Shannon Wallace Ross

An avid gardener of philosophy, creativity and the earths beauty way

I love the natural world

I live on the Pacific Westcoast, here I tend flower,
vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens & love
to cook and make personal products

with the earths ingredients

I did garden design and a herbal medicine internship at

the Punta Mona Centre for Regenerative Design

and Botanical Studies in Costa Rica

I love the creative transformational process

I have held classes & circles with a focus on breath, meditation, yoga, dance,
the chakras, the seasons/the cycles/the elements, art and alchemy

I have taught workshops on jewellery making, watercolor painting, mandala drawing,
macrame wall hangings & plant holders, weaving & flower crowns

I have written two poetry books and made hundreds of unique pieces of
jewellery & interiors

I have decorated storefronts & yoga studios

I love supporting connection for positive momentum

I have a background hiring, training, and placing young professionals in local
community organizations, managing employment programs for youth at risk,
being a vocational counsellor for the local health authority and the national
mental health association, and as a mentorship interviewer, matchmaker
and advisor for women and girls. I also created the Bloom Series,
an art therapy curriculum for girls and teen's

I love stepping through the archway to the next evolution

BA, Major in Sociology, Minor in Environment Studies, University of Victoria

Counselling, Motivational Interviewing, Mental Health First Aid & Suicide Prevention
Workshops by Vancouver Coastal Health & the Canadian Mental Health Association

200 hr Yoga Teacher Training, Semperviva Yoga College Vancouver
Gloria Latham, workshops with Gurmukh, Max Strom, & Shiva Ray

30 hr Foundation Course, Arkaya Yoga
Yogacharini Maitreyi

2D Design & Watercolour Painting, Emily Carr University of Art and Design

Metal Smithing, Vancouver Community College

Pottery, West Point Grey Community Centre

Art Therapy, Blue Spark Art Studio