Exhale to Inhale

Name

Exhale to Inhale

Legal name

Exhale to Inhale, Inc.

Website

https://exhaletoinhale.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trauma-informed wellness services for survivors

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Trauma-Informed Mindfulness & Somatic Mind-Body Practices (HSADAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Holistic & Alternative Therapies (Reiki, Sound Healing, Breathwork, Energy Work) (THAJAHAF), Meditation Retreats, Workshops & Immersive Programs (HSADAJAF)

Keywords

• Trauma-informed yoga
• Survivor support services
• Yoga teacher training
• Nonprofit wellness programs
• Community healing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individuals supporting survivor healing. Donations can be made through Network for Good platform. Donors can give directly or honor survivors with their gift.
2. Monthly Giving (Empowerment Circle): Monthly recurring donation program with exclusive perks for members supporting survivors year-round.
3. Event Fundraising: Annual Celebration of Healing Gala during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month generates significant fundraising. Sponsorships and ticket sales contribute to revenue.
4. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate sponsors (e.g., Flamingo/Harry's Inc.) provide funding for scholarships and organizational growth. Custom workplace wellness programs bring trauma-informed yoga to corporate partners.
5. Class Hosting: Community members can host yoga, fitness, or wellness classes to raise funds and awareness for survivors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Exhale to Inhale provides trauma-informed yoga classes, teacher training, and educational programs for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and the professionals who serve them. Services are delivered free to survivors through partner shelters and crisis centers, via weekly public virtual classes, through a College Program across NYC campuses, and through a 16-hour trauma-informed yoga teacher certification program supported by scholarships.

Product overview

Exhale to Inhale is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of trauma-informed yoga programs for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The core offerings include Partner Classes (delivered directly to shelters and crisis centers), Public Classes (weekly live online classes in English and Spanish), Training programs (trauma-informed yoga teacher certifications), and a College Program spanning 10 NYC campuses. Supporting programs include a Scholarship Program providing full and partial training scholarships, a Fellowship Program for training new instructors, and Community Learning Series for broader education. The organization pivoted to virtual delivery via its 'A Space to Breathe' platform during the pandemic, maintaining hybrid offerings today.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Partner Classes Trauma-informed yoga classes and related resources provided directly to nonprofits, shelters, and crisis centers serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault; classes are provided at no cost to survivors at these partner locations.
• Public Classes Weekly live, online trauma-informed yoga classes offered in both English and Spanish, free and open to the public with no previous experience required; broadens access beyond partner sites.
• Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training Trauma-informed yoga trainings (including a 16-hour certification) delivered in-person and virtually for wellness professionals, yoga teachers, and community members; scholarships available; no prior yoga experience required.
• College Program: From Wellness to Wellbeing 36-week in-person and on-demand trauma-informed yoga classes and training opportunities across 10 New York City-based campuses, serving women, trans women, and non-binary students identified as high-risk groups for sexual assault.
• Custom Workplace Wellness Programs Custom wellness programs that bring trauma-informed yoga to workplaces, supporting employee wellbeing while empowering survivors; organizations partner with ETI to plan wellness days and ongoing sessions for their teams.
• Community Learning Series Free educational series offering tools, insight, and reflection to deepen understanding of yoga's role in survivor healing for yoga teachers, survivor-serving professionals, and individuals on healing journeys.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% reduction in participant stress from before to after class
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ohel Children's Home & Family ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership providing comprehensive trauma-informed services including yoga training for staff, yoga for clients in domestic violence programs, yoga for children, and services through the Safe Dwellings Program. Recognizes the prevalence of domestic violence in their community and commitment to comprehensive survivor services.
• HELP USAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020HELP USA serves survivors of domestic violence experiencing homelessness. During pandemic, ETI transitioned to virtual classes held in HELP USA's library, creating literal safe spaces. Classes eagerly anticipated by staff and clients alike.
• Third RootminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner that hosted the 'Ally to Accomplice' workshop, helping ETI learn about addressing oppression to focus on wellness and understanding the intersection of anti-violence and anti-oppression work.
• Crime Victims Treatment CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the College Program training students, staff, and faculty to create trauma-sensitive environments on college campuses.
• Prospira GlobalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for the 'From Wellness to Wellbeing' College Program impact assessment exploring how trauma-informed yoga supports student mental health.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): RAINN is the largest U.S. anti-sexual-violence organization operating the National Sexual Assault Hotline and prevention programs nationally. It overlaps with ETI's survivor-of-sexual-assault segment and competes for foundation and government funding in the same donor pool.
• Safe Horizon: Safe Horizon is the largest NYC provider of services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking. As an ETI partner-channel peer, shelters operated by Safe Horizon directly compete for survivor wellness programming budget allocation.

Direct peers

• Street Yoga: Street Yoga is a Portland-based nonprofit that provides free trauma-informed yoga to youth and families experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity, and trauma. It mirrors ETI's nonprofit model, free-service delivery, teacher-training programs, and reliance on donations and grants from corporate/foundation partners.
• Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY): TCTSY is the yoga methodology developed at the Trauma Center at JRI (linked to Bessel van der Kolk's research) and is delivered globally through certified facilitators. It competes with ETI in the trauma-informed yoga training and certification market and shares the research-validated positioning ETI emphasizes.
• Kula for Karma: Kula for Karma is a NYC-based nonprofit providing free trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness to PTSD, trauma-exposed, and at-risk populations through partner organizations and training programs. It is the most directly comparable peer: same nonprofit model, same trauma-informed yoga methodology, same partner-channel GTM, and same NYC catchment.
• Center for Trauma and Embodiment: Center for Trauma and Embodiment focuses on somatic and body-based trauma therapy training, research, and consultation. Overlaps with ETI on the embodiment/somatic modality used by survivors, on research-driven outcomes, and on training practitioners to deliver trauma-informed services to vulnerable populations.
• Liberation Yoga Project: Liberation Yoga Project trains yoga teachers and social workers in trauma-informed, anti-oppressive yoga instruction and supports survivors of gender-based violence. Directly overlaps with ETI's training program, survivor focus, and social-justice framing.

Emerging players

• Prison Yoga Project: Prison Yoga Project provides trauma-informed yoga inside prisons and rehabilitation settings, serving incarcerated and formerly incarcerated populations. It overlaps with ETI on trauma-informed methodology and training-the-trainer distribution but operates in a distinct correctional setting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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