There is more to life than going through the motions.
The Motion of Gratitude® is an integrative wellbeing and personal growth company rooted in nervous-system regulation, emotional resilience, and intentional living. We support individuals, educators, leaders, and teams in moving out of survival-based patterns and into grounded, sustainable ways of living and leading.
THE SHIFT WE SUPPORT
Many people are functioning well on the outside—
and surviving on the inside.
Stress becomes normal.
Autopilot becomes familiar.
Disconnection becomes quiet.
We exist to support the shift from:
Constant urgency → grounded regulation
Emotional suppression → emotional capacity
Disconnection → embodied presence
Survival patterns → intentional living
Not through quick fixes—but through integrative, nervous-system-informed transformation designed for real life.
HOW WE WORK
Real change doesn’t come from insight alone.
It happens when the body feels safe enough to reorganize.
Our work is grounded in a simple, human process:
Regulate. Reconnect. Remember. Return.
We begin by stabilizing the nervous system, then gently reconnecting people to their bodies, emotions, and inner signals. From there, identity and self-trust begin to clarify—and what’s remembered is steadily returned to real life through embodied integration.
This is how growth moves beyond theory and becomes visible in how people live, lead, and relate.
WHO WE SUPPORT
Our work meets people where real life is happening—across personal, educational, and organizational spaces.
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For those seeking nervous system regulation, emotional steadiness, and intentional living in everyday life.
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For students, teachers, and staff building regulation, resilience, and relational safety within learning environments.
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For companies developing sustainable performance, regulated leadership, and human-centered culture under pressure.
Our Core Offerings
The Motion of Gratitude® Experience
A guided integrative wellbeing journey rooted in regulation, presence, emotional resilience, and intentional living.
The Breathing Room
A living virtual practice space for nervous-system regulation and real-time breathwork support.
Corporate & Education Partnerships
Strategic integrative wellbeing programming for schools, teams, and organizations. Including workshops, courses, and seasonal intensives for deeper nervous-system education and embodied integration.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We believe regulation is the gateway to transformation.
Presence is a practiced skill.
Emotional capacity can be expanded.
And intentional living is learnable.
We don’t bypass discomfort.
We teach how to move through it with steadiness, skill, and support.
In Their Words.
Teacher Feedback
I am enjoying the Motion of Gratitude and I am finding it to be so beneficial. This is a really great program for mental, social, and physical well-being! I never realized the science behind intentional gratitude and how it produces such a positive shift in our thinking. The other thing that is so neat, is the concept of breathing! Prior to this program, breathing was an autonomic/involuntary process that we do to live, but not actually as a tool that can do so much for us when it is intentional and voluntary. I think this practice, if maintained, can be a huge contribution to longevity, as much as exercise, sleep, getting preventative medical care, and eating all the right foods!
Meet The Founders
The Motion of Gratitude® is led by Shannon & Matthew Missimer—partners in life and in this work.
Before this became a company, it started as a question we were living inside:
Is this all there is—just moving from one responsibility to the next?
Like many families and leaders, we were “doing everything right” on the outside and overwhelmed on the inside. Through learning regulation, presence, and intentional living from the inside out, everything changed—our nervous systems, our leadership, and our family life.
What began as personal survival became a shared calling to help others return to steadiness, clarity, and aliveness.
Shannon is an Integrative Wellbeing Strategist & Integration Coach, guiding nervous-system-informed regulation, emotional resilience, and embodied personal growth across education, leadership, and integrative wellbeing.
Matthew is a Conscious Leadership & Performance Consultant, supporting individuals and organizations in building clarity, resilience, aligned decision-making, and sustainable leadership under real-world pressure. His work bridges vision, discipline, and human-centered performance.
Together, they lead The Motion of Gratitude® as a family-led integrative wellbeing and personal growth company supporting individuals, schools, and organizations.
Individuals & Families
Shift the culture of your home to one rooted in Gratitude and presence with The Experience.
Schools & Youth Organizations
Support students & educators with Gratitude & well-Being Initiatives for your students and caregivers.
Organizations
Build a culture of Connection and Intention with our Corporate Well-being programs and Initiatives.
Whether you’re supporting a team, a school community, or your own personal wellbeing, there is a grounded, supported path forward.
Explore how integrative wellbeing can strengthen regulation, resilience, and real-life capacity—for individuals and for the systems they move within.