Niroga Violence Prevention Programs

Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center
Niroga’s program provides a comprehensive, multi-component discipline of yoga, breathwork, and meditation for incarcerated youth in several units offering 27 classes per week , and a weekly class for Staff. The nature and magnitude of this intervention makes it unique across the country. Preliminary program evaluation results indicate a statistically significant decrease in stress and increase in self-control, and has elicited an overwhelmingly positive response from youth and staff. Please see summary and report for more details on evaluation results.

Camp Wilmont Sweeney
This is an unlocked, 24-hour residential program staffed for minors, who are ordered by the Alameda County Juvenile Court to be committed to the Camp. As part of the recreation program there, we offer a similar program to that in Juvenile Justice Center in 2 classes on the weekend.

Chris Adams Girls Center, Martinez
Niroga offers TLS classes three days a week to all of the adolescent girls placed in this residential treatment program by the Juvenile Court. Our program helps the girls, cope with stress, anger, anxiety, and become self- empowered by building self-control, self-esteem, and self-confidence. Like our program at Alameda Juvenile Hall, this program is being studied for the effects of TLS.