pods 4 peace
We provide space and resources
for at risk youth to go within.
Making the World a more peaceful place
We Have Partnered
With Dr. Oz’s HealthCorps
Somadome partnered with Dr. Oz’s nonprofit, HealthCorps, to offer inner city schools and high-risk teens a space to manage stress and cope with their daily lives. When HealthCorps first integrated a Somadome into their school system to test efficacy and response, the benefits were inspiring.
Finding Success
with Students
In 2012, When HealthCorps first integrated a Somadome into their school system, starting with American Legion High School, the benefits were inspiring and the results were astounding.
After spending just 20 minutes in the dome, students reported a positive and immediate impact on their moods. Prior to going into the Somadome, students reported their moods as hopeless, anxious, depressed, frustrated and bored. After their session, the same students reported their moods as inspired, happy, confident, and hopeful.
Domes have found similar success in the Da Vinci High School in El Segundo, CA, Alliance Ted K. Tajima High School in Los Angeles, CA and PS 149 Sojourner Truth School in Harlem, NY.
“88% of students feel more ready to focus on schoolwork after using the dome.”
In the words of the Students
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“It helped me to relieve stress and helped me focus more and get me open-minded.
– Lompoc Student
teacher approved
I think having 20-minute “forced” sessions (I don’t mean they’re actually forced, but because it lasts 20 minutes they stay in the meditative/mindfulness state much longer than when they try to do it on their own) has REALLY helped. Before the Somadome, I tried to teach mindfulness/meditative practices to the entire school. We had someone come to teach the practices on zoom to the whole school and tried to teach them in group and/or counseling sessions. I do not think it came close to having the same effect as when students are in the pod. It took us from teaching the students how to do it (and with the whole school many students were too embarrassed to actually implement it in front of their peers for fear of how they appeared to their peers) to them actually being given solo time to do it.
Emily Stone, Teacher at Lompoc Middle School
