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Daily mindfulness for PreK–12

Calm Minds
Learn Better

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Inner Explorer brings daily mindfulness to PreK–12 classrooms, helping students build the regulation, focus, and resilience they need to learn and thrive.

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Inner Explorer at a glance

students who have practiced
2M+
schools adopted
4,000+
fewer behavioral issues
60%
renewal rate
90%

  • Daily

    Mindfulness works through consistency. Inner Explorer builds it into every school day.

  • Universal

    Prevention for every student in Tier 1, with the same approach extended to targeted support when more help is needed.

  • Built to Scale

    From one classroom to a whole district, it grows with your schools and stays simple to run.

In such a loud world, how does one find inner quiet?

The problem

Children can’t learn when they’re stressed.

Stress disrupts attention, working memory, impulse control, and cognitive flexibility: the same executive functions students rely on to learn.

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The solution

Mindfulness helps students strengthen their ability to regulate stress and return their attention to the present, better preparing them for everything the school day asks of them.

Why Inner Explorer

Stressed

Behavioral disruptions steal weeks of instructional time every single year.

Settled

Five guided minutes a day give that time back to teaching.

The routine

How Daily Practice Works

  1. Inner Explorer Daily Practice screen: the Day 10 practice card, Introduction to Start with the Heart, with 5 and 10 minute options and the Day 9 and Day 11 cards on either side

    Press Play

    Press play on the daily practice in your grade-level sequence.

  2. A classroom of students with eyes closed during a guided practice, with a laptop at the front showing the Inner Explorer Anchoring practice

    Practice together.

    Students and educators follow the 5–10 minute audio-guided practice together.

  3. Inner Explorer check-in after Day 2 Daily Practice: How did the room feel after? A slider from Restless to Bright set to Calm, an optional note on what stood out, and a Submit button

    Reflect & track

    A short journal prompt closes the practice. Progress logs automatically for each classroom.

The program

Simple Adoption. Built to Scale.

The Daily Practice

Brief, audio-guided practices fit naturally into the school day with no lesson planning, prep, or specialized training required.

A student sits with eyes closed in a sunlit classroom during a daily mindfulness practice
Awareness of Breath Day 1 · 5 min
  • 5–10 minute audio-guided practices
  • 180 days of sequenced content
  • PreK–12th grade
  • English and Spanish
  • Screen-free for students
  • Educators practice alongside students
Experience daily practice

One Shared Foundation

Connect classrooms, schools, and support systems through one consistent approach to regulation, while giving leaders visibility into engagement and adoption.

  • District-wide adoption funnels and engagement
  • Impact and outcomes reporting, ready for the board
  • Implementation visibility across classrooms and schools
  • Programming that supports every tier of MTSS
  • Prevention that costs less than intervention
  • One shared language across the community
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Mindfulness that grows with students

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The research

Evidence-based from the beginning.

Built on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, the most studied mindfulness method in the world. Studied in real school environments, with published research demonstrating impact across the outcomes schools care about most.

60%

fewer behavioral issues

Controlled study, eight 3rd-grade classrooms (Bakosh 2016)

Behavior referrals in Inner Explorer classrooms
  • Inner Explorer classrooms Daily practice −60%
    Start 100
    End 40

Source: Bakosh et al. 2016, controlled study of eight 3rd-grade classrooms, University of London. Published in Mindfulness.

higher average GPA
15%
less educator stress
43%
studies behind the MBSR method it’s built on
16,000+
  • Top EdTech Products 2025
  • BrainFutures Top 10 evidence-based program
  • Rooted in MBSR
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From the field

Trusted by School Communities Everywhere

Hear from our partners about the impact of mindfulness at the foundation of their school day.

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The past seven months, we had 50% less office referrals compared to last school year. And the only thing we’ve changed as far as discipline goes is implementing Inner Explorer.
Principal Alexander City, Alabama
Inner Explorer has proven to be a pivotal tool in supporting our students and staff mental well-being, thereby contributing significantly to the overall improvement in academic performance across all domains.
Principal Portsmouth, Virginia
Inner Explorer helps students make good decisions, developing good clear minds, free of stress. I like those chances and circumstances in terms of a kid making better decisions.
Former Superintendent Clayton County Public Schools

Affordable and Fundable

Under $8 per student per year, with funding paths that fit the budgets schools already have.

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Give Students the Foundation They Need to Learn

5 audio-guided minutes is all it takes to settle a room. See how it fits your classrooms, schools or district.

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