ABOUT SHUWEN

To understand why I do what I do, you first have to understand my story.

As my body was finally healing after a decade of giving birth to my five incredible children, waves of overwhelming loss hit me one after another. First, my corporate job of 18 years concluded. Then, my marriage of 30 years together, ended abruptly and traumatically. Then to top it off, my parents died within the same year of each other.

Multiple chapters of my life simultaneously closed. I was experiencing death in all senses of the word: death of my job, death of my marriage, and death of my parents, and ultimately, death of my identity. Initially, I wasn't sure how to cope. However, I knew I needed time: time to heal, time to recover, and time to move forward. During that period, yoga became my saving grace.

Yoga found me and helped put me back together. I learned how to respond, not react. Grief-stricken and stuck, yoga warmed me up and moved me again. I experienced transformational and grounding healing through movement and breath.

This personal evolution sparked my yoga education. I emerged myself into the yoga practices daily.