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Shelly Manley-Tannis (she/her)

Shelly is a spiritual director, artist - with a certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy - and a United Church minster. She loves writing, visual journaling, upcycling, music and photography. Originally from Ontario, Shelly has lived in either Saskatchewan or Manitoba for the past 24 years. 

She loves offering various writing and creativity workshops as well as one-on-one spiritual companioning through her studio: Spiritshell (spiritshell.ca) She spends her time between Saskatoon and Manitou Beach, both part of Treaty 6 Territory, with her spouse, Richard, and 2 active dogs. 

Shelly has kept journals since she was a young girl, and enjoys working on family history and memoir. She has some published poems and is working on memoirs based on her Grandmother’s 70+ years of keeping diaries. 

‘I will stand in the Joy. I will stand in the Joy.’
-William Prince