Meet the Staff
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Owners Dani and Ed Holder began The Enchanted Kitchen in 2010 by vending Dani's award-winning jams at local events. It wasn't long until they were moving into their first tiny, 800 sq. ft. brick-and-mortar store on Branchview Drive in Concord.
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Fast forward to 2019 when they moved into a 6,000 sq. ft. space in the heart of downtown Concord.
Call Us
(704) 262-7574
Our Address:
40 Union St., South,
Concord, NC 28025
Store Hours
Monday - Closed Tuesday - Closed Wednesday 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. Thursday 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Friday 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Guided Meditation
Especially useful for beginners, guided mindfulness meditation takes the guesswork out of the mechanics of practice. Some forms of mindfulness incorporate visualization meditation, where an image is evoked and used to anchor and inform one’s practice. Once they’re comfortable with the basics of sitting and meditating, many individuals find benefit in a progressive meditation course that they can follow at their own pace, according to available time and practice rhythm.
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Guided meditation for stress reduction
Stress is a modern epidemic! And you’ve probably heard about how meditation practice has been known to relieve stress. But if you sit down to practice and your mind is constantly preoccupied with thoughts like, “Wait! What, exactly, am I supposed to be doing?” or “Why am I thinking so much!?” You might feel like meditation is increasing your stress! That’s why guided meditations are so useful: they gently introduce you to the stress relieving practice.
Guided relaxation meditation
In keeping with guided meditations for stress relief, there are also dedicated guided meditations for relaxation and sleep. In general, these consist of a pleasant, soothing recorded meditation geared towards helping the listener let go of anxieties and tensions as they relax in bed or a comfortable chair. Often, guided relaxation meditations incorporate calming sounds, “mindfulness music,” comforting melodies and the like. They may invite listeners to imagine themselves in pleasant, peaceful environments—under a tree by a placid mountain lake, for example, with a gently settling sun and the reassuring sound of wavelets lapping against the shore. Their purpose is to encourage people to unwind, or relax and sleep, and they’re often very good at it! Some individuals discover that to enjoy their deepest, best sleep, meditations of this kind are invaluable.
One big difference between these last exercises and the previous two kinds of guided meditation is that here, you’re looking to let go of anxieties and restlessness by replacing the usual thoughts with soothing images and sounds that are conducive to a state of relaxation.
With guided mindfulness and guided stress reduction meditations, on the other hand, you’re learning to remain anchored in the present moment—to observe what’s going on right here, right now—and this naturally results in a sense of peace and relaxation. It’s not because you’re replacing the busy mind with pleasant imagery, but because you’ve discovered that it’s actually possible to be aware of what’s going on in the mind stream and let it pass on by.
