Events

Mindfulness Practices for ADHD
For many adults and children with ADHD, the core issue involves modulating attention and distractibility.  This seminar will explore the practice of mindfulness in everyday life by sharing simple and practical strategies to practice everyday mindfulness.  With Coach Rudy Rodriguez from the ADHD Center for Success.
 

This workshop will introduce you to the history and concepts of Reiki, the seven chakras, and what happens during a treatment session. Learn how this healing energy modality can bring physical, emotional and/or spiritual healing into your life. This workshop will be facilitated by Deborah Lloyd, Usui and Karuna Reiki Master, from West Asheville Massage & Healing Arts, and author of Believe and it is True: A Story of Healing and Life Lessons. 

Join Malaprop’s bookseller Lauren Napoli for this monthly discussion. The July bookclub selection is Laika by Nick Abadzis.  Regular participants, please note the new meeting day and time for this bookclub. New participants are always welcome!

Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea or coffee, and talk shop with fiber artist and “Urban GypZ”, Stacey Budge-Kamison. This monthly event is open to the public.

It's Time to Talk About It: Dispelling Myths & Understanding the Reality of Disordered Eating

Four out of ten Americans either suffered or have known someone who has suffered from Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder. Eating disorders are complex disorders, seldom talked about or understood. Eating disorders do not discriminate between age, gender, race or class – no one is immune. Join T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating as we dispel myths and cover the facts about eating disorders. 

Heather Wingert, LCSW is Director for T.H.E. (Treatment, Healing, and Education) Center for Disordered Eating in Asheville. T.H.E. Center is the only organization in Western North Carolina providing treatment, healing, and education for disordered eating. T.H.E. Center provides support and resources for individuals and families affected by disordered eating and related body issues.

Join Malaprop’s bookseller Lauren Napoli for this monthly discussion, open to all.  The November bookclub selection is Sandman: Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman.

Please join us for a discussion, led by Patti Digh and open to all, of Mickey Mahaffey’s Whispers of My Blood.

Join Kath Bartlett, MS, LAc for a discussion about treating chronic pain with acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

Bring your current projects, settle down with a hot cup of tea or coffee, and talk shop with fiber artist and “Urban GypZ”, Stacey Budge-Kamison. This monthly event is open to the public.

Join Malaprop’s bookseller Lauren Napoli for this monthly discussion, open to all.  The August bookclub selection is Blacksad: A Silent Hell by Juan Diaz Canales.

Join local acupuncturist and enneagram scholar Andrea Ford to learn about this fascinating form of self-discovery!  The event is free and open to the public; no advanced registration is necessary.

Local writer Susan Blexrud hosts this monthly discussion open to all.  On August 21 at 7 pm, All Romance All the Time will meet at the Battery Park Book Exchange, in the Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville.  Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani is the bookclub selection for August.