Shannon Wells-Femenia
Shannon Wells-Femenia, C.M.T, E- R.Y.T., Lifestyle Counselor.
For more than 20 years, Shannon Wells has pioneered the field of healing arts. Her expertise in the yoga tradition encompasses a holistic lifestyle which includes the science of breath, nutrition, and hydration. She even guides her clients in developing their own personalized spiritual rituals. Shannon was the first practitioner to introduce athletic and spiritually-connected yoga styles to the Sacramento, California, area when she created the Free Spirit Yoga Studio in 2000. Her experience building that community qualifies her uniquely to facilitate customized yoga/lifestyle retreats today. Shannon is credentialed by the Yoga Alliance and is known for her rigorous 200-Hour Teacher Training Program. Now residing in Boise, Idaho, with her husband, five-year-old son and two cats, Shannon is delivering her empowering style and techniques to her new society.
My Thoughts on Yoga
I think yoga is about living a conscious life. The science of yoga is inclusive to how you act, think, feel, move, eat, pray, and love. For me there is completeness to a yoga lifestyle. The word yoga translates to "yoke” or "join”; it is a coming together of mind, body, and spirit. One of my favorite teachings of yoga is called Satya meaning truth. I prefer to be in the truth no matter if the contents are painfully raw, blissfully happy, or even boring because truth is real. Self discovery is maximized with yoga and I am afforded the opportunity to reach a higher potential of being alive with the freedom to choose. The tools taught in yoga are accessible and profound vehicles for healing and awakening our authentic self. Personally I aspire to practice all this with maturity on board, an open heart, and with joy.
Testimonials
Emotionally I’m able to just take an hour to feel whatever I’m feeling and know it’s OK. ~ Kim Gurgel
For the time that I am in your class, I get to leave the world behind and throughout my day I turn to this breathing and it always works to calm me. ~ Suzi Sacknoff
I keep coming to Shannon’s class for the empowerment it gives me. It continually renews my mind, body, and spirit. ~ Willa Powers
The mental focus to tuck here, tighten there, relax somewhere else, and breathe into the pain- breathe, breathe, has helped me be so much more connected to myself.~ DeniseSanchez
Through her teaching, I’ve learned to challenge myself and also to respect the limits of my body, without forcing my ego on it. I’ve learned to feel the energy around me and in my body. I’ve become stronger than I ever thought possible. ~ Allie Smith-Hobbs
Shannon is so well trained and practiced that I always feel confident in her teaching. Every session I feel both guided and empowered.~ Laurene
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