Thrive Inside CIC

Thrive Inside delivers a mindfulness-based practice called iRest (Integrative Restoration) to prisons, military veterans and people caught up in addiction. It is currently delivered in group class settings and supported with one-to-one work where necessary.

We deliver an 8-week iRest course in HMPPS estates that is supported by a workbook designed to accommodate low-literacy users, along with handouts for each of the 10 steps of the iRest practice. We have produced a short 4- hour audio course that can be used in-cell along with the workbook, which we want to expand in every UK prison.

We currently run the courses in HMP Lewes and Rochester in partnership with Sussex Pathways

iRest is an evidence-based practice that has its roots in various different ancient meditation practices and has been approved of by the US army surgeon General for the military to use as a complementary approach for dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).