Let Your Light Shine: How Mindfulness Can Empower Children and Rebuild Communities
Let Your Light Shine
by Ali Smith, Atman Smith, Andres Gonzalez, Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0593332288 | 331 pages | True EPUB | 8.81 MB
by Ali Smith, Atman Smith, Andres Gonzalez, Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0593332288 | 331 pages | True EPUB | 8.81 MB
This story of three men's work helping traumatized kids in one of America’s most underserved cities reveals how mindfulness tools can help children and communities not only survive but thrive
In this inspiring book, founders of The Holistic Life Foundation Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez describe how they have spent the past twenty years teaching yoga, meditation, and breathwork to thousands of at-risk kids in Baltimore schools helping them to develop deep reserves of patience, empathy, resolve, and—when needed—the righteous anger that fuels deep structural change. Their work has received wide national attention due to their remarkable results: The schools that have participated in their programs have seen suspension rates plummet and graduation rates go through the roof.
Ali and Atman discovered as young children the power of mindfulness practices to sustain them through the challenges of growing up in a neighborhood…