Journal


How I Got Here: A Practitioner's Backstory

I used to be someone who lived largely in her head, who'd done the therapy and read the books, and still couldn't quite close the gap between knowing and actually living. This is how I got from there to here.

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How to Listen to Your Body: 4 Pathways to Somatic Awareness

Gentle, trauma-informed somatic techniques for tuning into your body – especially for highly sensitive people, burnout and chronic stress.

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When Creativity Disappears: Understanding Your Nervous System and Creative Energy

Why creative blocks are often about regulation, not inspiration, and what actually helps when you're too tired to create.

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Your Inner Orchestra: A Look at Integrative Somatic Parts Work

How Somatic Parts Work helps you listen beneath the noise, soften inner conflict, and reconnect with the grounded presence at your core.

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The History of Somatics: Honouring Indigenous Wisdom

Exploring the Indigenous roots of somatic practices and why reclaiming embodied wisdom matters now more than ever.

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What is Somatic Therapy?

If you've searched ‘somatic therapy’ and found yourself more confused than when you started, you're not alone. Here, I answer some common questions.

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What is Somatic Awareness? The Difference Between Body and Soma

Discover what somatic awareness really means – the difference between the body you see and the body you feel from within.

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I walk alongside people who carry big hearts, live in tender bodies, and have lives full of care and responsibility.

Hello, I’m Shannon. My work is rooted in lived experience – of navigating grief, chronic conditions, and the gaps between what systems expect and what it actually feels like to live in a body.

FOUNDATIONS

— Somatic Stress Release™ Practitioner
— Certified Mind-Body Coach
— Integrative Somatic Parts Work Practitioner
— 200hr Functional Flow Yoga & Meditation Teacher

About Shannon