Inner Strength Teen Mindfulness Program: A Philadelphia Success Story

In 2014, Amy Edelstein began teaching a complex teen mindfulness program in Philadelphia Public high schools. This documentary, filmed on site at Bodine High School in Philadelphia, shows how students, teachers, and school climate transform. In this 3-month in-school program, students learn 7 evidence-based mindful awareness techniques for self regulation and stress reduction, the 300 million year history of brain development and what that means about us, and the unique cultural shifts between modernity and post-modernity. Setting their experience in this context, students learn to become explorers of their own experience, resulting in greater engagement with school and relationships, improved self-knowledge and emotional regulation, and delight in life so they can reach for and realize their higher potentials. This program has empowered more than 10,000 students. Teacher-training and program replication available. www.InnerStrength.Education