Freeing The Human Spirit

12/02/2025

Today is GIVING TUESDAY, and your support can change a life.

At Freeing the Human Spirit, we witness moments of transformation every week — moments like Jordan’s.
Jordan, convicted of fraud, joined the prison yoga program a year ago, unsure of what to expect. He said he walked into that first class angry, guarded, and disconnected. But slowly, breath by breath, something shifted.
“Yoga has given me room to pause instead of react. It’s helped me repair relationships with guys on my range, and even with some of the guards.
For the first time in years, I feel like I can talk instead of explode.”

As his practice deepened, he began reaching out to his family again — calls that once ended in arguments now end in hope.
“My daughter is nine. She’s growing fast, and I’ve missed so much.
When I get out next year, the thing I’m looking forward to most is sharing yoga with her — showing her the breathing that helped me through the hardest days.”

Jordan attends every session we offer. He says yoga gives him purpose, focus, and a sense of dignity he thought he’d lost forever.
“I want to be the kind of man my daughter can look up to. This program is helping me become him.”

Your Giving Tuesday donation helps make stories like Jordan’s possible — stories of healing, connection, and real change behind the walls… and beyond them.
✨ Every $50 provides a yoga & meditation manual to a prison.
✨ Every gift supports trauma-informed yoga programs that change lives.
✨ Every donation helps someone rebuild a future.

Please consider donating today at:
👉 www.FreeingTheHumanSpirit.com
or search for us on CanadaHelps (https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/freeing-the-human-spirit/)

Your giving = real impact.

12/01/2025

YOGA and MEDITATION help everyone — no exceptions.
Inside correctional facilities, yoga and meditation give people tools to breathe, regulate emotions, and reconnect with their humanity.

And here’s the truth:
Most people in prison will return to our communities. They may one day be your neighbors.

Your Giving Tuesday support helps us bring trauma-informed yoga and meditation to those who need it most — giving them a chance to heal, grow, and re-enter society with more stability and compassion.
✨ Your giving = real impact.
✨ Every $50 supplies a yoga + meditation manual to a prison.
Please donate today through CanadaHelps: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/freeing-the-human-spirit/

11/30/2025

This Giving Tuesday, we’re inviting you to support real healing and real change.

Freeing the Human Spirit brings trauma-informed yoga and meditation programs to individuals in correctional facilities—programs shown to improve physical and emotional well-being and even help reduce recidivism rates.

💛 Your Giving = Real Impact
For every $50 raised, we can provide our new Finding Freedom Within yoga & meditation manual to a prison and continue offering programs that support transformation, resilience, and hope.

📚 Research shows these programs can improve emotional well-being and may help reduce recidivism by up to 20%.

✨ This Giving Tuesday, be part of healing behind the walls.
Please donate through CanadaHelps and help make a meaningful difference
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/freeing-the-human-spirit/

07/29/2025

🧘‍♀️ Help us bring healing behind prison walls.
We’re looking for volunteer Board Members to support Freeing the Human Spirit—especially if you have fundraising or social media skills.

💡 Passionate about mindfulness, second chances, or justice reform? Join us in empowering incarcerated individuals through yoga and meditation.

🌍 Remote | 5 hrs/month
💻 Apply via link in bio or CharityVillage!

07/29/2025

🚨 We’re recruiting volunteer Board Members! 🚨

Are you passionate about second chances, inner transformation, and the healing power of mindfulness?

Freeing the Human Spirit (FTHS), a national charity that delivers yoga and meditation in prisons, is seeking two compassionate leaders to join our Board—especially those with experience in fundraising or social media.

💫 Be part of a mission that brings hope and healing to incarcerated individuals across Canada.

📍 Remote | ~5 hrs/month | Quarterly virtual meetings

👉 Learn more & apply here: https://charityvillage.com/jobs/board-member-remote-in-nationwide-ca-4/

07/26/2025

Pleased to be collaborating with Native Women's Association of Canada to add yoga and meditation to their RED PATH program in female correctional facilities across Canada. Big thanks toMichaela Shaw, our National Volunteer Coordinator for making this possible. If you are interested in being a voluteer with us, please reach out to [email protected].

This year, Freeing the Human Spirit (FTHS), a charitable organization that offers yoga and meditation to incarcerated individuals across Canada, is bringing these practices to Indigenous women in federal institutions. As a proud partner of NWAC’s RED Path project, FTHS will lead yoga and meditation sessions to complement RED Path workshops, offering tools that support participants’ healing and well-being during incarceration and after release.

🔗 Learn more: https://freeingthehumanspirit.com