Shannon Reed is a writer, ritualist, and founder of Field Studies Sanctuary, a nature-based haven in Helena, Montana, devoted to regenerative education, ancestral remembrance, and the art of living in deep relationship with the Earth. With a background in nonprofit leadership, creative entrepreneurship, and women-centered photography, Shannon brings a rich tapestry of lived experience to her work-braiding together story, ceremony, and the practical skills of soul-rooted living. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in Communications and Women's Studies from the University of Denver, along with certifications in alternative dispute resolution, plant medicine (Cornell University), second-degree Reiki, Wilderness First Aid, and CPR/AED. Her career has spanned executive leadership in children's and queer-centered nonprofits, curriculum design, plant medicine education, and decades as a professional photographer centering women's lives and stories.

Her debut book, Spiraling Into Source: A Sacred Journey of Remembering, Ritual, and Rooted Healing, invites readers into a twelve-spiral journey of awakening that integrates narrative, guided practices, and nourishing wisdom from ancestral healing traditions. Shannon's work reflects a deep commitment to honoring Indigenous knowledge and traditional ecological wisdom, encouraging readers to walk in reciprocity with the living world. Through Field Studies Sanctuary and its nonprofit branch, Sacred Assembly of Soil & Soul, Shannon offers programs in earth-based homeschooling, plant medicine, creative expression, and community nourishment. Her teachings weave together the spiritual and the practical, empowering others to reclaim their own sovereignty while remembering our shared belonging to Earth. Shannon believes that every person holds an innate map home-one that can be remembered through presence, embodied practice, and relationship with the land. Whether leading a circle, tending plants in the apothecary, or writing at her desk with a view of Montana's big sky, she carries the same devotion: to help others remember who they are and the world they are part of.