Originally from Kentucky but raised in Idaho, Shawnte brings the diversity of his background in theater, movement and voice to his yoga practice. This means focusing on long, slow and deep movement practices with flare, extension and ease for every body, every day without risk of injury or overextension.

In 2015, Shawnte traveled to Bali to complete his first 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Meghan Currie and Nico Luce. From there, he taught privately to supplement his artistic endeavors. Then in 2023, he took a second 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with world-renowned Rasa Yogi Greta Hill and has since leaned into teaching yoga full-time.  

In 2024, Shawnte completed Innertrek’s Psychedelic Facilitator Training Program and began including psychedelics in his offerings.

Shawnte’s 20+ years practicing yoga has taken him down many yogic paths including Ashtanga, Bhakti, Bikram, Forrest, Hatha, Iyengar, Power, Rasa, Restorative, Vinyasa and Yin. What has emerged is his own style of yoga that includes long, slow and deep stretches with new and inventive sequencing. Some have described it as similar to Qigong and Tai Chi, while those with acting backgrounds may find elements of the Suzuki Method as well as Alexander and Linklater techniques. 

Weighing in at approximately 100lbs., the Atlantis gong is a giant 48” piece of bronze, hand-forged in extreme heat and cured with seawater, its unique patina gives the illusion of an ancient relic, a fragment of some long forgotten civilization disappeared by time and space and buried by the Ice Age at the bottom of the sea. From there, Atlantis was plucked, saved from the wreckage of antiquity and brought before audiences anew. The deep, mysterious—cavernous—tones of this magnificent and majestic gong are ominous and otherworldly, some say “supernatural,” others say “superhuman.”

Either way, Atlantis—it should be known—does not speak the language of the mind, no. Atlantis speaks to the soul. Now, this sounds intense, and it is. But it’s also accessible and rare. With warmth and wisdom, Atlantis will transport attendees on magic carpets of sound into new, ethereal planes of contemplation, new depths of understanding and new dimensions of knowing and existing.

Even so, do not be scared, be prepared. These giant, trembling vibrations will likely be the most powerful and moving sounds one has ever heard. Ergo, for that reason alone, come with an open mind. And bring an airbag for your soul. You’re about to meet the gatekeeper to a long, forgotten world.