Summer Shepstone
Summer Shepstone

Who is Summer?

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I am a scientifically trained holistic healing guide rooted in mindfulness. My strengths lie where knowledge & compassion meet insight. I am specially trained to meet you where you are and provide you with the tools & guidance to help you move toward your BEST LIFE.

EXPERIENCE

I have more than two decades of experience educating and guiding individuals of all ages, abilities and backgrounds toward their best lives. One on One physically helping people of all ages, stages & abilities to bath, dress, eat, & move, to strengthen, stretch and condition physically, emotionally and spiritually by tapping into what uniquely motivates them to do as much for themselves as they can everyday to optimize themselves and their quality of life. This all becomes possible with a solid foundation built on relationship, safety, and awareness.

I have been an athlete and a coach, an anatomy student and a teacher, I have healed and am still healing. I have a Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy, decades of experience and love being an OT. I am an anatomy & neuroscience nerd & love person centered caregiving but more than anything, my passion comes out in seeing how everything connects, all the parts, where form meets function and the spirit guides, that is where we optimize & thrive.

I am here to educate, to guide, to activate. Let me help you connect the dots, identify what habits, tools & routines serve you, to guide you toward improved health and wellness, and lead you toward your unique toolkit & skills by tapping into the uniqueness & strengths inside you. I am an activator, let me nudge you onwards towards your best life.

I have some areas of extreme study or hyper focus as I call it, others may term it expertise.

These include but are not limited to:

  • Pediatrics: Early Intervention & Family Centered Care

  • Neurodiversity Affirming Practices and Advocacy: MnNEAT Original Founding Board Member and current Treasurer

  • Sensory Processing, Disregulated Nervous Systems

  • Trauma Recovery, PTSD, Multi-trauma: physical and emotional, Adoption and Attachment

  • Chronic Pain, Therapeutic Neuroscience of Pain, Mindfulness, HeartMath Biofeedback

  • Parkinsons & Movement Disorders : LSVT, Interdisciplinary Clinic Care

  • Aquatic Therapy: orthopedic, developmental, sensory, reflex, trauma & neurological recovery, chronic pain.

  • MNRI: Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration: Core Specialist & Instructor

  • FSM: Frequency Specific Micro-current: Advanced Practitioner & Trained Lab Instructor

  • Aromatherapy: Certified Aromatouch massage technique