Kate Mitcheom MSN, CNM, RYT has been practicing and teaching yoga, mindfulness, and meditation for more than 20 years. She trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn and founded the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) at the Fair Haven Community Health Center and is a Senior Certified MBSR Teacher Trainer for Brown Mindfulness Center at Brown University School of Public Health. Kate has taught mindfulness to a wide ranging audience from high school students to executive management teams, and leads Mindfulness-based Travel to locations around the world along with silent retreats, workshops, and courses.

Lucia McBee is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master’s in Social Work, Public Health and yoga certification. Since 1994, she has taught MBSR to a wide variety of populations including frail elders and caregivers, college students, persons with HIV, those recently released from incarceration, and health care professionals, as well as courses for the general population. Lucia is currently a freelance author, teacher and consultant. She teaches and speaks nationally and internationally. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work. Mindfulness-Based Elder Care: A CAM Model for Frail Elders and Their Caregivers, her book describing her work with elders and caregivers, was published in 2008.