Mindfulness and Meditation in Schools: A Transformation Story of Inner City Kids. With Adres Gonzales, Ali Smith and Atman Smith

Published: Aug. 22, 2023, 4 a.m.

b'Andr\\xe9s Gonz\\xe1lez\\xa0is a Puerto-Rican American teacher, author, and musician. He has taught yoga and meditation to diverse populations worldwide for twenty years and is a Co-Founder of the Holistic Life Foundation, founded in 2001. Andr\\xe9s is a certified Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and maintains a B.S. in Marketing and an MBA from the University of Maryland. His teaching and music center around the liberation of marginalized individuals and communities through personal empowerment, healing, and love. Let Your Light Shine\\xa0is his first book.\\xa0\\nAli Smith is a teacher and author,\\xa0born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Ali\\u2019s life-long study of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness has served as the impetus for his pioneering work bringing trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness to underserved youth\\u2013and influencing education curriculum worldwide. He is the longtime Executive Director of the Holistic Life Foundation, a non-profit organization he co-founded in 2001 that brings yoga and mindfulness to schools and is the Co-Owner of The Involution Group, founded in 2019.\\xa0Let Your Light Shine\\xa0is his second book.\\xa0\\nAtman Smith\\xa0is a teacher and author,\\xa0born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. A lifelong student of yoga and meditation, his teaching focuses on empowering marginalized communities through yoga and meditation, transforming the minds and hearts of individuals who face racism, poverty, drugs, and oppression. For fifteen years, Atman has served as Director of Programming and Development for the Holistic Life Foundation, a non-profit organization he co-founded in 2001 that brings yoga and mindfulness to schools. He is also the Co-Owner of The Involution Group, founded in 2019. His lifework centers around reclaiming black masculinity as a path of peace, justice, freedom, and joy.\\xa0Let Your Light Shine\\xa0is his first book.\\xa0\\nResources:\\nWebsite: \\u2060https://holisticlifefoundation.org\\u2060\\nBook Website: \\u2060https://letyourlightshinebook.com\\u2060\\nInstagram: \\u2060https://www.instagram.com/holisticlifefoundation/\\u2060\\nhlfinc.org\\xa0\\nContact: \\u2060info@hlfinc.org\\u2060\\nYou are encouraged to donate, or volunteer to be a teacher in your community\\xa0\\nFind them on Instagram, twitter, facebook @HolisticLifeFoundation.\\nMuse, the brain sensing headband that helps you meditate is great for teens who want to meditate, and beginners as well as advanced meditators: \\u2060www.choosemuse.com\\u2060 use the discount code Untangle15\\nA study by Kansas State University showed that using Muse with teens lead to a 72% decrease in being sent to the principals office for behavioral correction.\\n \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'