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Somatic mentoring for people who care deeply and feel it all.

Supporting your nervous system, your work and your hope.

Nourish what matters. Steady what’s been stretched thin.

You’re someone who holds a lot. People, projects, possibilities, the feeling-tone of every room you enter. You care deeply and it shows in your body long before it shows anywhere else.

Lately, something in you has been signalling for change. Maybe it’s the exhaustion that keeps humming beneath everything, or the sense that your days are full but not nourishing. Maybe it’s quieter – a small pull towards a different rhythm, or a more humane pace.

Whatever brought you here, it’s not because you need to be tougher. It’s because your body is telling the truth about what you can actually sustain.

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An invitation to listen to your body as a source of wisdom, renewal and direction.

Somatic mentoring is a gentle, trauma-informed space to feel what you’ve been carrying and soften the parts of you that have been bracing for years.

We work gently and at your pace. Some sessions are quiet, others are movement-based or expansive, even playful.

Over time you might notice:

  • More capacity to be with your day, without the constant edge of overwhelm

  • Nervous system regulation and resilience

  • Relief from tension, fatigue, or stress-related symptoms

  • Decisions landing with more ease (less spiralling, more clarity)

  • Energy returning to the projects, relationships and creative work that actually matter

  • A steadier relationship to rest without guilt

We begin in the body, but the ripples expand outwards. They move into your choices, your boundaries, your work, the ways you show up with others, yourself, and the systems you move within.

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ABOUT

Hello, I’m Shannon

Before stepping into this work, I spent more than a decade in the design world, helping not-for-profits and social enterprises tell stories that moved people to care. That chapter taught me just how much heart it takes to do meaningful, world-building work, and how quietly we can lose touch with ourselves along the way.

Today, I bring the same spirit of collaboration and curiosity into my somatic practice. I walk alongside changemakers, community-shapers, carers, creatives and campaigners as they learn to listen inwards, soften old patterns, and rediscover what supports their aliveness.


TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

  • Somatic Stress Release™ Practitioner

  • Certified Mind-Body Coach

  • Integrative Somatic Parts Work Practitioner

  • 200hr Functional Flow Yoga & Meditation Teacher

MODALITIES

Equal parts radical
and regenerative —

I draw on three streams of somatic practice and an eco-somatic model of occupational therapy. Together these modalities offer guidance for how to listen more deeply to your body’s wisdom, soften the patterns shaped by stress or survival, and return to a steadier rhythm of ease and possibility.

  • Informed by positive psychology, neuroscience and embodied practice, this approach reunites the thinking mind with the feeling body. It helps translate self-awareness into choices that feel aligned with your values and your nervous system’s capacity, so that clarity becomes something you can live, not just think about.

  • Stress lives in the body, and shapes our breath, posture and ability to be present. This trauma-informed method helps release what’s been held and restores natural rhythm and resilience. As tension softens and awareness grows, the body remembers how to move and give, and rest and recover.

  • We each hold many inner parts – protectors, helpers, dreamers, survivors. This gentle, relational process, inspired by Internal Family Systems (IFS), invites curiosity and compassion towards them all. Through embodied awareness and dialogue, these parts find safety and belonging. This fosters wholeness, emotional ease, and a deeper sense of belonging to yourself.

  • Originating from occupational therapy and developed in Japan, the Kawa Model views life as a flowing river, where health and wellbeing are shaped by relationships, life circumstances, and personal resources. This approach helps you explore what supports or blocks your flow, guiding practical and meaningful ways to move through life with balance, agency, and ease.

The way we move through this world shapes the one we’re creating.

Every time you choose presence over pressure, connection over control, you’re shaping something new – in your body, in your relationships, and in the collective field we all share. This isn’t self-work for its own sake. It’s world-work in miniature.

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01

Curiosity Call
Our first connection is a 15-minute conversation where you can share what’s on your heart and ask me any questions. If it feels aligned, we can schedule your first session during this call.

02

Discovery Session
This is a landing point – a space to settle, set intentions and begin mapping the contours of our work together. We’ll explore what matters most to you and co-create a plan that honours your needs and your pace.

03

Ongoing Sessions
Continue in the way that suits you best. One session at a time, or in bundles of three or six – the frequency and rhythm are guided by what your body and attention are ready for.

This creative, alchemical process honours your body as both guide and witness, and as a deep well of knowledge about what you need, what can release, and where new choices can arise.

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Echoes of
this practice —

“Shannon has an extraordinary ability to cultivate a nurturing and empowering space where you can explore deep into your inner self.”




Julia Apanasevica

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“Shannon’s gentle guidance, her ability to hold space from afar and her wealth of knowledge were invaluable to me while I pursued my creative practice full time in a foreign country. I am forever grateful.”


Maggie Johnson

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“I’ve found sessions incredibly helpful – I have taken these practices into the day to day and am making them part of the fabric of my life. Truly incredible.”




Bo Wong

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“Working with Shannon has been amazing. I have worked with many practitioners across several modalities, but Shannon’s work is not like anything I’ve experienced before. I can’t recommend her enough.


Kat Snowden

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Image credits: Bryce MacDonald (1), Louise Coghill (2&3), Rae Fallon (4).

You may be
wondering —

  • Sessions are offered on an income-sensitive scale of $130–$160. You’re invited to select the rate that best reflects your current capacity, no explanation needed. This approach is inspired and informed by The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice.

  • Somatic work is therapeutic, but it’s not psychotherapy. Think of it as a complement: where talk therapy engages the mind, somatics engages the body’s wisdom. Many people find the two approaches work beautifully side by side.

  • You can begin by booking a short curiosity call – a relaxed, no-pressure chat to see if this work feels right for you. From there, we’ll decide together on the best next step, whether that’s one session or a longer series.

  • A couple of sessions may bring insight and relief, while deeper change takes time and gentle consistency. After a curiosity call, you’re welcome to begin with one session and see how it feels, or to book a bundle of three or six.

  • At the moment all sessions are held online, so you can join from the comfort of your own space. This makes the work accessible while still being intimate and grounded. In-person sessions in Fremantle are on the horizon.

  • Absolutely. Somatic practice meets you where you are, in whatever way feels possible – seated, lying down, or simply noticing what’s present. Living with neurodivergence and chronic pain myself, I bring lived understanding to hold space with flexibility, care, and respect for your unique nervous system.

Reach out when
you’re ready —

There’s no rush. Take your time here. Read, feel, notice what lands. Your body will let you know when it’s time to begin.

If that time is now, the first step is a curiosity call.

ANXIETY RELIEF

STRESS RELEASE

NERVOUS SYSTEM SUPPORT

BURNOUT PREVENTION

ENERGY RENEWAL

EMOTIONAL REGULATION

BOUNDARIES

CREATIVE FLOW

PRESENCE & CLARITY

DECISION MAKING

EMBODIMENT

RESILIENCE

ANXIETY RELIEF STRESS RELEASE NERVOUS SYSTEM SUPPORT BURNOUT PREVENTION ENERGY RENEWAL EMOTIONAL REGULATION BOUNDARIES CREATIVE FLOW PRESENCE & CLARITY DECISION MAKING EMBODIMENT RESILIENCE