Mary NurrieStearns

Mary NurrieStearns, MSW, LCSW, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, has practiced yoga since 1990 and taught yoga in Tulsa since 2002. A seasoned yoga teacher, she is a 500 hour certified kundalini yoga teacher and has over 1200 hours of yoga teacher training. She is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of professional experience. She maintains a counseling practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma with a specialty in treating adults with histories of childhood trauma. She has thirty years of training in mindfulness, is a certified trauma-informed yoga therapist, and has trained extensively in clinical applications of Emotional Freedom Technique. Mary is also author of numerous articles on psycho-spiritual growth, co-author of Yoga for Anxiety, Yoga for Emotional Trauma, Yoga Mind, Peaceful Mind and co-editor of Soulful Living. She is the author of the book, Healing Anxiety, Depression and Unworthiness: 78 Brain-changing Mindfulness and Yoga Practice (2018). Mary teaches seminars to mental health professionals across the USA and along with her husband, conducts retreats on the transformative, mind-body healing practices of yoga and meditation. She credits mindfulness-based practices for significant healing in her own life.