Ali co-founded the Holistic Life Foundation in 2001, where he currently serves as Executive Director. He has over 15 years of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness to diverse populations. Through his work at the Holistic Life Foundation he has helped develop and pilot yoga and mindfulness programs at public and private schools, drug treatment centers, juvenile detention centers, mental crisis facilities, and retreat centers, nationally and internationally.
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Compassion

You Can Change Your Life by Loving Yourself 

Learning to take care of your heart, to accept the pain that comes with seeing the people you love suffer, and to be okay with suffering yourself, is the true work of self-love—and it begins with the breath. Read More

  • Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez
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Loving-Kindness
Loving-Kindness Meditation to Connect Us All 

We’re connected to everyone and everything on this planet, whether we like it or not. And once we can feel love flowing toward us, it’s amazing how far we can send it back out. Read More 

  • Ali Smith
  • November 26, 2018
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