About Shawna Ristic
Shawna Ristic, MA, BCTMB, CMT, CIMI is a body therapist and intuitive healer. She has had a full time practice for over 28 years and has had over 11,00 contact hours with clients and thousands of hours of continuing education. She received her initial training in massage from the Body Mind Spirit Institute in Kansas City, KS in 1997 and became Nationally Certified a year later. She has a passion for understanding anatomy and the many layers of the body, including the nervous system, cranio-sacral system, the organs and lymphatic system as well as musculo-skeletal systems. She spent over a decade of her career focusing on structural massage techniques and in close collaboration with Rolfers, thus keen eye for structure and looking holistically at the body to address sources of pain and dis-ease. After building a strong foundation of body knowledge, she has spent over a decade addressing the energetic, psychosomatic and spiritosomatic contributors to dis-ease. She has a Masters in Communication from a French university and has received multiple trainings in various techniques using dialogue and intuitive guidance to uncover patterns, programs and belief systems put in place as a response to past experiences that are affecting the health of the body today.
Shawna is also a Certified Infant Massage Instructor, certified in France. She helps parents and children create positive relationships with touch and to learn each other’s nonverbal communication style. Lastly, her career as a healer began after a Near Death Experience and 3 week coma in 1993, during which she met a spiritual council that continues to advise her during sessions. This has enabled her to work intuitively both in-person and at distance. She works largely hands-on in person with clients but also works intuitively by Zoom and phone. She is passionate about helping others release blockages to their life purpose and reconnect with their Inner Truth.
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Testimonials:
“A few weeks ago I had a Body Therapy session with Shawna. I really wanted to see her in person to experience what she offers and since I live relatively near by, it was easy to do so. I am so happy that I did. Her healing touch, wise words and insightful intuitions all came together and left me feeling a bliss and healing I have not experienced previously. I have been to many alternative healers, yet none have left me feeling the way Shawna did. We all have emotional issues to deal with and if you have no physical ailments, well great. I, however, had some things I have been dealing with, a compressed vagus nerve bringing me a lot of issues to name one. In one session Shawna assisted me in feeling so much better.
I will return to Shawna because it takes more than one session to clear away decades of gunk, either spiritually or emotionally, that cause imbalances in our system. If you can see her in person, her light massage releases so much, along with her spiritual wisdom and connection to a higher power. I know that an online session will have the same affect, since energy is energy and can be accessed even through the internet. Thank you so much Shawna for the healing.
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“My healing session with Shawna Ristic was awesome! She is so intuitive and picked up on several truths to help guide me. I am so grateful that I met her. She has such a bright light and is in tune with divine guidance. I will definitely tell my friends and family about her and go back to her when needed. I received so much clarity in my session. It is obvious that she cares deeply about others and emanates love! Thank you Shawna! ”
“Shawna truly carries within her, shamanic energy. The bodywork she did on me had a tremendous psychological and physical effect. I could feel all the energetically blocked parts in my body opening up and circulating fully as Shawna worked through my entire body. She is deeply nurturing, extremely grounded, and profoundly caring. With just one session you will experience a radical shift in your mind, body, and spirit. Shawna is undeniably gifted, and she uses her gifts to heal, elevate, and hold her clients with deep reverence. I highly recommend her if you’re looking to be transformed. ”
“Things have shifted for me so much in the last month. I feel like Shawna has sensed very well what I was/am going through, and the confirmation of moving towards the witness state is a blessing. I am not forgetful anymore of being present. So that is great.
I feel like the pain has been dealt with, and now I can reap the benefits of this period. Thank you Shawna for the consult and the connection with the guides and loving beings. It feels like I am carried.
More time will be spent on feeling that basic barometer of expansion or contraction. Thanks for breaking it down into simplicity.”
“I strongly recommend Shawna Ristic’s services. I am forever grateful for her insight, perspective and just listening to me without judgement but with love and acceptance. Her remarkable intuition is beyond anyone I have ever me. She has shown me my past childhood traumas and faults were my way of handling different events in my life.
Another great bonus Shawna does that other therapist don’t is she records the session and send you two copies one video and one just audio. It has helped me sort through my thoughts an extra value that others don’t include.
If you are feeling stuck in life Shawna has insight to help you where you are in life and get you back on track.
I hope to be a lifelong client or patient of hers!”
“It was such a pleasure meeting you yesterday. I cannot express how much relief and gratitude I am feeling after our work. I have worked with therapists for years and got so much validation and hope from our 1 1/2 hours than I ever got in 15 years of therapy. Thank you so much for your kindness and the work you do!!!
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“My first session with Shawna and I didn’t know what to expect. In fact, I came into the session without a hard agenda, but rather with the intention to enjoy the time with her. Whatever may come to me, I would be grateful. She was good at sensing my energy, feeling a hard outer shell and a soft inner core. She taught me how to feel body sensations to understand myself better instead of keeping it all up in my mind. When it went overtime, she was still very patient and didn’t feel pressed to close the conversation like a business. Much appreciated. Now the big challenge is to integrate my lesson into daily life. Thank you for Shawna’s service.”
“I had been to Shawna in 2017 for a massage and relief of my shoulder. But by the end of the massage she had been able to connect my right side energy with the left side. It just felt wonderful and a produced a magical feeling . I had a heart valve replaced in 2011 and I had not been able to merge the energies, to feel connected and whole. She began by working on my shoulder as it would very often drop on the right and then the connection of the two sides happened. I just love her energy, her magical hands and wonderful heart.
I am a living example of her healing abilities. She also helped me cure my severe case of shingles on my right hand and shoulder that appeared November 2017 and lasted till March 2018.It was her intuitive, soulful method and her soulful intentions to work with one’s body with utmost love that I is curing me. I still cannot fold my hands behind my back, but I can bend my elbow and raise my arm thanks to Shawna.
With me, she works mostly on flushing the lymph nodes and calming the nervous system. For me, she has given me a new way to look at life and aliments. I highly recommend Shawna to anyone who needs healing and calming nervous system.””
“Shawna is a highly skilled bodyworker, much more than a massage therapist, physical therapist or chiropractor. I had a stroke in March 2015 and she is a key part of my recovery. She focuses on my nerve pathways and lymph system. I can feel and see the difference after every session. We are very fortunate that she decided to relocate to Santa Cruz. Highly recommended for recovery from any kind of trauma and for chronic pain.””
“I have been going to Shawna for many years now and I highly recommend her! I started going to her for massage therapy following a serious car accident and after just the first visit had more range of motion and a lot less pain. I loved going to her so much that I visited her during my pregnancy which helped with back pain, sciatica, and overall relaxation. I trusted her so much that I brought my baby in several times for infant massage, which I also highly recommend! I have joked for a long time now that I not only go to her for massage therapy but also emotional therapy. She is wonderful and by far the best massage therapist I have ever been to!!!”