our staff

Shannon Chanler graduated from the Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at New York Chiropractic College in 2008, and trained at Memorial Sloan Kettering for applications of acupuncture for the cancer patient. For the last seven years, Shannon has led an acupuncture program at Rochester Regional Hospital, Lipson Cancer Center, where she worked with in-patient and out-patient cancer patients, palliative care, and cancer survivors.

Shannon began her studies in tai chi, qigong and energy medicine as a young person in the seventies. She obtained a BA degree in dance performance and a graduate degree in Dance Movement Analysis. Retiring from dance performance, she applied these studies in sports medicine and movement therapies with Genesee Hospital psychiatric outpatient and Children’s Convalescent Hospital. 

Shannon currently treats patients from her own practice at Geneseo Acupuncture at Fallbrook Farms in Geneseo, N.Y.

Carrie Ruffner is a physical therapist with over 25  years of experience. Studying Tai Chi early  in her career, Carrie personally discovered  the benefits of merging Western medicine with the body/ mind/ spirit approach of Eastern healing arts. In addition to continued physical therapy training, Carrie went on to obtain a black-belt in White Crane Kung Fu, become a Reiki Master, and a Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor. Carrie studied Ayurveda - the ancient healing art of yoga - with Dr. Vasant Lad and Sonam Targee, and became a  certified meditation instructor through the Himalayan Institute. She is a member of the International Alliance of Health Care Professionals (IAHP) and trains with The Upledger and D’Ambrogio Institutes. Carrie teaches yoga and meditation classes at Ritz Mountain Yoga and at Groveland Correctional Facility as a Prison Yoga Project volunteer.

Although CranioSacral Therapy is the core treatment approach used in her practice, Carrie will draw from multiple disciplines to create your personalized treatment plan.