our story

GoYogi is a 501(c)4 non-profit organization dedicated to making student mental health and wellbeing a priority in schools worldwide. We aim to increase access to proactive, mindfulness-based mental health education with a focus in low-income and disadvantaged communities. Shruthi Kumar, Founder and CEO, was inspired to start this organization after realizing the omnipresent culture of stress and anxiety in high schools and middle schools in America. A sense of urgency came when her cousin was diagnosed with depression at the age of 13, just as a middle schooler. She realized the current solutions to address student mental health are reactive, such as therapy or medication. Moreover, these options are not always accessible or affordable, especially for low-income communities and schools. Therefore, she wanted to take a preventative approach to mental health, using techniques which would be accessible to all like mindfulness and meditation to build resiliency in student mental health. Utilizing technology, GoYogi works to integrate custom stress management techniques, breathing exercises, and mindfulness practices directly into the school’s culture and curriculum. GoYogi takes a holistic approach to mental health by bringing together experts from the healthcare, policy, and education sectors to address the global concern of rising mental health issues. We aim to create a school culture around health and wellbeing which positively contributes to student success.

“Americans are inundated with messages about success – in school, in a profession, in parenting, in relationships – without appreciating that successful performance rests on a foundation of mental health."

~ Department of Health and Human Services, 1999

our impact (so far)

2,000+ student users

international student board program

40+ multilingual mindfulness lessons

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