Meditation is all about letting the light in. In this episode, we speak with Joh Jarvis, Vedic Meditation teacher and founder of the Light Inside, who is on a mission to let the light find its way into prisons and jails. Joh talks about what it was like teaching men in maximum security at Rikers Island Correctional Center in New York as well as women prisoners in Philidephia who were recently released. Beyond her story, we go into how prison is a metaphor for the binding effect of karma we all experience and how healing those behind bars can go a long way towards healing the collective at large.  We hope you are as inspired as we were to hear Joh so humbly describe her work of going straight into the heart of darkness to bring the light where it is most needed.   If you are interested in Joh’s work, you can email her here:  joh@the-lightinside.comOr go sign up for her mailing list on her website: www.the-lightinside.com  (live but under construction) Show Notes: .40 Intro to Joh Jarvis2.40 making a mistake you have to pay for all your life with no rehabilitation8.00 Hiding our putting away our own mistakes is similar to what society does with people in prisons. Out of sight out of mind. Healing within, healing outside. 8.43 the prison system as a reflection of the consciousness of society9.06 The Light Inside Organization9.50 Correction officers are also affected by the system12.40 Teaching in Riker´s island 13.00 Prisons vs Jails14.40 Future plans to measure results17.30 Seeing prisoners beyond being just prisoners 19.30 Hold both states with prisoners –Gyana Kanda and also Karma Kanda 20.28 Not feeling in danger in a prison while teaching26.30 Closing eyes in meditation for prisoners30.40 Desire is where there is the need to teach 31.15 Prisons are metaphors of what we all experience – karma – binding effect.32.00 Outside bounds are nothing compared to the inside ones32.20 Prisons can fast-track you to evolution – not as many distractions 32.55 Nelson Mandela´s self-realization in prison33.00 “Let´s make as many of us available as possible to be available to those people who, once it’s explained to them, experience what we teach.” Joh Jarvis33.30 Covid- opportunity to go inward 40.00 Trying to teach correction officers41.20 Raising the collective consciousness – finding victims, finding the ones helping the victims and then the ones causing the suffering (who are also victims). 42.30 Uplifting the farthest from society and from there uplift the whole thing43.36 The keys to the kingdom – the best meditation that you could learn44.20 “We are giving you the best, and in a way, I think they deserve it. I think anybody who gets in front of a meditation teacher and takes that opportunity inherently deserves it.” Joh Jarvis 44.46 “They very fact that I´ve got the desire, you got the desire, says “oh this should be done”. It’s coming from the divine, this idea that people do this and therefore there is a reason for that and it’s for the collective evolution. So yes, I think prisons for that reason are going to be a powerful impact on the wider collective, the teaching in prisons.” Joh Jarvis45.20 The point of enough47.00 Jarvis Jay Masters – inmate who does mindfulness in San Quentin State Prison48.59 The Dhamma Brothers in Alabama State Prison (there is a film about this)