Exploring Life & Business with Shantee Scheel of Happy Healthy Holisitic

Today we’d like to introduce you to Shantee Scheel. 

Hi Shantee, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
When I was a little girl, I loved massaging my mom’s friends and the neighborhood kids in the park. I feel as if I had an intuitive sense of touch and I loved making people feel good. 

As I went through school I fell in love with science and ended up majoring in biology and women’s studies. After teaching science for several years, I decided to take a break from education and follow my childhood dream. 

I thought, what is the worst that could happen I take a year out of education and go back to teaching? Teachers do this all the time. It felt like very little risk. When I graduated from massage school here in Denver, I was asked to teach Anatomy. 

I continued with Massage exploring touch and teaching. My discovery and exploration of how interconnected the body and mind kept me busy studying holistic healing practices. Before long, I was a Certified Health Coach and a Personal trainer. 

I became obsessed with helping people feel better in their bodies. I discovered that teaching corrective posture was super effective as both a preventative health measure and a healing intervention. I started pairing the art of meditation with corrective posture techniques and my clients were getting better faster, sooner. 

The concept of getting into your body in order to get into deeper meditation started to light up my world. Descend before you ascend. Descend into your body before you ascend with your mind. My motto became alignment. Alignment with your body—posture, and alignment with your mind—meditation. 

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not, what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Every injury, every accident, every unconscious behavior that people go through is a struggle, and are tiny obstacles for me. I’ve had to not only learn how the bodywork and know what to do in these different instances, but I’ve had to learn how to connect with the person’s mind and the feelings they are experiencing throughout their journey of healing. 

I can’t guide someone to somewhere I’ve never been. I’ve learned to walk next to people in order to traverse the path with them. This has been many learning curves. The body and mind connection is so complex and unique to each individual person. 

The path of healing is never a smooth road. Our bodies are physical expressions of our internal emotions. If we are stressed, we shrug our shoulders. If we are tired, we slouch. Whatever we may be feeling, our bodies express that emotion. Truly confident people have great posture because they feel great in their bodies. It’s a journey to get there. The path is not always clear. 

Healing the emotional trauma that is locked in our physical bodies is a struggle. It’s not easy to go from a low vibrational feeling such as fear and sadness and turn that into high vibration feelings like love joy and happiness. 

Feeling comfortable in your own body is a struggle I think we can all relate to. Have you slept poorly in your neck before only to wake up and have it be sore for the next 48hours? Thrown your back out shoveling? It’s these everyday struggles that have to be overcome day after day. It seems as if there’s always another problem around the corner. 

My heart goes out to people that are struggling physically. I just want them to feel better in their bodies so they can hang out with children or enjoy a bike ride in the sun or have a beautiful vacation with the love of their life. It’s a struggle every day helping people out of pain but it’s 100% worth it because everyone deserves joy and happiness. 

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
Happy Healthy Holistic is a health and wellness organization. 

The motto at Happy Healthy Holistic is “feeling the healing”. We want to support you feeling into your body-the good and the bad. We know that our bodies try to communicate with us and how we feel is feedback. It’s okay and actually critical to feel your body physically, emotionally, and spiritually. All of these pieces come together and make us the whole person we are. 

We offer massage. Our signature massage is a bit different than a spa-type massage. Although it can deeply relaxing, we don’t want you to feel better just in the moment, we want you to feel better long term. We are not looking to put a band-aid on your physical pain. We want to know the reason why your body is experiencing pain. We do this by incorporating posture analysis. Then, using your posture patterns, we put the bones where they need to be and place the soft tissue to support it. When people get off the massage table, they are standing up taller, walking straighter, and feel less pain. 

We also offer medical massage, manual lymphatic drainage. Manual Lymphatic Drainage is a specialized gentle touch massage that works with the immune system and promotes movement of fluid throughout the body. 

General Effects of Manual Lymphatic Drainage include: Full body soothing effect, increase immune response, Detoxification, Reduce fluid retention. 

MLD can be utilized effectively for conditions such as, but not limited to, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, stress reduction, neurological disorders, lyme disease, inflammation, diabetes, lymphedema, physical injuries, auto-immune disorders, migraines/headaches, general detoxification, and enhanced immune function. 

Since the lymphatic system possesses immunological functions, such as formation and storage of white blood cells, manual lymphatic drainage massage has beneficial effects on overall immunity. MLD has been pivotal in supporting our clients during the covid-19 pandemic. 

We are also known for offering Craniosacral Therapy which is like an induced meditation. Learning how to meditate can be difficult. Our cranio treatment simulates the brain to produce Theta Brain Waves. Studies observing monks meditating show a significant increase in Theta Waves when the monks meditate. With gentle manipulations, your natural rhythm of the central nervous system is brought back into harmony with Cranioscaral Therapy. The practice uses subtle touch and light holdings of the skull, sacrum, an other parts of the body to synchronize and balance our nervous systems by releasing traumas and nourishing the brain and spinal cord. 

The health coaching that is offered at Happy Healthy Holistic is what I am most proud of. Sacred Alignment for your Sacred Vessel is a comprehensive, easy to follow 12 week-long coaching course that has long-lasting and transformational results. 

It is for the person that really wants to sustain better posture and keep balance in their life. This health coaching course blends meditation and posture to create alignment in the mind and body. There are four phases- 1) Relax and release 2) Flex and Open 3) Strengthen and Maintain 4) Optimize and Reach. It is this health coaching course that people can learn to live a life free of suffering and free of physical pain. It’s full of biohacks and health and wellness goodies that aren’t taught in our traditional education. I love this course because it’s so interactive and engaging that it’s nearly impossible to not have a big transformation within yourself. When people finish the course, they say things such as “I’ve never felt more connected to myself”, “I can’t believe how great I feel in my body” and “I understand what it feels like to be centered.” 

It’s one of the most beautiful sequence of teaching and activities that I have ever created. 

Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
I would say my business and life is all luck. Fantastic luck actually. I am so lucky to have found people that believe in my work and that have trusted me with their bodies. If it wasn’t for the fortunate luck, I have had with the loyal people that continue to enjoy my work, I wouldn’t be anything. 

I started this business with the intention of taking care of my tribe and my people. As luck has it, it turned out that my tribe was on board with the same vibration—take care of those around you and you will be the wealthiest person you could ever imagine. The community at Happy Healthy Holistic is so beautiful. From teachers to doctors, to accountants to personal trainers, all the people I serve get into a better space personally and then have this huge ripple effect of taking care of the tribe and the greater community at hand. It’s one of the most magical things I’ve ever witnessed. 

Pricing:

• 90 min Sessions $125 (Massage, coaching, MLD, Craniosacral)
• 60 min Sessions $95 (Massage, coaching, MLD, Craniosacral)
• Free Coaching Course Consults
• $50 posture analysis

Contact Info:

• Email: Info@happy-healthy-holistic.com
• Website: www.happy-healthy-holistic.com
• Instagram: @Happyhealthyholistic3