Degrees/Certifications

Certified Breema® Instructor

Certified Breema® Practitioner

B.A. in Art Studio, University of California at Davis

Meet Mary! 

Maybe you have already met Mary Cuneo and her husband Shannon in our regular Qigong and Yoga practices! They have been regulars for a while at the Abbey. Mary brings decades of BREEMA experience to her classes and workshops.

As a dancer in her 20’s experiencing back tension, Mary discovered that Breema was an effective and enjoyable way to create physical comfort and balance. She also found that it gave her the experience of feeling connected and peaceful.

Since Breema is fun to learn and to do, and since it opened up a whole new avenue of purpose and meaning in her life, she fell in love with the Breema teaching and has now been practicing and teaching Breema bodywork and Self-Breema exercises for over 40 years.

As Staff Instructor at the Breema Center in Oakland, CA, (which certifies all Breema Instructors worldwide), Mary spent decades teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as in other locations in North America, Spain, and Brazil. She has given countless Breema bodywork sessions at the Breema Clinic, in private practice, and at numerous public events.

Mary and her husband, Shannon Schroter (also a Breema Instructor), followed their grandchildren to Virginia and settled in Rappahannock in 2023. They brought with them a streamlined version of their botanical skin care company (Grateful Body, founded in 1998) and promptly set about making a nice big garden and a walking trail up the mountainside.