Shannan Reese
Intuitive, dedicated, innovative, challenging, knowledgeable, caring are some of the words used to describe Shannan Reese. This consummate Fitness and Wellness Professional has inspired hundreds of people throughout the City of Philadelphia and its surrounding Suburbs. She is the perfect balance of tough and gentle. On a daily basis Shannan’s focus is on helping people live their BEST lives now. She educates others on the importance of incorporating fitness into their hectic lifestyles, shows them the proper exercise skills and techniques needed to obtain optimal health, and teaches them how to nurture themselves through wellness treatments - always reminding them that they can not give of themselves until they first give to themselves.
Always seeking to better assist others through advancing her knowledge of the human body, Shannan enrolled into the National Massage Therapy Institute to study and earn a National Certification in Swedish Massage Therapy. Where she maintained a 4.0 GPA, and graudute the top of her class in January 2012. Shannan has receive both her PA Licensure and National Certification in Massage Therapy.
History
Shannan’s love of body movement began at the age of 6 as a dancer, she continued her love of movement as a student of dance at the High School for the Creative & Performing Arts. After High School following the insistence of her mother, she put her dream of becoming a professional dancer on hold and enrolled into Temple University’s psychology program and gained employment servicing others with mental and physical disabilities as a Life Skills Couch. While at Temple University, she discovered a new love, weight lifting, and began taking lessons from a fellow student and semi pro body builder and got hooked. Although she continues to dance, in 2000 Shannan made an unexpected transition out of dance into fitness, and began pursuing a career as a Certified Fitness Trainer. Since then, Shannan’s ability to teach others and her love for helping others has led to her appointments as Dance Consultant for the Youth Empowerment Services of Philadelphia, Dance Coach for Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood, PA, Fitness Consultant for the Health Federation of Philadelphia and Dance Consultant for the summer camp at The Philadelphia Art Alliance. She has served as a Fitness Consultant, Educator, Presenter and Volunteer for several organizations including Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Health and Fitness, American Diabetes Association and American Heart American Stroke Association.
It is worth noting that Shannan has accomplished all this despite the obsticles which prevented her from completing her college education; and she has distinguished herself from amongst her colleague. Shannan has obtained numerous National and International Fitness Certifications from organizations such as IM=X PILATES, MAD DOGG ATHLETICS, IFPA, AFAA and is the Owner of both Physique Fit Personal Training & BEST BODY FITNESS (formerly physique fitness personal traing and total body conditioning since 2003) and Kneading Therapeutic Massage.
