is delighted to be a healer’s healer and lives Yoga with passion as the love of her life. she plays across the country sharing her knowledge of yoga therapy and integrative living. her attention is on inviting those in her circle towards integration, wholeness and presence in body, mind, spirit and life.

born dancing in the redwood forests of Marin County she and her family moved to Thailand when she was just a sprite. she has spent over half her life living and traveling extensively throughout Southeast Asia and India. growing her roots in Thailand she was steeped in Thai culture, language, and Buddhism, where at the age of 8 she stumbled into meditation and continued to delve deeply in the tradition of dance. she returned to this country to explore western culture, which rung a degree from Yale University in psychology becoming versed in child development and woman’s studies.
returning to her hearts home, Thailand, in 1992 she began her immersion in Yoga, Meditation, and Traditional Thai healing while living amidst indigenous Lahu people in northern Thailand with Ashokananda (author of The Art of Traditional Thai Massage) as her teacher, mentor, and friend.

since moving back to the west in 1995 she holds a healing space for people in New York, Michigan, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon where she has based her roots. each year she travels to Brazil to share in her play of Yoga Therapy with the students at Integrative Yoga Therapy on Enchanted Mountain, in Garopaba.

into the dance of Yoga she weaves, Aurvedic concepts, cleansing diets, nutrition, and women's wellness bringing healing to children, women, men, healers, professionals, yogis, medical practitioners, dancers, chiropractors, artists and anyone the universe presents as a teacher for her, holding light and gratitude towards all with whom she works.

Shawn is a true healer. Early on in his studies he discovered that he has a natural gift to connect with his clients on the most subtle levels energetically, and intuitively beyond the physical work he would perform. In each session with clients he allows their system to inform and guide him in the process often making every session unique to each individual.

He was originally drawn and influenced by the healing properties of Yoga and Traditional Thai Massage while suffering from many syndromes and multiple injuries as a result of living an unbalanced lifestyle. So began his quest for healing for himself and has since expanded to the healing of others. He is very passionate about his work and feels he is answering his true calling by bringing healing to those with whom he works.

Shawn is a California CMT. He has over 500hrs of study and multiple certifications in Thai Yoga Massage through Lotus Palm school of Thai massage and is a graduate of IPSB’s 550 massage therapist program. He is a certified Yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance and holds an IYT500 Yoga Therapy certification through Integrative Yoga Therapy, and has studied Cranio Sacral therapy with Garry Straus of Polarity Healing Arts.

Shawn has also studied and developed a meditation practice since the age of thirteen, and has consistently studied martial arts, Yoga, and human energy systems for his entire adult life. He is presently based in Los Angeles and travels throughout North America (and sometimes beyond) teaching Thai Massage, Yoga, and partners Yoga classes and workshops.