HLF has been recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for its unique approach to the issue of youth well-being. The organization’s innovative and effective work has been featured in multiple media outlets, including nationwide print, television, radio and podcasts.

HLF’s work has been featured on Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Making a Difference on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, PBS, Mindful Magazine, Yoga Journal, Shambhala Sun, CNN, and CBS, as well as O the Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Upworthy, and the book A Mindful Nation by Congressman Tim Ryan to name a few.

BBC World Service ‘People Fixing the World.’

Baltimore Magazine Features HLF Co-Founders as 2024 GameChangers: The Holistic Life Foundation is Changing Lives, One Yoga Breath at a Time

Good Morning America: Benefits of yoga and meditation on kids

Psych Hub Podcast: Coming Back Better

NBC Nightly News: Mindfulness program empowering students expands beyond Baltimore

CNN: School replaces detention with meditation

CBS: Community MVP: The Holistic Life Foundation, which gives back with yoga and mindfulness

The Men Talking Mindfulness Podcast; Let Your Light Shine- How Mindfulness Helps Children

Wellness & Wanderlust: Empowering Ourselves and Our Youth Through Mindfulness Practices with Ali Smith

TEDTALKS: Breathing love into communities | Holistic Life Foundation | TEDxCharlottesville

Discovery Channel; ‘Why We Hate’

WYPR interview: Spreading love in Baltimore through meditation and mindfulness

CBS: Baltimore students get meditation, not detention

CBS: Coffee With: The Holistic Life Foundation

PBS: Faced with outsized stresses, these Baltimore students learn to take a deep breath

NPR: On the record: Spreading love in Baltimore through meditation and mindfulness

Univision: Group beats to deal with stress through meditation, music and movement

NBC Nightly News Making A difference segment about the Holistic Life Foundation

ABCNews7: Baltimore students given mandatory meditation over detention

The Doctors: Should Meditation Replace Detention in Schools?

Voice of America News: Yoga Added to Elementary School Lesson Plan

Upworthy: School replaces detention with meditation

VOXX1 News: Yoga and children

Capital News Service: YOGA KIDS: Finding Inner Peace in the Inner City

INSIDER: This grade school replaced detention with meditation

Oprah M: This Baltimore Elementary School Teaches Kids Something Everyone Should Learn

The Washington Post: How mindfulness practices are changing an inner-city school

Mindful Magazine: Holistic Life Foundation Offers Mindful Programs in Schools

VIBE: Baltimore Elementary School Nixes Detention For Mindful Meditation

Huffington Post: School Replaces Detention With Meditation Classes For Kids And Teachers Were Fascinated With The Results

The Washington Post: The Education Issue: Believing self-control predicts success, schools teach coping

The Guardian: Baltimore school turns to meditation as threat of violence looms over students

Rolling Out: How schools are incorporating spirituality without relying on the church

Newsweek: The Movement of Meditation Replacing Detention in Schools

UpRoxx: Are Mindfulness Rooms The Detention Of The Future? 

SheKnows: School ditched detention and the results are top-of-the-class

Canvas Rebel: Meet Andres Gonzalez 

Baltimore Banner: Baltimore trio stresses value of yoga, meditation in new book 

Well + Good: See What Happened When This School Replaced Detention With Meditation

Blavity: This school's alternative to detention is refreshing — and effective

Good to Know: This school has scrapped detention for meditation - and it's working out great for them

Parade: The No. 1 Health-Booster in 2015

Wanderlust: Community Voices: “Baltimore Isn’t Made of Quitters”

Greater Good Magazine: Toward a More Mindful Nation

Elephant Journal: 10 Minutes With: Ali Smith & Atman Smith of Holistic Life Foundation.

Women’s Day: This Brilliant School Decided to Ditch Detention for Meditation

Daily Good: Genius School Replaces Detention With Meditation

Yoga Journal: Holistic Life Foundation Founders: Yoga for the Wellness of Children

Huffington Post: Schools Use Mindfulness to Reform Student Behavior

The Healthy: This School Replaced Detention with Meditation—and the Results Are Truly Mind-Blowing

PBS: Faced with outsized stresses, these Baltimore students learn to take a deep breath