About Susan Shane

Throughout my own journey, I have experienced many transformations. I have had three overlapping careers: I danced professionally, fulfilling a lifelong childhood dream (Flashdance inspired); I ran a personal fitness company, helping clients to achieve their fitness goals (laughter included); and for the last twenty five years, I’ve also managed an acupuncture and herbal medicine practice, this time helping patients achieve their wellness goals (vitality infused). A few career highlights include graduating magna cum laude from Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, participating as a longstanding member of the Community Advisory Board member at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, CA and speaking about wellness at Qualcomm, Chuao Chocolatier and UCSD.

“What I have learned and found key to a vital life is integrated balance.”

But it didn’t really take my active adult journey to learn this lesson: When I was 2, my father, had a debilitating accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He never walked again. From a wheelchair, he rose above his physical challenge and taught me to “follow my heart.” He also emphasized keeping a balanced perspective as I marched through life (my dad was in the Stanford marching band as a clarinetist and participated in the 1952 Rose Bowl parade – a true life highlight for him).

My own journey’s life lesson, whether learned at an early age or reinforced as an adult, is what guides my Vitality Fusion approach: By keeping a positive outlook, supporting my vital energy and integrating many holistic healing traditions, I found hope, balance, and with it, resilience. Having found them, though, it now seems that the only way I can keep them is to use whatever knowledge and abilities I am blessed with to help others do the same.