Hi there. I’m Shannon Thornton. I’m a yoga teacher with over 16 years experience teaching both group yoga classes and private clients. I am also trained to teach Trauma Informed Yoga and a technique called iRest (Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra Meditation) and to offer these classes in both group and private settings.
Much of my private work with clients focuses on functional movement, and therapeutic practices that build on clients’ ongoing life experiences and physical needs. Those might include building strength by adding weights – either to standard yoga postures or as stand-alone weight training. We improve movement, balance and posture that better supports stable joints and spines. We also learn to calm the nervous system through restorative yoga or meditation sessions.
Current research on the relationship between yoga and brain health supports the use of yoga and meditation in the treatment of trauma and PTSD. I offer therapeutic yoga that addresses the mind/body imbalance that is often the result of these conditions.
I also have a PhD in Folklore & Mythology and am a certified Jungian Life Coach. Through my writing and ongoing training, I have been able to sustain and integrate my research and teaching interests in yoga and neuroscience, yoga psychology, and the relationship between yoga and Jungian Psychology and dream analysis.
The coaching side of my work brings together the three therapeutic strands of my training: Yoga and functional movement, trauma informed yoga, and Jungian or “Depth Psychology” concepts from dream analysis and discussion of consciousness and the archetypes. This is truly “integrative” work for anyone looking to deepen their practice from the soma (body) into the realm of soul, or psyche.
Contact me to learn more.