Shane has spent many years developing extensive and advanced skills as a manual therapist and Kriya Yoga Teacher. He has developed an understanding of spinal pathology and related integrated movement that is astounding in its accessibility and value to movement and manual practitioners. Shane is also passionate about individuals using their own intuitive skills to heal and transform their own lives. He is also a gifted wild life photographer www.wildearthilluminations.com will allow you to share his wonderful relationship with nature.

Shane McDermott's journey started with a fascinaton for the physical body and, more importantly, 'how it works'. This led him to the CHEK Institute where he studied and taught with Paul Chek, working all over the world for six years. From here he also studied and taught with Diane Lee and completed A.R.T certification. Shane went on to Kinesis to facilitate 'integration' of the various techniques he had mastered, and is a certified KMI practitioner (Structutal Integration), as well as a Yoga Teacher. He has worked in the style of Kriya Yoga for many years.

Shane has continued to develop his profound understanding of the human body through accurate treatment and training in Bio-mechanics, Human Dissection, Clinical Nutrition, Soft Tissue, Muscle Energy and Intuitive work. He is a graduate of CMED Institute (Caroline Myss Education Institute) where he spent several years training in Sacred Contracts. Shane's gift is the humourous and delightful way he makes complex subjects (such as Spinal Pathology) lively and accessible. He has a profound understanding of how it takes time to understand a principle, then learn to apply it wisely in practice and thus build the experience in the practitioner's instinct. His workshops are animated and informative; clearly presenting the straightforward and profoundly intuitive principles from which he works and teaches.

Shane is also a passionate photographer and spends much of his time photographing wild animals, particularly endangered spieces, for both art and conservation. He is a Primary Faculty member of the Art of Contemporary Yoga Teacher Training, working with both Yoga Technique, Pranayama and Anatomy & Physiology. He is a gifted bodyworker and will also be guiding touch skills and body reading, to enhance safe practice and accurate adjustment. Visit the website - it will lift your spirits!