Every Educator Around the World Gets a Free Lifetime Subscription to Stop, Breathe & Think App

SBT offers ways for educators to practice self-care and bring social-emotional learning to the classroom.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Californer -- Stop, Breathe & Think is offering all educators around the world a free lifetime subscription to its app to support social-emotional learning in the classroom and address increasing distractions, mounting pressure, and growing mental health issues.

In 2019, Stop, Breathe & Think reached 25K teachers and over 8,000 schools. 96% of teachers surveyed think SBT is an effective and accessible tool for the classroom to incorporate mindfulness in an easy way.

"It can be difficult achieving buy-in from a large body of students. I have been able to reach 100+ students per day and lead SEL discussions around the topics that are covered in the meditations," Katie Aldama, a school counselor in the Irvine Unified School District says.

The mindfulness curriculum grew out of two decades of work with at-risk youth via its partner non-profit, Tools for Peace. Stop, Breathe & Think also collaborated with Susan Kaiser Greenland, and a distinguished Scientific Advisory Board that includes Sue Smalley, Ph.D., founder of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center; Nicholas Schork, Ph.D., world-renowned researcher at the City of Hope National Medical Center affiliate The Translational Genomics Research Institute; Phillippe Goldin, Ph.D., UC Davis Cognitive Behavioral Therapist & Cofounder of Google Search Inside Yourself.

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By offering educators free access to its All Ages and Kids apps, SBT underscores the five core competencies for social-emotional learning according to CASEL: self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making. Educators can also access to free, downloadable classroom resources.

"As parents ourselves, we believe that teaching our kids emotional resilience is absolutely critical to help solve the epidemic of stress and anxiety this younger generation is experiencing," CEO Julie Campistron says. "Teachers are on the front lines of this epidemic and arming them with accessible and engaging tools is a key mission for us."

Data analysis by Dr. Nicholas J. Schork confirms that consistent use of Stop, Breathe & Think activities over time yield significantly impact mental health, including decreased anxiety and increased positive emotion. The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), showed 82% are more likely to report no anxious emotions after just 10 sessions.

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About Stop, Breathe & Think

Stop, Breathe & Think is the first emotional wellness platform for the "under 25" generation, with the mission to help kids, teens and adults build the emotional strength to handle whatever comes their way. The 5-star-rated award-winning app is paving the way to everyday emotional wellness with bite-size personalized content and activities based on user emotions. www.stopbreathethink.com