About the Mindfulness Center of Asheville
What is Mindfulness?
When we are mindful, our attention is fully in the present moment. We are aware of our senses, our thoughts, our feelings. A mindfulness practice is a tool for creating lives in alignment with our values, our goals and our integrity.
Mindfulness takes us out of automatic pilot. In doing so, we see the default patterns of thought and behavior that tend to run our lives when we are not paying full attention. From there, we can understand and change these patterns, leading to joyful engagement in daily living
The practice of mindfulness is a foundation for:
• clearly seeing what is and what needs to be done in this moment
• acting from a place of compassion
• communicating clearly and honestly
• finding equanimity and balance
• increasing energy and focus
• discovering calm in the center of the storm
Why a Mindfulness Center? Why teach it?
Humans are experiencing an unprecedented level of stress brought about in part by the pace of change and demands of modern society. “I can’t keep up” and “there’s no time” are common complaints.
When we are overwhelmed and overworked, we lack the space within our own lives to find the clarity of purpose we are seeking. Mindfulness teaches us how to make deliberate choices, structuring our lives in order to find space, clarity and peace of mind in the modern world.
How does mindfulness help?
A growing body of research indicates that daily meditation practice leads to measurable functional changes in the brain increasing positive moods, improving physical and emotional health and developing the capacity to cope with stressors of all types.
When we live mindfully, the quality of our lives improve through:
• clear communication in personal relationships and at work
• focused movement towards personal and professional goals
• steadiness in the face of life’s challenges
How can the Mindfulness Center help?
Our work at the Mindfulness Center includes instruction in mindfulness techniques, individual psychotherapy, personal coaching and group skills development. Put simply, we give you the skills to live a deliberate, mindful and joyful life.
By providing a setting and a format in which this can occur, we help you discover the energy that comes from making your own path in life and pursuing it with deliberate focus amidst the multiple distractions and interruptions of 21st century living.
We invite you to read more about our courses & register online, or email us with any questions you have.
