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I primarily teach in-person classes at Sunflower Yoga Studio in Taylorsville, UT and I offer a variety of virtual classes and workshops over Zoom.

Pathways to Peace
200-Hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training
In Person & In Partnership with Sunflower Yoga Studio

Yoga and Wellness Instructor for hire. Contact me for private yoga and wellness classes for your business.

I love to partner with therapists to offer yoga services - group classes for your practice or private yoga paired with therapy.
Virtual store offering self-paced online video courses, challenges, audio meditations, mindfulness activities, creative practices and more. There are paid and free offerings.

Choose from three types of private sessions: Trauma-Informed Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra Dyad, or Personal Coaching

I primarily teach in-person classes at Sunflower Yoga Studio in Taylorsville, UT and I offer a variety of virtual classes and workshops over Zoom.

Pathways to Peace
200-Hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training
In Person & In Partnership with Sunflower Yoga Studio

Yoga and Wellness Instructor for hire. Contact me for private yoga and wellness classes for your business.

I love to partner with therapists to offer yoga services - group classes for your practice or private yoga paired with therapy.
Virtual store offering self-paced online video courses, challenges, audio meditations, mindfulness activities, creative practices and more. There are paid and free offerings.

Choose from three types of private sessions: Trauma-Informed Hatha Yoga, Yoga Nidra Dyad, or Personal Coaching

I primarily teach in-person classes at Sunflower Yoga Studio in Taylorsville, UT and I offer a variety of virtual classes and workshops over Zoom.

Pathways to Peace
200-Hour Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training
In Person & In Partnership with Sunflower Yoga Studio

Yoga and Wellness Instructor for hire. Contact me for private yoga and wellness classes for your business.

I love to partner with therapists to offer yoga services - group classes for your practice or private yoga paired with therapy.
The Creatrix is a sanctuary for remembering.
Healing begins not by becoming someone new, but by remembering who you have always been beneath the noise of expectation, fear, and self-judgment.
Here, rest is not an escape from life—it is a return.
A return to your breath.
To your body.
To your inner wisdom.
To the parts of yourself that have always deserved compassion.
You'll find practices that soften the nervous system, quiet the inner critic, awaken wonder, and cultivate trust from the inside out.
Through trauma-informed yoga, Yoga Nidra, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, writing, and contemplative practice, you're invited to slow down enough to hear yourself again.
Not to become someone new.
But to remember who you've always been.
Because nothing within you needs to be exiled.
A world where people no longer believe they must earn rest, hide parts of themselves, or become someone else to belong.
A world where presence replaces performance, compassion replaces judgment, and people trust the quiet wisdom already living within them.
To guide people home to themselves through embodied practices that cultivate presence, compassion, wonder, and self-trust—creating space for healing, authentic living, and lasting transformation.
Every offering is designed to help you remember who you are beneath the noise and become more available to your life through trauma-informed yoga, Yoga Nidra, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, coaching, writing, and contemplative practice.
Transformation is not something to chase.
It is something we create space for.
When you rest, you begin to listen.
When you become present, you begin to notice.
When you meet yourself with compassion, something softens.
When you trust yourself, you begin to live from within.
Healing unfolds naturally when we stop forcing it and begin making room for it.
The Creatrix isn't about helping you become someone better.
It's about helping you remember who you've always been.
Along the way, you may find yourself moving:
From reactivity to presence.
From self-judgment to compassion.
From self-doubt to self-trust.
From performance to authenticity.
From rushing to wonder.
From surviving to fully participating in your life.
From becoming someone new to remembering who you've always been.
Healing begins by becoming fully available to this moment.
Nothing within you needs to be exiled. Every part of your experience is worthy of curiosity, kindness, and care.
When you slow down enough to notice, ordinary life becomes extraordinary.
Your deepest wisdom has always been within you. The practice is learning to listen again.
These beliefs shape every class, every course, every meditation, every poem, and every conversation.
Healing begins with awareness.
Rest is not an escape. It is a return.
Curiosity is more powerful than judgment.
The body carries wisdom.
Presence changes everything.
Wonder is a spiritual practice.
Nothing within you needs to be exiled.
The life you're searching for is often waiting beneath the noise.

My name is Dawn Cannon. I am the CEO (Chief Energy Officer) here at The Creatrix, as well as a trauma-informed yoga teacher, meditation guide, retreat leader, author, business consultant, artist, and mystic dedicated to serving others by guiding them toward discovering their own inner teacher. Embracing the roles of student, teacher, mother, friend, business owner, retired bank executive, and trauma survivor, I draw from my diverse life experiences to offer wisdom and compassion to those on a journey of healing and self-awareness. A former bank executive, I have redirected my life to align with my purpose of supporting others in finding freedom and wholeness.
I believe that healing is not a linear path but a spiral—a process of continually learning to hold and process pain in a way that allows for a rich, full life. Rather than striving to reach a state of being "healed," I guide others toward awareness of how trauma shapes us, empowering you to break free from its hold. Living by a set of personal vows, I commit daily to grace, grit, and gratitude, infusing my work and life with authenticity, nonviolence, and forgiveness. With each story I tell, I invite my readers to explore the depths of healing, resilience, and self-discovery.
Additionally, I am the co-owner of Sunflower Studio in Taylorsville, Utah and the Board Chair and a facilitator at The Wellness Farm Foundation in Bluffdale, Utah.
I teach various forms of hatha yoga, yoga nidra, meditation and breathwork classes, and personal development workshops. I also provide private lessons, individual coaching, and corporate wellness consulting.
What if I want to talk to someone about Yoga Teacher Training before I commit?
Please feel free to use my 20-min free personal consultation offering for this purchase. You can book time with me at
https://www.the-creatrix.net/offerings/20-min-phone-call-personal-consultation
What is the Rest to Rise online course?
It is a self-paced online course broken into 4 modules. Once purchased, you immediately have access to all pre-recorded content. You could choose to get through the entire course in as little as a couple days. Or you could approach the course more like a week to weeks for each module.
You have lifetime access to the content so you are in control of when you work through the content. The yoga nidra recordings aren't meant to be used again and again.
Does The Creatrix have a physical location?
The Creatrix does not currently have a physical location. While we once operated from an office in South Salt Lake, The Creatrix has evolved into a virtual sanctuary for healing, growth, and self-discovery.
This shift allows us to reach a broader community and offer greater flexibility through online offerings, private sessions, and digital resources. Whether you’re joining a virtual yoga nidra session, exploring mindfulness courses, or accessing free and paid digital tools, The Creatrix is designed to meet you wherever you are—both physically and on your journey of transformation.
For in-person experiences, I regularly teach at Sunflower Yoga Studio in Taylorsville and occasionally lead events at The Wellness Farm in Bluffdale and other locations. Check their schedules for opportunities to connect in person.
How do I learn more about in person classes?
How do I learn more about Individual Private Sessions?
How do I learn more about yoga and wellness for my business?
Click here to learn more:
https://www.the-creatrix.net/pages/yoga-wellness-for-your-business
Schedule a free 20-minute consultation to explore if The Creatrix & Dawn Cannon could be a good fit for your corporate wellness needs.
"I found Dawn after she was a substitute for one of my regular instructors. I did not know at the time just how much I truly needed her way of yoga practice in my life. Before, I had mostly focused on physical strength and balance. This changed once I started to attend Dawn’s classes regularly. She made me realize just how healing yoga can be for the mind. Her classes challenge my brain to stay in the now and really help me focus on my self-care. I appreciate that she comes to class each time prepared with a poem or a quote that always seems to reflect how I am feeling in some way. In Dawn’s class, I feel confident to ask questions about proper form and know she will give an answer without judgment. "
-Laura J
"Dawn brings an intuitive, organic approach to yoga, focusing on truly centering mind and body through practice. In Dawn's classes I've learned how to slow down, listen to myself, and get past my ego. She has helped me advance my yoga practice with thoughtful feedback and a joyful kindness. Her focus on trust building - trusting myself and my body - has fundamentally changed how I approach yoga. She integrates mindfulness, yoga nidra, and poetry to guide classes through more than just movement - finding breath, peace, stillness, and strength through each pose. "
-Kajsa
"I was given the opportunity to experience yoga nidra today with Dawn Cannon as my guide. I am not a yogi. To be honest, I have never participated in anything yoga. Yoga nidra is not the yoga that you envision when someone says they do yoga. It isn't about movement or flexibility. It's MEDITATION. Sort of. Unfortunately for me, my brain isn't very compatible with what we think of as classic meditation techniques. Closing my eyes is difficult for me. Breath work is difficult for me. Sitting still is difficult. Being present in my body is difficult. (Trauma has taught me my body isn't a safe place to be.) I have only just completed my first session with this technique so I am no expert - BUT for me it was the only time meditation didn't feel like anguish. I didn't find myself opening my eyes to check the time. I didn't get stuck in a destructive thought loop about HOW LONG CAN THIS POSSIBLY TAKE. And I was actually able to relax. All of these are huge wins for me! I can't honestly say if I felt successful because of the technique (there were no empty spaces that would allow my thoughts to spiral or panic to set in, Dawn spoke through the majority of the session and her voice kept me grounded and engaged), because I was in my own home in a safe place I'm comfortable in, or if it was because I was guided by a person I absolutely trusted.... Or perhaps it was because Dawn is an amazing guide! "
-Tammy
"Dawn is an incredibly compassionate yoga instructor. Her knowledge of yogic principles is evident and well-expressed in her classes. More importantly, she is able to offer alternatives in the moment to help those who may be experiencing physical or emotional limitations to particular poses. The combination of restorative yoga with meditative poetic offerings and a deeply relaxing sound bath is the perfect way to reduce stress in the middle of a hectic work week or create a calm base from which to work on the weekend."
-Tim
