Inner Strength Foundation Announces New Education Brand

PHILADELPHIA - May 21, 2021 - PRLog -- Inner Strength Foundation announced today that it has launched Inner Strength Education, a sub-brand that will bring focus to the organization's educational programs. Included under this banner will be the Inner Strength Mobile App for Teens, The Mindfulness & Systems Thinking School Program; Building Inner Strength Teen Video Program,; Foundations of Mindfulness Teacher Training Courses; Self-Care for Teachers Professional Development Programs; and Teen Mindfulness Retreats. Inner Strength has also introduced a re-branded website (www.innerstrengtheducation.org)  that reflects our focus on innovative and wellness-oriented education. .

Since 2014, Inner Strength has served 15,000 students across 19 Philadelphia high schools. The program has received the coveted designation from CASEL (Collaborative for Academic Social Emotional Learning) as an approved social-emotional learning (SEL) program. ISE will continue to provide high quality educational tools including mindful awareness, focus, and compassion techniques to improve psychological, behavioral, and physical health and well-being, COVID-19 specific resources, a teen mindfulness mobile application, and educator training and professional development opportunities.

The organization was founded by Amy Edelstein, a Cornell University College Scholar with thirty-five years experience of contemplative practice, including a background in educational theory, transformational change models, trauma-sensitive education, Western and Eastern philosophy, and evolutionary perspectives, a contemporary field that connects individual development with our world's ancient history and with a deep sense of responsibility for our collective future. She is the recipient of a Philadelphia Social Innovator's Award, and is the author of five books including the IPPY award-winning, educational bestseller The Conscious Classroom.

The Inner Strength Mission

Inner Strength Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization whose mission is to uplift the minds, hearts, and actions of youth through mindful, contemplative awareness and developmental thinking to help them realize their higher potentials.

For all inquiries, please contact Alyson Showell LaPorta, Communications Manager at alyson@innerstrengtheducation.org or  215.278.9162. To learn more visit: www.innerstrengtheducation.org