discomforts
- Creates connection & community support systems
Meeting the health care needs of pregnant incarcerated women can be difficult in a system originally designed for males. Incarceration imposes unique restrictions on pregnant women, including daily life plans, nutrition and diet, prenatal care, delivery, support, and contact with the newborn. Our program will provide practices that can teach women how to care for themselves and their babies during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum — healing their bodies, working through trauma, and building self-worth and resilience so they can overcome the difficulties they face being a mother in prison.