Awareness in Motion…

supports embodied wholeness through care, connection and movement of body & spirit

...Embodying Our Sacred Wholeness

At Awareness in Motion, you are invited to the possibility of healing, health and harmony – and the possibility of feeling grounded, spacious, supported, and whole in the very midst of your life.

Here, we will care for your body & spirit.

We will honor your sacred story as whole. We will listen and hold your pain and suffering, your triumphs and joys, and expand the possibilities of healing, transformation and well-being as you journey through the experiences of loss, change and renewal of life.

Through embodied awareness, breath, movement, touch/bodywork and attuned relationship, we will connect to and cultivate the wisdom, creativity and compassion that lives within your body, heart, mind and spirit. From these deep resources that live within you, we open the door to new ways of being, moving your body and moving in your life.

We will nurture your unique expression of body & spirit as you embody your wholeness and move your whole self into the world.

HOLDING — HEALING — BECOMING

  • “Thank you for everything. I feel transformed and excited, eased and educated, inspired and reverent after our work together. I can’t wait to continue!”

    Katrina, Awareness in Motion Client

Shannon Kunstman PT, MS

Physical Therapist | Embodiment Practitioner | Spiritual Companion

Welcome! I am Shannon Kunstman PT, MS (she/her/hers), and the founder of Awareness in Motion. I am a physical therapist, embodiment practitioner, spiritual companion, bodyworker, lifelong learner, and human being who is passionate about bringing together awareness and movement, body and spirit, science and spirituality for personal and collective healing, transformation and well-being.

Awareness in Motion can help you move your body & spirit with more freedom, creativity, compassion, and wisdom through the following services:

These services may sound unique for physical therapy and health care. It may also feel like new ways to experience spirituality and well-being. Awareness in Motion has been built on the explorations of healing, spirituality, embodiment and wholeness and how these life practices can expand the possibilities of what it means to move and feel well in these bodies.

Here, we practice an embodied, integrative approach to movement health and wellbeing that weaves together soma, science and spirit:

  • The art & science of traditional movement medicine and physical therapy.

  • The compassion and wisdom of spiritual practices

  • The creative, rhythmic, and adaptive energies of the natural world-this includes our body!

  • Embodied awareness and movement practices

  • Integrative bodywork

  • Contemplative practice of spiritual companionship & deep listening

  • Support for nervous system health, capacity and resilience

  • Education and life practices to support healing, growth and well-being

  • Current pain, trauma and somatic healing research and practice.

Awareness in Motion is a sanctuary space, where you will feel held, valued, and cared for through:

  • Undivided attention, time, care and compassion

  • Space to slow down to meet and reconnect to you full self

  • Care for your whole being-physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, relational

  • Gentle, healing touch

  • An invitation to be in compassionate relationship with your body and self

  • Companionship and guidance during times of challenge, loss, growth & renewal. You are not alone.

  • Seeing and caring for you as a whole person, not just your diagnosis or challenges

In our work together, it is possible to experience:

Deep relaxation and release of tension and habitual, protective patterns

Bodily sense of groundedness, stability, and steadfastness

Ease, spaciousness and fluidity as you move your body

Less pain and suffering and greater inner harmony and calm

Increased resiliency, capacity and ability to be present in your life

Greater self-awareness and connection of body, mind, emotions and spirit

Connection with your life force, inner wisdom/clarity, and compassion

Agency and empowerment in your health and well-being

Creativity and freedom in how to move your body and your whole being in the world

Deeper sense of connection and presence in your life

Vitality, aliveness and thriving instead of just surviving

New possibilities and choices for your movement health and well-being

Your body as home

An invitation to a new way of being

Are you ready to accept this invitation?

Awareness in Motion is grounded in the following principles, informing every aspect of our work together:

  • We all have the need to feel seen, heard, accepted and valued, just as we are.  Feeling secure and attuned to is a vital aspect of healing and well-being.  We create a safe space for your process.

  • We slow down to meet ourselves fully.  Our body, heart, mind, emotion, and spirit.  We become aware of the sensations of our body and the potential healing and wisdom they hold for us.  We listen to and hold the confusion, pain, and struggle, but also the wisdom, creativity, compassion, and resilience that is always present within us.

  • All movement is co-creative movement. We will become aware how we hold and move our body through exploration of breath, relaxation, grounding, centering and alignment, and movement.  As we become aware of patterns that limit us, we also discover the possibility for more spaciousness, stability, ease and choice as we move our body and spirit more fully into the world.

  • You are not alone. A caring, attuned, and present relationship meets us where we are, just as we are.  This allows us to meet ourselves fully with care and compassion.  We remember ourselves not just as our struggles, but also our indomitable human spirit. 

  • Human touch is a fundamental need, and invaluable for our health and well-being.  Caring, gentle touch holds our edges so we can make sense of ourselves and how we are meant to be and move in this body. 

  • Knowledge is power. The more you learn about your self, your body, how you perceive and move in the world, and the possibilities that science and spiritual wisdoms offer us, you gain agency in your  life choices and well-being. 

  • Embodiment is about coming home to yourself and your body.   Over and over again. 

  • We are relational, interconnected beings.  We will view life through a lens of wholeness, listening to how all of the parts are in relationship and harmony in a larger eco-system.   We are more than any one aspect of ourselves. The loving, wise pulse of spirit and the creative movement of the body are woven together for well-being, health, and embodied sacred wholeness.