Mike Huggins - "Prison Yoga"

J. Brown Yoga Talks

J. Brown

Yoga, Health & Fitness, Yogateacher, Alternative Health, Yogaindustry, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Mike Huggins, founder of Transformation Yoga Project and author of Going OM: A CEO's Journey from a Prison Facility to Spiritual Tranquility, talks with J about the turn of events that took him from the top of a corporate ladder to federal prison, and how that experience was transformed into a new life purpose. They discuss his work in applying yoga practices for addiction recovery and trauma-related issues, the personal realities of incarceration, white privilege and diverse populations, and serving on a board together at Liberation Prison Yoga.

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0:00.0	All right. This is actually happening. How are you? Welcome to Yoga Talks podcast. My name is J. Brown,
0:18.7	and I am coming to you from a remote location.
0:22.3	I am in a hotel room in Tokyo, Japan.
0:25.4	It is the middle of the night.
0:28.6	Why?
0:29.2	Because I am one jet-lagged dude.
0:33.6	I got here yesterday.
0:34.8	I already did the first day of the training, which went wonderfully. I'm super happy about that.
0:40.6	But I passed out early, like 7.30 p.m. and now it's the middle of the night. And it's kind of a good thing because I needed to make this happen.
0:51.3	I got a podcast to give you today. And whoa, I thought it would be a good idea.
0:56.1	I'll just bring the recording equipment and I'll just record in Japan. It'll be awesome.
0:59.9	But man, I'm kind of out of it, you guys. And I normally would not try to do one of these
1:05.8	when I'm in a state of mind that doesn't feel clear and cogent. So I'm going to keep it short. And it's a good
1:14.4	thing because today's talk with Mike is lengthy. And it's because I was really compelled by his
1:21.0	story. I had heard about him. Someone had emailed me about him in his book, Going Ome, a CEO's journey from a prison facility
1:29.1	to spiritual tranquility. I was very intrigued and intended to speak with him and just sort of
1:34.8	hadn't gotten to it. Then, as I think I've mentioned, I was asked to serve on the board
1:39.9	of Liberation Prison Yoga, and Mike is also on the board, so we kind of connected, and then
1:44.0	we made it
1:44.5	happen and I've read his book. It's quite amazing and it was really fun to kind of flesh it out
1:53.2	a little bit with him and just to kind of get to know him and talk with him. His experience
1:58.0	I think really speaks to a lot of different things.
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