Lucia McBee LCSW, MPH, CYI
Lucia has taught MBSR and mindful yoga since 1994
to a wide variety of populations. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she has extensive experience in integrating mindfulness and integrative modalities into a clinical practice. She has master’s degrees in both Social Work and Public Health from Columbia University. She participated in professional training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in 1994 and the first MBSR Teacher Development Intensive at the Center for Mindfulness in 1997. She also completed training in in Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine at the Center for Mind/Body Medicine in 2000, and in 2008, Lucia became a certified Kripalu yoga teacher. Lucia is currently a freelance author, teacher and consultant who regularly publishes and teaches nationally on mindfulness. She is also currently an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work.
As a clinician, Lucia worked for over 25 years with elders, high risk populations and persons with chronic conditions as well as their caregivers in a wide range of community, research, and institutional settings. She developed a pioneering practice using mindfulness as well as other complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities to improve the quality of life in community, hospital, clinic and nursing home settings.
Employed for 17 years in a nursing home, utilizing mindfulness-based interventions with residents, staff and family caregivers; Lucia expanded her teaching of mindfulness to clients living with HIV+ as well as those at risk. Other populations served include persons previously incarcerated; college students; employees at a domestic violence center; and the general public.
Lucia's passion is to encourage mindfulness for everyone so each person may benefit as long as they can breathe! She has been practicing meditation and yoga personally for over 45 years. She continues her training with a personal practice, retreats and peer group supervision.