St. Petersburg Massage Therapist

About Shannon Reissman

Shannon has been a full-time licensed massage therapist since 1996. She has treated countless clients in need of highly skilled body work to recover from injuries and body strain. Her skill and experience has led to positions as an instructor of Eastern Body Work Principles and Relaxation Massage in Pinellas Park, Florida at the former Humanities Center (now Cortiva) and she holds certification as an instructor of Shiatsu which she obtained through the Shiatsu Massage Institute.

Shannon is also certified in numerous other massage therapy modalities, including Neuromuscular Therapy, Cranial Structural Integration and Stephen's Method of Manual Therapy, which involves Symmetry Balancing and TMJ.

A student of Shorin Ryu Karate for over 20 years, Shannon has cultivated a tremendous respect for what the human spirit is capable of accomplishing.

She feels that therapeutic Massage and Martial Arts are very complimentary to each other and refers to them as "two sides of the same coin". Simply put, knowing what injures leads one to understand what heals. Shannon is currently Senior Instructor at the Family Martial Arts Dojo in Seminole, FL. She credits much of her love of teaching to the 23 years of guidance from Sensei Danita Clarke, owner of Family Martial Arts Dojo.

Through the Supreme Science Qigong Foundation she received certification as a Food-Based Healing Instructor and offers workshops teaching people to manage physical ailments using foods to heal. Shannon adds, "I've always been pro-active about my health, but now I find I am in the best shape of my life since implementing Food-Based Healing.  I consider it a personal mission to share with as many people as possible how to use foods from the GROCERY STORE to improve their health, regardless of their current condition."

In addition to her massage therapy training, Shannon holds a Level 2 Certification as a Qigong instructor, which she also obtained through Jeff Primack of the Supreme Science Qigong Foundation and now uses her skills to teach others how to work with their body's own energy to create wellness.

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Shannon Reissman, LMT
Lic # MA22783