Ep. 222 – Real Life Series with Andrés Gonzalez, Ali and Atman Smith

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

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Beherenow, Religion & Spirituality, Beherenownetwork, Buddhism, Meditation, Society & Culture, Sharonsalzberg, Metta, Salzberg, Compassion

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

For episode 222 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we are closing out the Real Life Series to celebrate Sharon’s new book by the same name, “Real Life.”

This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Andrés Gonzalez, Ali, and Atman Smith, recorded for the Living An Authentic Life Summit.

Andy, Ali, and Atman co-founded the Holistic Life Foundation, a non-profit organization bringing yoga, meditation, and breath-work to thousands of at-risk kids in Baltimore schools since 2001. Their work has received wide national attention due to their remarkable results in public schools where suspension rates plummet and graduation rates skyrocket. Outside of the Holistic Life Foundation, Ali, Atman, and Andy also teach to diverse populations worldwide, including drug treatment centers, mental crisis facilities, homeless shelters, and Yoga, Wellness, and Mindfulness Festivals. Their first book, “Let Your Light Shine” was published in 2022 by Penguin Random House.

To learn more about Andy, Ali, and Atman’s work, you can visit the website for their book.

Real Life, the book that inspired this series, is now available from Flatiron Books in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats. To learn more about the book or get a copy, you can visit Sharon’s website here.

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0:00.0	To be enlightened is to be intimate with all things, Dogan Zenji.
0:05.0	What if every relationship, whether with a friend, a partner, a stranger, or even nature, was an opportunity for awakening?
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1:06.4	visit romdos.org forward slash today intimacy.
1:19.2	Us seeing the disparity in the educational system, us living, you know, in a certain neighborhood
1:24.4	and seeing, you know, the school that all of our friends from our
1:29.5	neighborhood went to and seeing how they really didn't have any Richmond activities and they
1:35.1	weren't really set up for success. You know, we went to a private school and, you know, we just saw,
1:42.0	you know, that we were exposed to like computers at a young age.
1:46.5	You know, we got to go camping and a lot of other things that kind of increases our scope.
1:51.8	So I think one of the things that we wanted to do with our programs was besides the yoga and the meditation was, you know,
1:58.3	provide enrichment activities to let our kids know that there is other things to,
2:04.5	you know, entertain themselves and to kind of, you know, align themselves with.
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