A native of Baltimore, Atman attended the University of Maryland, College Park where he was a letter award winner for the University’s men's basketball team. He graduated with a B.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Co-founder of the Holistic Life Foundation, where he served as Director of Youth Programming for ten years, Director of Fundraising for five years and the Director of Development for five years. Since 2001, he has been teaching yoga and mindfulness to a diverse population nationwide and internationally, including underserved and high-risk youth, drug treatment centers, wellness centers, colleges, and corporations. His work has been featured on Making a Difference on the NBC Nightly News, CNN, and CBS, as well as O the Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Upworthy, Mindful Magazine, Yoga Journal, Shambala Sun, Steven Spielberg’s “Why We Hate” Docuseries and many other publications. In 2019 he Co-founded The Involution Group where they provide high-quality products and services to enhance the human experience, using mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and other self-healing arts through books and curricula, apps and video games, speaking engagements and workshops, and life coaching.