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Shannon Knorr

My credentials and lineage of teachers are below, but I believe that my greatest teachers have been my own life experiences—grief, love and heartbreak, and the journey through my injuries and illnesses. As a highly sensitive, neurodivergent individual and a trauma survivor, I draw wisdom from my ancestors, the plants, and the wild beauty of the earth. My passion lies in exploring embodiment and the healing arts, focusing on connection, belonging, and heart-centered living. I am committed to lifelong learning and growth in this transformative journey.

Pilates certification in 2003 through PhysicalMind and Balanced Body, Gyrotonic Level 1 in 2005 with Tamara Yoneda, Dance/Movement Therapy degree in 2000 at Naropa Institute, 500 hour Advanced Yoga Studies program certification in somatic based therapeutic Yoga at The Yoga Room, Berkeley in 2014, Movement Medicine trainings with Nora St. John and Karen klippinger,learning the deep work of rehabilitation, what Pilates was really created for.

For 2 decades Shannon worked as a rehabilative and functional movement practitioner and bodyworker working with injuries, rehabilitation, scoliosis and chronic pain. This is where Shannon began to see deep rooted trauma embedded in the body and how restoring movement patterns was only addressing a superficial symptom, which prompted her to explore somatic coaching and becoming a somatic therapist.

upon returning to work in 2017 after her own dark night of the soul recovering from her cancer journey and treatment, she felt a deep need to fully commit to somatic coaching and helping others beyond physical rehabilitation. She refocused her work to helping others return to the exiled layers of self of intuitive, creative, dream and ancestral bodies that many of us as sensitives learn to leave behind to conform to greater systems of oppression and capitalism that we live within.

she returned back to schooling, this time focusing on the somatic, spiritual, intuitive and creative arts...

Tamalpa Institute Level 2 graduate, and is a Tamalpa expressive arts practitioner. psoas training with Liz koch, nervous system rebalancing and polyvagal for neurodivergents, certified community herbalist through the now and then herb school, certified Dream Tending with Stephen aisenstat, as well as being a somatic therapist, associate MFT working towards licensure at axis Mundi community health center www.axismundicenter.org. She has completed level 2 of Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy and is a somatic educator and guide as an ISMETA member and practitioner, certified as a Somatic Movement Therapist (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association)

She continually studies somatic healing and intuitive arts, with emphasis on embodiment practices, grief rituals herbalism, spirituality and building kin with our own nervous systems, trauma work, plant medicine, ancestral healing, expressive arts, dream tending and more. If you are interested in seeing Shannon for somatic therapy, and learn more about her practice, please visit her other website, www.tendingourwildroots.com, or email her, sknorr@axismunditherapy.org

Shannon's journey with her own chronic illness since childhood, has led her to embrace the restorative practices of the somatic arts. With her own battles against anxiety, PTSD, cancer, auto immune, asthma, and chronic pain, she understands the unique hurdles faced by highly sensitive individuals. Shannon is dedicated to the body's inherent resonance towards balance and helps others navigate their journeys of self-discovery and healing. Together, we pledge to honor our bodies as we embark on this lifelong path of embodiment.

as a survivor, her journey has profoundly shaped her approach to healing With a deep belief in her work, Shannon teaches from her heart and her experiences to empower others on their healing journeys.

this is a journey of self-discovery and re-connection where we explore the ruptured relationship with ourselves, our bodies, the earth and the more than human beings that we share this beautiful world with. its not about seeking quick fixes, we find meaningful tools and skills to navigate the complexities of our emotional, physical, and spiritual lives. By nurturing our inner terrain, we strengthen our kinship with it all, allowing us to better understand our unique purpose within it.

The breath is our guide into the body

Shannon offers a multitude of and somatic sessions. Sessions are designed specifically for YOUR needs and may include any combination below.

PHYSICAL ALIGNMENT

(Shannon is not taking new clients for physical alignment only sessions, but, this may be a part of the coaching package or series)
Pilates, Yoga, connective tissue repatterining, traction techniques, and other movement modalities helping those with back pain, injuries, pelvic diaphragm issues, and more. Specializing in back care and scoliosis, strength, stability, fluidity and mobility work and training. Functional movement specialist and guide.(Shannon only offers this work in tandem now with sessions addressing deeper unlderlying roots of posture, gesture and alignment)

Restorative Yoga, finding full relaxed diaphragmatic breathing. Increasing body awareness, mindfulness, interoception and proprioception, developing kinesthetic intelligence. Mobility, fluidity and subtle body explorations and movement. intuitive and fluid body practices.

Posture and alignment guidance, body awareness and mindfulness in movement. Posture also greatly affecting our nervous systems and the vagus nerve. Finding our way back to center, and our central axis and channel. Focusing on Psoas and coming into a dynamic, supple, fluid and responsive Psoas

SOUL ALIGNMENT

re-orienting to our true center, true north, to our life path and purpose, from a full being approach, mind, body, heart and soul. exploring goals and purpose from a somatic, spiritual and soul centered orientation
Guidance in developing home practices and developing rhythm and rituals of self care. what does deep self care mean to us? how do we create and implement that into our lives?

Somatic and mindfulness sessions to help find our inner alignment to our life's purpose, meaning making of past to help us metabolize and move forward, improving our quality of life, deepening presence, authenticity and overall somatic awareness of self and purpose

Building resilience while gaining tools to help us embody our voice, embody our truth, expand our capacity and capabilities and expand ways of being into a life with more self actualization and sovereignty. Developing self agency, self awareness and the ability to create change in our lives

accessing our central channel, the place of embodied center, strength and our deep well of creativity, self worth and belonging

Building a container, working on boundaries and relational tools of fully embodying self fully as a boundary, discerning what we hold for others as well as discerning where we give our energy to others

creating ritual, honoring transitions, transformations, sacred endings and dark nights of the soul, honoring deep personal, collective and ancestral grief as well as sacred rage

grief tending and grief rituals, honoring the death cycles of personas and identities in our lives, death is often the most active and fertile state in regenerative cycles of life

exploring the elemental forces in the body, the elements of water, earth, air, fire and spirit within and how to work and engage with these elements and rebalance within

the LifeArt Process®, using the creative process including creative writing, drawing, dance and storytelling, while reweaving ourselves back to wholeness while integrating our personal stories and mythologies using art, dance, movement coaching and somatic explorations

Guided meditation and guided imagery; being guided into deep relaxation then into guided meditation, where one can explore our inner terrain, speaking to deeper parts of ourself, receiving images, messages and clarity. Working with dreams and our unconsciousness which lays just below the surface of our being, and is often unseen, yet is most likely running the show.

depth and shadow work, what it is we need, want and desire in our lives. Working with elements of shadow, and ways to integrate alienated parts of our stories and self back into wholeness. Beginning to accept all parts of ourselves. What needs tending to? What parts of us need tending to and rewoven back into the tapestry of self

Body awareness and tools to help with trauma and PTSD, including mindfulness practices and other nervous system rebalancing techniques, polyvagal, somatic resourcing and re-patterning. Learning and cultivating deep body awareness, rebuild our nervous systems neural pathways through experiential explorations, of Hakomi, Deepening our capacity and building resilience for our bodies to hold and adapt in the places where we may need growth, ease and transformation

building our trust in our body in relationship to the earth, through earth based spiritual practices, rituals, beauty medicine and altar building. Embodying and trusting our belonging and locating our prayer and finding more heart centered living

exploring our relationship to time, non-linear, divine and spacious timing outside of oppressive systems of capitalism

Exploring relationship and balance between restoration/nourishment and when to push and challenge ourselves. tracking burnout and exhaustion and our relationship to rest

developing trust and competency of our own creative will, desires and action towards our creative visions while building the skills we need to access our dreams

exploring guardianship and protection of our own hearts and dreams, what we hold sacred

healing the ruptured relationship we may have with ourselves, our dreams, goals, bodies and essential self

exploring relationship to receiving and deserving in our lives, as well as to joy, pleasure and abundance

Somatic parts work, working with various parts that may be getting in our way of having the life we dream of

ancestral healing, healing intergenerational patterns, healing ourselves reverberates through our lineage forward and back. exploring ancestral connection through dreaming, plants, practices, the body and intuition

Energetic herbalism is dedicated to rebalancing your energetic, spiritual, and emotional well-being, with a particular emphasis on the nervous system. Shannon creates personalized herbal formulas and care practices and rituals to help individuals navigate the deeper underlying energetic and spiritual aspects of their physical symptoms,

Dream tending is a transformative practice that allows individuals to delve into the rich, unconscious world of their dreams. By engaging with dream images and archetypes without interpretation, participants can explore and listen to their dreams, uncovering a deep well of meaning and purpose in their lives.