Breathe for Change

Superintendent

Breathe for Change teaches educators about social-emotional learning practices, mindfulness and yoga.

With the pandemic, the kids started missing some social emotional learning skills.

Advice for successfully building yoga in schools from Massachusetts 2024 Superintendent of the year Barbara Malkas

Teacher burnout and the need for SEL and mental health support among students are at all-time highs--but wellness practices can help.

Dr. Ilana Nankin talks about Breathe For Change - a wellness program that helps teachers combat burnout and stress through yoga.

Researchers and schools are exploring whether regular yoga practice can reduce teacher stress and equip educators with strategies to stay calm during chaotic moments in the classroom.

Breathe For Change is on a mission to save our schools, one teacher at a time, by reducing burnout through targeted yoga and mindfulness trainings.

Ninth-grader Riviera Wilson-Carpino found herself getting lost in the hallways on one of her first days at Memorial High School last week and could feel herself getting stressed.

Kimberley Rose knew that breathing exercises could help kids calm down. Yet she never would have incorporated them into her classroom if she hadn't experienced the power of these exercises herself.