Personal Shamanic Guiding and Energetic Healing with Shanon Marie
Shanon Marie, a dedicated healer and teacher with over two decades of experience in shamanic practices, invites you to embark on a profound journey of personal transformation. With deep connections to her shamanic family in the highlands of Peru, Shanon offers individualized guidance and healing sessions that merge ancient wisdom with modern insights.
Her approach integrates powerful techniques such as soul retrieval, energy clearing, and spiritual mentoring to help you uncover your highest potential. Shanon’s deep connection with nature, sacred ceremonies, and ancestral spirits allows for a unique healing experience that promotes not only emotional and spiritual growth but also deep physical well-being.
Private, One-on-One Sessions
Shanon’s private, personal one-on-one sessions provide a safe and sacred space for you to receive support during significant life transitions such as divorce, empty nesting, health challenges, retirement, and other major changes. These sessions are tailored to your unique needs, offering guidance to help you navigate these shifts with clarity and confidence.
Shanon’s extensive knowledge and wisdom in shamanic practices and energetic healing make her an invaluable guide as you move through life’s transitions. Her compassionate and intuitive approach empowers you to reconnect with your inner strength, heal past wounds, and create a new, harmonious path forward. In each session, you’ll receive the tools and guidance needed to embrace change, find balance, and step into a more fulfilled version of yourself.
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Transforamtional Postural Ailgnment Bodywork
Bodyworks... Transformational Bodywork by Shanon Marie
The Human Body: A Remarkable Machine
The human body is truly amazing. It is an intricate, complex physical machine that is deeply influenced by the experiences it has encountered throughout its history. These experiences, such as accidents or body trauma, can manifest as past injuries, emotional stress, or physical imbalances, which are often stored within the body over time. The longer these experiences are held, the more they can disrupt the body’s natural functions, causing it to break down, shut off, or feel pain. When this occurs, an active person might find themselves altering their activities or lifestyle to adapt to these painful conditions, perpetuating further imbalance.
Shanon Marie: The Body Detective
Shanon Marie has developed the ability to act as a “body detective,” uncovering the hidden effects of accidents or body trauma within the body by reading its alignment. She examines how the body relates to itself and how this relationship affects wellness, movement, and overall physical health.
What Sets Bodyworks Apart from Others?
Bodyworks is the process Shanon uses to assess the postural alignment of a client’s body. By analyzing how the body’s parts and joints relate to each other—from the feet to the head—she can determine how weight moves (or fails to move) through the body. This process begins to reveal the effects of trauma and imbalance that are creating limitations.
The Feet Are the Foundation
Shanon starts her evaluation at the feet and works her way through the body. Why the feet? Because they provide critical insights into how the body functions as a whole.
The feet reveal:
- How weight is distributed throughout the body.
- How each limb relates to and moves with the others.
- How weight shifts and changes affect movement.
- The client’s ability to balance.
- Where pain angles are held within the body.
The goal of a Bodyworks session is to educate the client about how their body relates to itself and to identify the root causes of pain or limited range of motion. Through this detective work, clients gain specific insights into why their body feels and behaves the way it does and, most importantly, how to correct these alignment issues.
The Detective Work: Uncovering the Effects of Trauma
A key part of a Bodyworks session involves seeing how the body’s parts align and relate to one another. For instance:
- Are the limbs properly weighted, with the alignment of the bones and muscles in a straight line from one joint to the next?
- How does the foot strike the ground? Which parts of the foot make contact—the heel, the arch, or the toes?
If the foot shows signs of supination, pronation, or other irregularities, these issues can disrupt the body’s ability to transfer weight efficiently. Such disruptions often cause postural distortions that cascade through the calves, knees, hips, back, and neck. Each compensation creates what Shanon calls a “pain angle,” altering how weight and motion are distributed across the body.
What Are Pain Angles?
Pain angles arise when the forces and alignments within the body are out of balance. Imagine a pool table: as a ball bounces off the table’s bumpers, the angle and force of impact determine its trajectory. Similarly, improper alignment of the body’s joints and muscles affects movement, flexibility, and range of motion. Over time, this leads to pain and dysfunction in various parts of the body.
This is where Shanon’s detective work becomes crucial. By mapping these pain angles and understanding their interrelationships, she identifies how misaligned muscles and joints force the body to compensate. Often, one muscle group overcompensates for another, creating further imbalance and instability.
The SAMI Institute Road Less Travel Programs
At The SAMI Institute, we believe true transformation is both spiritual and practical, bringing real, lasting change on physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual levels:
- Physical: Through practices rooted in ancient shamanic traditions, you may experience greater vitality, improved well-being, and a deeper connection to your body. Whether through ceremonial work, energetic healing, or aligning with the rhythms of nature, this journey fosters a state of balance and wholeness.
- Emotional: Healing old wounds and releasing emotional blockages allows for greater peace, joy, and resilience. By working with the unseen realms and ancestral wisdom, you develop the capacity to navigate life’s challenges with clarity and inner strength.
- Energetic: The transformation goes beyond what is seen, shifting the very fabric of your energetic being. As you deepen your connection to spirit and the natural world, you become more aligned with your true essence, allowing for profound shifts in intuition, purpose, and presence.
Spiritual Connection: Honoring Pachamama & Nature’s Wisdom
- Crafting a spiritual relationship with Pachamama and the natural world is not just a practice—it’s a way of life. It’s about seeing Pachamama and the natural world as living, breathing, and full of wisdom, guiding us toward a deeper sense of belonging and purpose. Through gratitude, reciprocity, and sacred connection, we learn to walk in harmony with the Earth, honoring her gifts while deepening our understanding of the spiritual forces that sustain all life.
A Teaching Style Rooted in Direct Experience
At The SAMI Institute, we do not teach through abstract concepts alone—we guide through direct experience. This means that learning is not just intellectual; it is something you feel, embody, and integrate into your daily life. Through ceremonies, personal energy work, and connection with the unseen world, you learn by doing. Direct-experience teaching ensures that transformation is not just theoretical but deeply personal and lived.
Spiritual Connection: Honoring Pachamama & Nature’s Wisdom
Crafting a spiritual relationship with Pachamama and the natural world is not just a practice—it’s a way of life. It’s about seeing Pachamama and the natural world as living, breathing, and full of wisdom, guiding us toward a deeper sense of belonging and purpose. Through gratitude, reciprocity, and sacred connection, we learn to walk in harmony with the Earth, honoring her gifts while deepening our understanding of the spiritual forces that sustain all life.
Honoring Pachamama and Shamanic Wisdom
Crafting a spiritual relationship with Pachamama and the natural world is not just a practice—it’s a way of life. It’s about seeing Pachamama as a living, breathing presence, full of wisdom, guiding us toward a deeper sense of belonging and purpose. Shamanic wisdom teaches us that everything in nature holds spirit and consciousness, inviting us into sacred reciprocity (Ayni)—a balance of giving and receiving with the Earth and all living beings.
Through rituals, offerings, and mindful connection, we honor the wisdom of the ancestors and the teachings passed down through Andean shamanic traditions. This path calls us to listen deeply to the elements, engage with the unseen world, and walk in harmony with the sacred rhythms of nature. By embracing this wisdom, we open ourselves to healing, transformation, and a profound connection to the spirit of life itself.
Energetic & Healing Practices Through Direct Experience Learning
True healing and energetic alignment come from direct experience—engaging with the natural world, feeling the flow of energy, and learning through personal connection rather than just theory. In the shamanic tradition, working with Pachamama’s energy is an interactive process that requires presence, intuition, and deep listening. This path involves:
- Connecting with the Elements – Learning to work with earth, air, fire, and water for balance and purification.
- Hands-On Energy Practices – Engaging in breathwork, movement, and rituals to clear, restore, and amplify energy.
- Sacred Reciprocity (Ayni) – Building a direct relationship with nature through offerings, gratitude, and intuitive exchange.
- Healing with Natural Forces – Experiencing the vibrational power of the Earth, sacred waters, and the energy of the land.
- Guided Journeys & Vision Work – Entering altered states of awareness to receive wisdom and healing directly from spirit allies and Pachamama.
Through direct experience, we shift from intellectual understanding to embodied wisdom, allowing healing and transformation to arise organically.
COSMOVISION: A PATH TO PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
Cosmovision is a deeply personalized healing journey guided by Shanon, where each student’s unique needs are met. Starting with private one-on-one sessions, the program optimizes learning and personal growth, and when the time is right, students can transition into group classes for a shared experience with others on a similar path. The program emphasizes the relationship triangle of honesty, respect, and truthfulness, fostering healthy, positive relationships not only with yourself but also with your workplace, romantic partners, family, and friends.
At the core of Cosmovision is the creation and maintenance of a healthy personal Eco-system, using the ancient tools of the Peruvian Mountain Shamans. These tools help students work with their physical, energetic, and emotional bodies, addressing how scarcity and debt can negatively affect multiple areas of life. By understanding these patterns, participants are guided to move past them, transforming their relationship with themselves and the world around them. The program focuses on releasing the negative energies of past experiences, allowing individuals to step into the present moment and engage life with positivity, joy, and clarity.
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Cosmovision is a journey that requires courage to step off the beaten path and walk toward healing and transformation. Each individual is presented with choices, and Cosmovision empowers students to take the road less traveled—one of self-discovery, resilience, and authentic living. Through this path, participants learn to embrace uncertainty, trust their intuition, and cultivate the strength to forge a life aligned with their true purpose.
WAYS TO ENROLL IN COSMOVISION
There are multiple ways to enroll in Cosmovision, allowing students to choose the format that best fits their needs. Participants can begin with a private one-on-one program with Shanon for a deeply personalized experience, or they can join a group format for shared learning and community support. Cosmovision is offered as a two-day intensive program, providing a concentrated and immersive experience designed to facilitate deep healing, transformation, and connection to the teachings of the Peruvian Mountain Shamans.
Class Format: Private classes are available over Zoom or in person with Shanon in Denver, Colorado. After a year, students can choose to remain in a private format or join a group.
Telephone Support: Access support via regular calls to deepen your experience.
Flexible Scheduling: Learn at your own pace with a schedule that works for you.
Priority Access: Cosmovision students receive priority enrollment in Wayfinders and Wondersnaps programs, both in the USA and abroad.
Bodywork & Healing Sessions: Enjoy priority scheduling for bodywork and shamanic healing sessions to complement your personal journey.
Cosmovision is not just a program; it is a transformative experience that combines ancient shamanic wisdom with modern-day tools for personal healing and growth. It is a space for students to engage in deep self-discovery, healing, and connection while building a life of integrity, balance, and joy.
