Profile

Amy Thompson Avishai, founder and teacher at the Center for Mindfulness Photography, offers mindfulness photography classes, workshops and retreats for all skill levels. Participants experience the synergy between mindfulness and photography using a smartphone or other camera.

A Fulbright fellow, Amy has also taught at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Griffin Museum of Photography and the Vermont Center for Photography.

Amy's photographs have appeared in several publications, including, the New York Times, Women's Review of Books, and she was a featured photographer in National Geographic.

Amy's mindfulness and meditation journey began while she was photographing in Cambodia in 2002 Her practice has continued to deepen in the years since and has led her to sharing mindfulness with others. Amy is a graduate of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, with teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, and is certified to teach mindfulness meditation by the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley. Visit the Center for Mindfulness Photography's website (MindfulPhoto.com) to register for a class, workshop or retreat and learn about how students have benefitted from its programs, in their own words.