Inner Explorer | May Mission moment

Mission Moments: May 2020

As 2020 continues to unfold, Inner Explorer has seen first hand that access to a daily mindfulness practice is more important than ever as families look for stress reduction tools. Our country is faced with epidemic levels of stress and anxiety - both teachers and families are trying to figure out how to teach kids within these confines.

The evidence is clear:

Stress and trauma significantly inhibit learning
Mitigating these factors through mindfulness is proven to work
Prevention is easier and much less costly than intervention

Watch this video to hear how Tabitha O'Toole, single working mother of 2 children, uses Inner Explorer’s 10 minute daily guided mindfulness practice to help get through her day with calmness and resilience.

During this time of uncertainty, Inner Explorer is providing a free mindfulness app that can be used on any device to support you and your family. Download the app today and start practicing with your children - or take it even a step further and share it with a friend or classmate.

The need for tools to help children handle difficult emotions such as stress, anxiety and anger is paramount. Inner Explorer needs your help to provide these tools to effectively cope with challenges - especially now.

We ask you to please consider donating to Inner Explorer to help kids calm their anxiety (and yours too!).

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TESTIMONIALS

Last year we piloted one class with Inner Explorer’s mindfulness program. The one class who used it was the calmest class with the fewest incident reports (0 versus an average of 25 in the other classrooms!) and had the high estacademic gains in reading (initially 10 of 28 students werebelow grade level, at the end of the year 0 of 28 werebelow, including several special needs students!). We are expanding into all the classrooms this year.Principal, Sarasota, FL

Inner Explorer is very user friendly and easy to implement. We have seen a dramatic increase in the positive behaviors of the students in the classrooms where the program is donewith fidelity. The investment of 5-10 minutes daily, comes back to you exponentially! Programs such as this should berequired in all schools! Ileana Mellan, Principal,Mater Academy.

We had just started IE a few months prior to the marathon bombing in Boston. Third grade was particularly traumatizedas that was the grade that lost Martin. By continuing toparticipate in IE each day after the bombing, IE served asgood trauma first-aid for several reasons: Maintaining familiar routines and rituals Ongoing teaching of calm down strategies. A safe space and sense of security. Helped teachers and students with self-care Director of Special Ed and Student Support.

Inner Explorer has empowered our students to handle stress, anxiety, and negative emotions in a constructive manner. The 5-10 minute guided audio practices are long enough toprovide immediate positive effects and short enough as tonot disrupt instructional time. Teachers have said that they themselves have used the mindfulness strategies to reduce their own stress. Inner Explorer is simple to use, empowers students and teachers to self-regulate their emotions, and their team is always readily available to answer questions/address concerns Aida Trujillo, AssistantPrincipal

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Mission Moments: May 2020

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