Mary NurrieStearns, MSW, LCSW, RYT, teaches seminars for the sole purpose of helping mindfulness and yoga take root in you and your work, as they have in hers. Truly, mindfulness and yoga bring healing, hope and joy to Mary’s clients and students, enrich therapeutic relationships, energize her professional work and continue to profoundly transform her own life. Mary pours her heart, along with years of rigorous study, into teaching. She draws on 37 years as a mental health professional counselor and 27 years of meditation and yoga practice. A certified yoga therapist, seasoned yoga teacher and ordained member of Thich Naht Hahn’s Order of Interbeing, Mary is the author of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Workbook for Trauma, Anxiety and Depression (2018), Yoga for Anxiety, Yoga for Emotional Trauma, Yoga Mind – Peaceful Mind, and Daily Meditations for Healing and Happiness. Mary is the co-editor of Soulful Living and former editor of Personal Transformation magazine. She has produced DVDs on yoga for emotional trauma and depression. Mary teaches across the United States and co-leads, with her husband, transformational meditation and yoga retreats.

Barbara Neiman, OTR, is an Integrative Occupational Therapist, Yoga Teacher 200RYT in Embodyyoga®, a coach for professionals seeking a holistic practice and a National Seminar Presenter. She teaches courses on Yoga and Mindfulness around the country. She created her company, Health Discovery, in 1988, to provide services for infants through school age children. As a Certified Practitioner of Body Mind Centering since 1989, Barbara has taught experiential hands on, movement, and meditation classes to hundreds of students.

Resources include coaching, trainings for yoga in the schools, private yoga sessions, a downloadable webinar, “Integrating Mind, Body, Spirit Medicine into your Practice,” and professional manuals and journal articles. Blogs on her website include posts about digital detox, executive function skills for teens, sensory integration, wellness, etc. Barbara has several DVDs available on Yoga and mindfulness at www.PESI.com, and recently published the practical book Mindfulness & Yoga Skills for Children and Adolescents: 115 Activities for Trauma, Self-Regulation, Special Needs & Anxiety.