Bob Lawrence
Bob Lawrence

Bob Lawrence is a Senior Associate General Counsel at Freddie Mac, pro bono immigration lawyer, and, albeit far from perfect, mindfulness practitioner and instructor. At Freddie Mac, Bob manages high-stakes litigation on behalf of the company. Since 2016, Bob has had an active pro bono immigration practice in which he has represented indigent detained immigrants in asylum cases before U.S. Immigration Courts. For the past approximately 20 years, Bob has imperfectly practiced mindfulness to take the edge off of depression and anxiety that he has experience’s most of his life. Bob also has lead a number of mindfulness stress reduction classes and seminars that advocate the use of mindfulness-based strategies to heal relationships.

Nan McCarry
Nan McCarry

In the early days of Imagine, she led a program called Cosmic Evolutionary Story and led other nature and science offerings. She enjoys participating in yoga with Imagine Well Being.

Yvonne Centala
Yvonne Centala

Sharing the joy of the woods with others is what drew Yvonne to Imagine Well Being. She particularly enjoys events at Blueridge Mountain Retreat that create space to breathe fresh mountain air and refresh one’s soul. She has fond memories of her years as a Girl Scout and then a Girl Scout leader, going into the woods to explore trees and plants, cooking over campfires and camping overnight. The best camping she ever did was sleeping in a hammock in the Amazon jungle! While she was never athletic, through the Wellness Community, she learned tai chi. Then she moved to yoga, visualization, and meditation. Knowing all of this was helpful during the isolation of the pandemic when she could find herself in the present moment, not wishing to be elsewhere.
Dave Norman
Dave Norman

Dave is a co-founder of Imagine Well Being and currently serves as Project Coordinator. Dave passionately believes in the transforming power of intentional community and mindfulness practice. He has many years of experience in contemplative practice and spiritual leadership. Dave believes in the profound importance of building bridges of understanding and compassion in this tumultuous time of change.

Cathy Norman
Cathy Norman

Cathy has been practicing meditation and contemplation for over 20 years,  She is a registered yoga teacher RYT (200) in the Integral Hatha Yoga tradition and integrates mindfulness into the practice of yoga with a seasonal nature focus.   She has completed training in contemplative leadership and attended the Servant Leadership School in Washington, DC. She teaches meditation in nature and mindful meditation in the tradition of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and is a Virginia Master Naturalist.

Cathy is passionate about the transforming power of mindfulness education and practice and believes that everyone should have access to these research-based resources that are proven to increase well-being in mind, body and soul.
Jessica Andrea
Jessica Andrea

Jessica, a math teacher in the public schools, serves as the bookkeeper for Imagine Well Being. She values being involved with Imagine Well Being because of the emphasis on self-compassion and mindfulness. She studied Buddhism for many years.

In her free time, Jessica enjoys training in Taekwondo with her two sons. She has been awarded her black belt.