About
A Non-profit Community Space for Meditation, Yoga, and Other Moving Arts…
Lotus Center’s Vision Statement
Our vision is to see peace in southwest New Mexico, and the world.
We believe that each of us, individually, is best able to create peace in our world, in our community, and in our families, by first creating peace within ourselves.
Lotus Center is a place of healing where all people are welcome to deepen their sense of peace through love and service. Our commitment is to offer this space to anyone and everyone seeking peace from within.
Our Mission
Lotus Center exists to provide a safe, serene, and sacred place where everyone is welcome to learn and practice paths that lead to growth and transformation. We accomplish this by providing high-quality classes in meditation, yoga, and other forms of mindful practice taught by qualified, committed instructors.
We strengthen community, expand consciousness, and foster racial justice and racial equity both by providing a gathering place that’s available to everyone, and by bringing these practices of growth and self-realization to the community through our outreach and service programs.
We are a non-profit organization and we are here to stay!
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.