Mindfulness and Community Empowerment: Ali and Atman Smith and Dawson Church in Conversation

29/05/2025 45 min Episodio 196
Mindfulness and Community Empowerment: Ali and Atman Smith and Dawson Church in Conversation

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Episode Synopsis

Ali and Atman Smith are Baltimore-born brothers who co-founded the Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) in 2001. Raised in a household immersed in yoga and meditation, they deepened their practice during college at the University of Maryland. Motivated to revitalize their West Baltimore community, they established HLF to provide yoga, mindfulness, and wellness programs to underserved populations. Their initiatives have reached over 200,000 individuals across diverse settings, including schools, detention centers, and wellness centers. In their book Let Your Light Shine they share insights on mindfulness and community empowerment. 
 
Here they and Dawson discuss:


Their background


Counseling those in trauma


Sympathetic dominance breathing 


Connecting with people authentically to lay the foundation


Why other people will see the difference in you before you see it in yourself


Being Social Entrepreneurs


The Holistic Life Foundation's mission


Their new program for changing detention to meditation 


 
To learn more about Ali, Atman, and The Holistic Life Foundation: https://holisticlifefoundation.org/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
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