Teacher

ABOUT MARY      

Mary brings an exceptional sensitivity to her Yoga Therapy work and yoga instruction from her years of experience in creating and adapting yoga for clients’ special situations, as well as her own personal healing through yoga therapy. 

Mary began the Yoga Therapy Program at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital and was very fortunate to be among the growing edge of Yoga Therapy practitioners working in hospital and medical settings. Through this experience Mary taught all the classes at the hospital and also worked one on one with many clients over the thirteen plus years there and gained in depth knowledge of the application of yoga therapeutics to a wide variety of conditions.

Mary’s graduate training is in Adult Learning Theory and she spent two decades offering adult learning programs in the private sector and in higher education. A complex medical condition led Mary to the non-traditional modalities of healing including yoga therapy and mindfulness as taught through the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program. This foundation has been a pathway to share all she has learned with her students and private yoga therapy clients. As a Yoga Therapist Certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT), Mary helps her clients become active participants in their own transformation, health, and well-being.

Mary studied yoga and mindfulness in the service of healing, first with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1998. She subsequently trained as a Structural Yoga Therapist™ and Structural Yoga Teacher with Mukunda Stiles, a Yoga of the Heart Teacher® with Nischala Devi, and an Essential Low Back Teacher, with Robin Rothenberg. She also completed additional training with Robin through her Upper back, Neck and Shoulder program, as well as many trainings with Gary Kraftsow.  Mary also participated in private mentoring with Fran Ubertini, Viniyoga Therapist and KHYF Teacher Trainer, for several years. Mary has combined the best elements of the Krishnamacharya healing lineage in her Yoga Therapy work.

Mary has been an active practitioner of meditation for over twenty years and is a member of the R.I. Community of Mindfulness. In addition, she is a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction teacher and has taught MBSR groups for many years, as well as leading regional retreats and trainings.

Mary lives in Southern R.I. with her husband and their cats Loden and Buddy.