Events & Workshops
Please see our offerings below and those at → Outside Classes & → Online Classes
For more information about each event, click the image or the description title. For summary of all event, click here.
- Give Grandly this Saturday, May 4!
Give Grandly this Saturday, May 4! Dear Lotus Center Friend, Many know Lotus Center for being southwest New Mexico’s community space to learn and practice meditation, yoga, and other forms of mindful movement. That recognition means a great deal to us, and we will continue […]
- Save the Date: Caregivers Support Group Starts on May 16
Save the Date: Caregivers Support Group Starts on May 16 An emotional support group/sharing circle for anyone who finds themself in a position of caring for a loved one and could benefit from support . . . Looking after a loved one can be a uniquely rewarding and challenging […]
- Kirtan on April 23!
Kirtan on April 23! Join Manda Jost and friends on Tuesday, April 23 for an evening of musical chanting and singing to the ancient melodies of Classical India. It’s easy and it brings peace! No experience necessary; everyone is welcome! Kirtan will go on break for the […]
- Save the Date: Wheel of the Year: Beltane w/ the Mystic Minstrels!
Save the Date: Wheel of the Year: Beltane w/ the Mystic Minstrels! “If there’s a rustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed nowIt’s just a spring clean for the May Queen” –Led Zeppelin– Please join us to celebrate Beltane, the Wheel of the Year holiday honoring […]
Monday Morning Dharma is offered in-person at Lotus Center and via Live Stream from 8:30 to 9:00 AM. To register for live stream, please visit 
Come for an hour and a half of free form dance where you can groove however your body wants, by yourself or with others. Bare your soles (and soul), surrender to the music and let your movement be guided by your body’s wisdom. There are no wrong moves. Doors open at 10:30 AM; dance starts at 11:00.
Amita (Amy) Schmidt LCSW is a psychotherapist and meditation teacher. She was the resident teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts for six years and she was the co-founder of Southwest Sangha Retreat Center in San Lorenzo, New Mexico. She is the author of “Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master.” She currently practices and teaches meditation from a non-dual perspective.
Teresa is a New Mexico native and returned home to Grant County in 2000. She is a retired educator of 31 years. She taught eighteen years in Prescott Public Schools in AZ. After moving back to NM, she taught at Cliff Schools for 13 years. Her teaching career included high school and junior high school Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences classes. While teaching in Prescott, AZ, she also coached girls track and intramural sports, and sponsored the cheerleading squad.