We are honored that you have chosen to participate in the Inner Explorer program. Your commitment to this initiative will help create a better and more peaceful school community for you and your students
Throughout the development process, we have focused on ease of use for teachers, cost effectiveness for administrators and compelling programming for students, all with the goal of improving educational outcomes, reducing stress, and stimulating human potential.
We are continually using your feedback to further refine the program for Pre-k through 12th grade students, for in-school and at-home applications. We thank you for your time and your input and we send good intentions your way as you venture into new territory….mindfully!
Inner Explorer is a Mindful Based Social Emotional Learning (MBSEL) program designed to help your students become “ready to learn,” leading to less anxiousness and stress, better performance in school, and improved interactions with peers and teachers. Our program will also support your own personal and professional well-being enhancing your effectiveness inside and outside the classroom.
Mindful awareness, with the foundational practices of returning one’s attention to the present moment again and again, allows children the space and opportunity to pay close attention, develop self-control, compassion, empathy and a clearer understanding of what is happening in the present moment. These skills grow and develop, from the inside out, with consistent practice.
By practicing mindful awareness, we create space, in our minds and in our lives, to make thoughtful, wise, conscious choices, and to make a habit out of responding, rather than reacting. We call this “learning from the inside out.”
The Inner Explorer program (IE), combines key learning areas of mindful awareness; cognitive neurobiology; physiology; social and emotional learning (SEL); heartbrain synchronization; and guided imagery; to help students develop their own toolbox of inner resources. As students are guided through each lesson they will investigate and explore.
“It helps me concentrate and relax and be calm and learn. It helps me be prepared for anything.” - Elementary School Student
“Because of Inner Explorer I feel so much calmer this year. Inner Explorer gives me the opportunity to see past the chaos; I can exist in it and respond in a much calmer manner.” - Edgar Rodriguez Ramirez, Third Grade Teacher, Reach Academy, Oakland, CA