MEET THE FOUNDER...
Hello, my name is Stephen Rogers. My primary purpose in this life is to know myself in the deepest possible way, live from there fully, and teach the most effective tools for human transformation.
I’m not a theorist or a content repeater—I’m a Shen-led teacher–healer–scholar and outlier (or what systems of control would call an outlaw) with an ongoing, full-blown kundalini awakening that’s been unfolding since 1995.
My work carries a real shaktipat-style transmission: awakened consciousness moving through one nervous system to light up another. I’ve spent decades in the trenches with the hard cases—deep trauma, addiction, burnout, and so-called “incurable” conditions—working on body, energy, psyche, and Shen at the same time. I’m not here to hand you a more “spiritual” persona; I’m here to help you experience a direct, embodied shift into a Shen-led, superhuman life.
My vision is a world where people embody spiritual enlightenment, live in optimal health, wellness, and longevity, and perform at superhuman levels. Everything I do—teaching, healing, writing, or speaking—is devoted to building that world. I welcome your participation and contribution.
Let’s reach for it!
-- Stephen D. Rogers
A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER...
Hello. I'm Stephen Rogers. Since 1995, I've pursued one singular mission: to break through conventional human limitations and extract the frameworks that allow others to do the same. My path as teacher, healer, scholar, and outlier (or what systems of control would call an outlaw) has been driven by direct experimentation rather than learned information.
My vision for the world involves: humans embodying their full biological potential—accessing states of consciousness most consider mystical, achieving physical performance that defies medical boundaries, and experiencing health and longevity that rewrites aging protocols.
Everything I create—from teaching models to healing approaches—serves as grand strides for the systematic activation of dormant human capacity or Transformashen.
This journey calls to those ready to discard comfortable limitations and recover who and what they've always been. This is the revolution I propose.
Reach for it.
-- Stephen D. Rogers
THE PACK LEADERS
Meet the visionaries behind Shen Life: Stephen and Erica—pioneers in the integration of spiritual awakening and practical transformation.
Stephen and Erica represent the convergence of rigorous academic training and profound personal awakening—a rare combination that forms the foundation of Shen Life's transformational approach.
Stephen's journey began in 1994 during an unexpected catalyst: while incarcerated for a drug offense, he experienced a spontaneous activation, which continues to this day, of what Eastern traditions call Kundalini and Western science recognizes as a bio-energetic awakening. This profound event initiated a deep study of human potential.
His academic credentials include a Bachelor's in Health Studies and a Master's in Oriental Medicine, with doctoral work in Energy Psychology (Psycho-Bioenergetic Studies), Transpersonal Studies and Oriental Medicine. Beyond formal education, Stephen holds professional certifications as a Transformational Coach, Reiki Master, and an Ordained Minister, complemented by specialized training in structural integration bodywork, personal training, integrative movement, and public speaking. His interdisciplinary mastery extends across Noetic Sciences, Yoga, Occult traditions, Biblical Studies, Semiotics, Mythology, Peak Performance, Libertarian philosophy, natural law, and free market economics—creating an integrated framework for understanding human potential. Currently, Stephen focuses on teaching, coaching and writing the Shen Life Models, while finishing his doctorates in Oriental Medicine and Energy Psychology.
Erica's path intersected with Stephen's through what appeared as chance, but proved to be alignment. Following his mentorship, she systematically built her expertise through certifications and trainings in massage therapy, structural integration, personal training, integrative movement, holistic healing, and public speaking. Concurrently, she completed her Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies with a Health Science focus at the University of Central Florida, later followed by a second Bachelor's in Holistic Health Sciences. Her background in design and digital marketing built upon her foundation in dance and performing arts, creating a unique synthesis of embodied wisdom and practical application. Along her journey, Erica became certified as a Transformational Coach and Holistic Health Practitioner, and was ordained as a Minister for the Shen Life Trust. Currently, while managing Shen Life's daily operations and communications, she pursues a dual Masters and Doctorate in Natural Health.
The Shen Life framework was tested and refined through intensive work with over 2,000 students at their Los Angeles center until 2006, after which they transitioned to a remote client model with occasional in-person healing and live events, continuously evolving their approach with each client's transformation. Together with their family of wolf dogs, they walk the path to embody Shen Life. Join them in exploring human potential.
THE PACK MEMBERS
The Shen Life community is lovingly referred to as a Pack after the Shen Life wolf dogs.
Over the years, ‘The Pack’ has included elite athletes, scholars, executives, physicians, therapists, award-winning creatives (Grammy, Emmy and Oscar winners), entrepreneurs, scientists, fitness gurus, and many others.
Are you ready to join the Shen Life Pack?
THE PACK PUPS
The Shen Life community is lovingly called a Pack after the founder’s wolf dogs: Bella, China, Atlas, Lupa, Vishen, Raven and Sisu
The pups stand as living embodiments of the natural order where strength flows from the power of each individual member. Read about their names and the significance they hold.
THE SHEN LIFE PERSPECTIVE
To encourage you to continue along the Shen Life path, here are some writings to rattle your noggin and inspire you onward.
Lessons From Prison
Five Lessons From Prison
There is a group of people who understand the reality of being truly stuck…literally in a prison. To be confined to a small space, restricted to a regimented routine, with minimal choices…without question sucks. No one gets excited about doing time.
If you think about it though, it is arguable whether that the situation is all that awful. There are zero bills to pay. There are three hots and a cot meaning chow time is 3x a day and there is a dry place to sleep. And, it is possible to get a college degree for free. Yet, the threat of being locked up is such a powerful deterrent that it keeps the majority of people on the straight and narrow.
Well, most people…
My Degree From The School Of Hard Knocks
A while back, I did some time. I had a lot of time to reflect on how I got there and what my future would look like if I didn’t pull my head out of my ass. After reflecting, I came to some powerful realizations. Here are five that you may benefit from...
Lesson One...
Regardless of our home address, we are all locked up in a prison…it’s called the human condition.
The disconnected experience we wrestle with daily is the prison that restricts our full creative potential and expression.
Better illustrated by a great movie; when Morpheus explains to Neo about the nature of The Matrix, he said,
“It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth…That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind..” -- Morpheus, The Matrix [1]
Well, we are all born into the confines of the human condition. No matter what we say or buy or do, there we will be, so freedom within is the real goal or prize.
Lesson Two...
‘Never give up the game!'
It's a code that many gangsters live by. But, by never taking responsibility for their actions, inmates are doomed to repeat the patterns of thinking, feeling, and doing that landed them behind bars in the first place.
If we don’t get brutally honest with ourselves and own up to the shit we think, feel, and do, then we are just robots acting out our programming within the system. Being brutally honest and accountable will keep you on the growth path within.
Lesson Three...
Your life is the result of your best thinking.
What I had to face was that my best thinking landed me in the joint. So, regardless of all the bullshit I told myself about being smooth, clever and savvy about things, I was still behind bars. It’s smarter to not trust your thinking….the reactionary thoughts.
Our human condition programming drives us to do things in a way that we’d probably do differently if we sat awhile with the urge to examine it. As Buddha is known for saying, “doubt everything.” I believe that applies to ourselves foremost.
Question everything, even when things are generally good; its empowering. By not trusting your reactionary impulses and questioning everything you do, you can start to understand what makes you tick…and how to adjust and grow.
Lesson Four...
Learn to do the time and don't let the time do you.
My first few days in prison, I was put in the hole or solitary confinement. In there while detoxing from cocaine and alcohol, I was terrified and lost my shit. A guard pitied me. He told me to get it together and let me make a phone call for support.
Later a friend explained to me that I had to learn to do the time, not let the time (un)do me. That stuck with me. So, I developed a formula for doing time that involved 2 things: 1) mapping my day out and then 2) learning to sit still within. Each morning, I outlined how to make the most of my day: how many times I’d walk the track or work my job…everything. Then, I’d do the real work. I slowly got comfortable being still within. This is no easy task since all that we avoid surfaces in the practice of stillness.
As the seventeenth-century philosopher, Blaise Pascal remarked in his book, Penses [2]...
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."
This is so true!
Learning to appreciate stillness is the most important skill for being successful at anything. It means being comfortable within your own skin. Doing so is owning your time, versus it owning you.
Lesson Five...
You’ve gotta live.
It is easy to play it safe, and in the joint that’s important. Keeping your head down and being invisible will keep you breathing, but that’s not the same as being alive. For that, you’ve gotta burn for something.
But, that’s such self-help vagueness. I found that having a primary purpose in life sets the tone for everything else to fall into place. Nietzsche put it this way,
“He who has a WHY to live can bear almost any HOW.”
Mine is “to know me in the deepest possible way and live from there fully.” There’s a catch. By putting yourself as number 1, you are actually putting God number 1…this is powerful because at the core of your being that’s who you are…we all are!
Leverage My Time
There you have it. Some of the lessons I learned while doing time. The good news is you don’t have to go to prison to grow from these realizations.
We are all prisoners of the human condition; a gilded cage is still a cage. Choose to free yourself. Be accountable and brutally honest about your inner workings. Craft a clear picture of what you intend to do. Sit your ass down, do nothing and get cozy within your skin. And, craft your primary purpose for existing. Otherwise, someone else will dictate where and what you should do with your entire life.
Ultimately, I hope this helps you as you learn to do your time on your terms.
And, for those of who question if I actually did time, here’s my prison headshot!
Bona fide. 👊
References:
The Matrix: https://amzn.to/2RzSwFY
Pensees: http://www.amzn.to/2PD163S
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