Wellness, Inspiration, & Community for Every Educator & Student.
Transform
Educators empowered to lead with love.
Teach
Pedagogy that supports every learner
Thrive
Mindful positive learning environments
Our research-backed curriculum brings a unique blend of neuroscience, mindfulness, physiology and somatic healing, yoga, psychology, and social emotional learning. Our curriculum has been utilized by over 50,000 educators to support over 5,000,000 learners–and its benefits have been studied and verified by research from Harvard, Learn Platform, and Stanford Mind-Body Lab.
Theory of Change
Transforming Education from the Inside Out
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TRANSFORM
Practices For Change
Transformative Pedagogy
Community Building
Mind-Body Wellness
Social-Emotional Learning
Intention & Reflection
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TEACH
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THRIVE
Student Outcomes
Academic Excellence
Social-Emotional Skills
Executive Functioning
Wellness & Mental Health
Inspiration & Purpose
Community Connection
Innovation & Creativity
Growth Mindset
Leadership Capacity
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TRANSFORM
Practices For Change
Transformative Pedagogy
Community Building
Mind-Body Wellness
Social-Emotional Learning
Intention & Reflection
2
TEACH
3
THRIVE
Student Outcomes
Academic Excellence
Social-Emotional Skills
Executive Functioning
Wellness & Mental Health
Inspiration & Purpose
Community Connection
Innovation & Creativity
Growth Mindset
Leadership Capacity
TRANSFORM
A great education depends on great educators. We begin by empowering educators to become the passionate, purposeful, well-resourced leaders they need to be in order to bring their visions for teaching to life.
Transformational Progression
We start with a focus on Transformation of Self, which gives educators mindfulness, yoga, and wellness tools to reduce teacher stress and burnout, increase emotional intelligence and performance, and enhance overall well-being. Through this foundational aspect of training, educators learn and experience the power of self-care, self-love, and self-transformation.
From this foundation of personal well-being, our Yoga Teacher Trainings move into Transformation of Relationships, which equips teachers with tools to improve communication skills, develop empathy and compassion, and cultivate a mindful awareness in relationships. Through Transformation of Relationships, educators learn to communicate with integrity, express their authenticity, and find strength in vulnerability.
We then move into Transformation of Community, which empowers and prepares educators to use wellness as a vehicle for positive change in their schools, organizations and surrounding communities. During this aspect of training, educators learn how to make wellness and social emotional learning practices inclusive, culturally relevant, and trauma informed in order to create a more socially just and peaceful world.
Finally, we move into the last stage of our transformational cycle, Integration and Renewal, to take time and space to reflect upon and integrate everything we’ve learned throughout our journey to prepare ourselves to begin the next cycle of transformation. During this time, we celebrate the incredible growth we’ve undergone, appreciate the beautiful insights, relationships, and experiences we’ve cultivated, and tap into our endless source of inspiration to prepare for new beginnings as Breathe For Change Wellness Champions.
Modalities for Transformation
Cultivating Physical, Mental, and Social-Emotional Well-Being
The state of the nervous system has a massive impact on learning. We draw from evidence-based, time-tested bodies of wisdom including meditation and yoga to bring teachers’ and students’ minds and bodies into a state conducive to learning.
Mindfulness & Meditation
Yoga & Movement
Intention & Reflection
Self-Awareness & Self-Management
Community Connection
TEACH
Pedagogy makes the difference between disengaged, struggling students and passionate, thriving learners. Our unique pedagogical approach transforms classrooms into communities in which every student is included, empowered, and successful.
The TEACH Method
Trauma-Informed
Equitable
Accessible
Community-Based
Healing-Centered
Developed over 10+ years by dozens of team members, researchers, and advisors–and refined via input from hundreds of thousands of survey responses–our pedagogy is at the heart of what we do and at the leading edge of successful education.
Discover why educators choose to spend more hours in Breathe For Change trainings than any other training in the world!
Social-Emotional Learning & Facilitation (SEL*F)
Social-Emotional Learning has exploded in the past few years due to its essential value for both student wellness and academic learning. However, most SEL curriculums fail to live up to the hype because they overlook one simple, essential truth: students learn SEL skills when educators model and embody them, not when they simply talk about them.
Our CASEL-aligned, developmentally differentiated SEL*F Curriculum achieves real social-emotional and academic outcomes, because we train teachers to develop their own SEL skills so they can effectively teach them to students.
THRIVE
The THRIVE Method
As behavioral and academic challenges reach unprecedented heights, we need an effective approach to classroom management that fosters connection and learning rather than shame and punishment. Our THRIVE Method helps educators foster positive learning environments..
Teach Expectations
Honor Experiences
Respond Mindfully
Identify Opportunities
Validate Progress
Empower Transformation
Lead With Love: Be a Wellness Champion
Our alumni become champions of well-being in their classrooms, schools, and communities to create ripple effects of transformation throughout the education system. We provide ongoing resources, support, and professional development to empower our educators as leaders of love to grow the movement and create the lives and careers they dream of.
Backed by Science & Research
Breathe For Change programs meet ESSA Level III Promising research standards.
Improve educator well-being and student behaviors
A study conducted by Learn Platform found that our programs reduced educator-reported stress and burnout, while improving global health, SEL, self-efficacy, and challenging student behaviors.
Protect mental health
A study conducted by Harvard found our programs can play a protective role in maintaining mental health.
Support student SEL and academic outcomes
Our Founder Dr. Ilana’s Nankin’s dissertation revealed the critical connection between educator well-being and student social-emotional and academic outcomes.
Improve focus and attention
A study conducted by the California State University of Fullerton found our programs can improve focus and attention.
Reduce stress and burnout
A study conducted by a Ph.D. candidate at the Stanford Mind-Body Lab found reduced teacher stress and burnout and enhanced efficacy.
Improve symptoms of anxiety
A randomized controlled study conducted by Tulane University found that our programs may improve symptoms of anxiety among students.
