Something for Everyone
Options for all, including seasoned practitioners and beginners. Dive in and find something just for you! There is no time like the present!!
All events are led by Paula Huffman unless otherwise indicated.
Paula Huffman began her journey into mind-body practice through yoga in her twenties, sparking a lifelong commitment to contemplative practice. She earned her BS in Special Education from Appalachian State University, then completed a nursing degree and holds RN licensure in North Carolina, alongside a 200-hour Yoga Teacher certification and multiple specialty trainings. For 25 years she ran a perinatal support practice (prenatal and postnatal yoga, childbirth education, and birth doula care), and during that time co-founded Hillsborough Yoga and Healing Arts, which she owned and operated for seven years. She went on to complete MBSR Teacher Training through the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical School’s Oasis Program, then taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for sixteen years with UNC Chapel Hill’s Program on Integrative Medicine, where she also holds an Adjunct Faculty appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Today she brings that same depth to her own independent practice, Carolina Mindfulness.
She keeps her classes quiet and unhurried, and she adjusts the practice to fit each student instead of asking students to fit the practice.
Paula Huffman, BS, RN, E‑RYT, CCE, Certified Brain Health Specialist. Mindfulness Instructor & Mentor; Trauma‑Sensitive Mindfulness Practitioner; Founder & former owner, Hillsborough Yoga and Healing Arts; Adjunct Faculty, UNC Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (16 years)
This full 8-week MBSR program, developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, sets the gold standard for mindfulness training. Includes a one-hour complimentary orientation session, eight 2.5-hour sessions, and an in-person day retreat. You'll receive home practice guides and references for online supporting materials, including practice recordings. Delivered by Zoom.
Inspired by the evidence-based principles and practices of MBSR, offering a flexible format designed to meet the needs of today's participants. The course integrates mindfulness meditation, gentle mindful movement, body awareness, and practical strategies for responding to stress with greater clarity, resilience, and self-compassion. Six weeks, 2-hour weekly sessions, with home practice guides and references for online supporting materials, including practice recordings.
1.5–2 hour workshops and mini-courses in both yoga and mindfulness, offered in person and via live Zoom on varying topics including Yoga & Mindfulness for Sleep, Cultivating Mindfulness in Everyday Life, a complimentary introduction to mindfulness, and more.
An experiential four-week, 1.5-hour-session course led by Paula as a Certified Brain Health Specialist. You'll learn more about:
Includes complimentary Zoom yoga and meditation sessions, with monthly follow-up workshops.
Practice yoga in the comfort of your own home! Weekly one-hour Alignment-Based Hatha Yoga, suitable for all ages and levels of practice, with adaptations offered to meet each student where they are. Monthly restorative yoga classes. Your first Hatha Yoga class is complimentary!
An all-day in-person retreat held at New Hope Camp & Conference Center in Chapel Hill. Discover the nurturing effects of being in nature while enjoying the beauty of each season. Activities include Community Resilience Method practices, a body scan, yoga, walking meditation, seated meditation, and loving-kindness meditation, wrapped around time for socialization and solitude.
A 2–3 night residential retreat at Trinity Center in Salter Path, NC, co-led with Ann Burrus, E‑RYT: yoga for all levels, meditation, and rest by the sea. A cozy respite for the winter doldrums, with private or semi-private rooms, private baths, and all meals included (special diets available).
Customized sessions for home-school groups, book clubs, corporate teams, educators, students, and healthcare practitioners, virtual or on-location.
In-person mindfulness and restorative yoga workshops.
Summer and winter in-person yoga and mindfulness residential retreats.
Businesses, book clubs, schools, health care facilities, home-school groups, conferences, retirement centers — in-person or Zoom mindfulness presentations, private one-on-one yoga or meditation support.
Current class times, courses, workshops, and retreat dates.
More Information and Event Registration: contact@paulahuffman.com
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As defined by Jon Kabat-Zinn, “Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally, in the service of self-understanding and wisdom.” It is developed through a consistent practice of meditation, both formal and informal, in everyday life. The practice of mindfulness provides the ability to not only mitigate the effects of stress but to live your life more fully through presence and awareness of moment-to-moment experience. Some outcomes of a consistent practice may include better sleep, improved communication, pain management, nervous system regulation, and a decrease in the ruminating, catastrophic thinking that so often creates anxiety and angst — outcomes that are evidence-based, supported by research.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, yoga’s benefits may include improved strength, balance, and flexibility; back pain relief; eased arthritis symptoms; heart health; better sleep; increased energy and brighter mood; stress management; the benefits of socialization and community; and the promotion of better self-care.