Breathing love into communities | Holistic Life Foundation | TEDxCharlottesville

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Mindfulness Programs
Holistic Life Foundation - Baltimore-based organization committed to nurturing wellness in underserved communities through yoga and mindfulness practices. Ali Smith learned yoga and meditation from his parents, and by visiting ashrams as a child. He has over 12 years of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness to diverse populations. He has helped develop and pilot yoga and mindfulness programs with at-risk youth at drug treatment centers, mental crisis facilities, and in many other underserved communities around the world.
Atman Smith is a native of Baltimore, MD who's parents were yogis that taught him contemplative practices as a very young child. For the past twelve years he has been teaching yoga and mindfulness to a diverse population.
Andres Gonzalez has been practicing and teaching yoga for the past 12 years to diverse populations. For the past three years, he has partnered with the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health and Penn State’s Prevention Research Center on a federally funded yoga and mindfulness based study involving urban youth.
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