{"id":25368,"date":"2021-06-03T17:06:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=25368"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:06:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:06:01","slug":"the-calm-app-fines-osaka","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/the-calm-app-fines-osaka\/","title":{"rendered":"The Calm App Offers To Pay Media Fines In Support of Naomi Osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25370\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25370\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1029927226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naomi Osaka cries after winning the Women&#8217;s Singles finals match alongside runner up Serena Williams (Photo: Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The internet has been aflame the last few days due to the just departure of tennis athlete <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/naomi-osaka-french-open-pulls-out\/\">Naomi Osaka<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/naomi-osaka-french-open\/\">23-year-old<\/a>\u00a0decided to leave the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/naomi-osaka-tennis-earnings\/\">French Open entirely<\/a> after being fined $15,000 for not attending a post-game press conference. This stirred up the conversation around mental health, the expectations of the press and the responsibilities these athletes have in the media. Osaka admitted to battling depression ever since her match in 2018 against <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/serena-williams-grand-slam\/\">Serena Williams<\/a>, where the crowd booed her after her victory. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/venus-williams-french-open\/\">Serena and Venus<\/a> \u2014 in their respective ways \u2014 spoke out in support of Osaka and how she chose to handle her mental health. But some athletes felt conflicted about Osaka&#8217;s choice to not speak to the press. Former tennis champ, Billie Jean King, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillieJeanKing\/status\/1399123726239666176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted to social media saying<\/a>: \u201cWhile it\u2019s important to speak our truth, I have always believed that as professional athletes we have a responsibility to make ourselves available to the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In light of the controversy surrounding mental health and athletes&#8217; media obligations, the meditation and wellness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calm app<\/a> announced last night that it would support athletes in prioritizing their mental health. The app focused on lessening anxiety tweeted: \u201c To support Naomi Osaka\u2019s decision to prioritize her mental health, Calm is donating $15,000 to @LaureusSport in France, an organization doing incredible work in the mental health space to transform the lives of young people through the power of sport.\u201d Laureus Sport is a global sporting movement celebrating the world\u2019s greatest athletes, uniting them to celebrate sport and its ability to change lives. The Calm app also added that their donation is bigger than just a single athlete. They also decided to pay the fine of any other players that are deciding to opt-out of any 2021 Grand Slam media appearances for mental health reasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mental health is health. \ud83c\udfbe<\/p>\n<p>To support Naomi Osaka\u2019s decision to prioritize her mental health, Calm is donating $15,000 to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaureusSport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@LaureusSport<\/a> in France, an organization doing incredible work in the mental health space to transform the lives of young people through the power of sport. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C53ptXsks5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/C53ptXsks5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Calm (@calm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calm\/status\/1400224962544234500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Among professional athletes, data shows that up to 35% of elite athletes battle mental health crises. This can manifest as stress, eating disorders, burnout, or depression and anxiety. Osaka as of late isn\u2019t the only professional athlete to share their struggles. In recent years, more athletes have decided to speak out about the struggles they\u2019ve faced mentally. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, USC Volleyball player Victoria Garrick, NBA player Kevin Love have also shared their respective stories about depression, eating disorders and anxiety. Their candidness for many fans is a sheer sign of strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29095,"featured_media":25369,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Calm App Offers To Pay Media Fines In Support of Naomi Osaka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The internet has been aflame the last few days due to the justly departure of tennis athlete Naomi Osaka. 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