Book includes a look inside the Texas prison where the program began, along with instructions and tips for readers on how to incorporate meditation into their daily lives
DENISON, Texas, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In 2019, Doreena Durbin initiated a prison meditation program at a men's prison near Dallas, Texas. When a warden invited her to start a meditation program at Stateville Penitentiary, in Joliet, IL, to reduce violence and promote peace in the prison population, she was determined to make it happen. Forty years later, she is finally fulfilling the hope of changing lives of the incarcerated men from
the inside out.
In "Get an Inner Life MEDITATE," Durbin shares the power and benefits of meditation for both the prison and the general populations, along with her experience teaching inmates. She is currently the only female in the entire state of Texas prison system who teaches meditation, and at only 4'11", she is used to feeling "all eyes on her" when she enters the prison courtyard.
"After 45 years of teaching meditation," said Durbin, "I have learned that when meditation is one of the prison resources, this segment of society can learn coping mechanisms to deal with anger and depression."
Besides starting a controversial meditation program in a men's penitentiary, Durbin served as President of the American Meditation Society (AMS) from 2018 through 2023. She has been teaching meditation since 1977, and was given the moniker "The Bridge," for her talent in recognizing similarities rather than differences in religions and people.
"I strongly desire to assist humanity in finding their place in the world, bringing tranquility, happiness, and peace in a challenging, chaotic, divisive world," said Durbin.
"Get An Inner Life MEDITATE: Freedom is Found Within"
By Doreena Durbin
ISBN: 9798765254912 (softcover); 9798765254905 (electronic)
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About the author
Doreena Durbin has been teaching meditation since 1977. In 1991, she served on the Dialogue Committee for the Council on a Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR). This organization aims to foster harmony among diverse religious and spiritual communities. She served as President of the American Meditation Society (AMS) from 2018 through 2023. To learn more, please visit .
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