Spiral of Life Homestead & Wellness

12/15/2025

In the most stressful of times, finding and enjoying the little things will seemingly be your biggest challenge. I promise that challenge is worth the effort and will reap the most satisfying rewards.

🌟What are some of the little things that you are grateful for and consider blessings?🌟

I am grateful for a cozy and loving home, my wife Shane, and slow sundays with hot coffee and tea, a great book, and heated blankets! I feel blessed to have all of these wonderful things in my life!

🌟What grounds you when you feel like you’re facing some big decisions, and stressful situations?🌟

Breathing exercises, journaling, and yoga all ground me when I feel like I am facing hard times. Taking some deep breaths helps me to find my center again, journaling allows me to process and sort through what is going through my mind and helps me w**d out the negative or irrational thoughts and feelings, and yoga helps me move through those feelings and thoughts. By connecting with my body, I find alignment not only physically but spiritually and mentally. It allows me to think clearer and find peace in knowing that I can release that which is not serving me.

Feel free to share your answers below or use these questions as journal prompts! 👇

Happy Monday!🌀🌞

12/14/2025

I’m definitely dreaming of warmer weather and vibrant gardens full of life. Who else can’t wait for spring?🌷🤪🌀

12/14/2025

It’s time for a weekly check-in!! How have you been feeling lately?? Has focusing on your breath for 5 mins a day improved your mood, stress, levels, or your connection with your breath and body?? Let me know in the comments!! 🌀👇👇😊

12/11/2025

✨ Alternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhana) ✨
A simple, grounding breathwork practice that helps bring your mind and body back into balance.

Alternate nostril breathing works by gently guiding your breath from one side of the nose to the other. This helps calm the nervous system, improve focus, reduce stress, and restore a sense of harmony within.

Benefits include:
🌿 Reduces anxiety + overthinking
🌿 Supports emotional balance
🌿 Improves concentration + mental clarity
🌿 Activates the parasympathetic (rest + digest) response
🌿 Helps settle the mind before meditation or sleep

Try it:
Sit comfortably → Close your right nostril → Inhale through the left → Switch → Exhale through the right.
Then inhale right → switch → exhale left.
That’s one round. Move slowly, repeat 5–10 rounds.

Use this exercise through the rest of December as part of the December challenge, or whenever you just need a minute to yourself!

Please notice how you are feeling throughout this exercise, if at any time you feel dizzy or faint stop this exercise immediately. Be mindful of how you are feeling and always practice within the limits of your body, and the guidelines of your doctors or medical professionals.

Take care!

12/09/2025

Don’t forget to check out the December challenge! The next breathwork tutorial will be posted in the next few days! Checkout the post below to learn more👇🌀😊

Starting out small with decembers challenge! But don’t be fooled this challenge will quickly become one of the best tools in your arsenal! I know that during the holidays it can be hard to find time to check in with yourself that’s why we’re starting small, but with a challenge that reaps the some of the biggest benefits! Our goal for this challenge is to reset our nervous systems, and create the foundation for habits that last and nurture your mind, body, and soul. So, for the month of December I challenge you to find 5 mins out of your day to focus on deep breathing, box breathing, or any other form of breathwork.

Later this week I will post a few breathwork related tutorials, as well as the first weekly check-in post. Stay tuned and you’ve got this!! Feel free to message me if you have any questions! 😊🌀🧘🏻‍♀️🎄

12/06/2025

‼️It’s weekly check in time‼️

Let me know in the comments how five minutes of breathwork has benefited you over the past week! Share your thoughts, feelings, and any realizations that you’ve had! 👇

I know that it has helped me tremendously when I feel overwhelmed and like I need a moment to reset and ground myself.

Our breath is the essence of life and our lifeline back home to ourselves! If you haven’t given breathwork a try yet, I highly recommend it!🌀🌿🧘🏻‍♀️

12/04/2025

The full moon often feels like a deep breath that you have been waiting to catch. Often described as a moment where everything you’ve been carrying mentally and emotionally comes to light, the full moon invites us to reflect, and release that which is no longer serving us.

Tonight’s moon carries this gentle reminder: you’re allowed to outgrow old versions of yourself. You’re allowed to release the fear, the doubts, and the pressure, and the habits that don’t align with who you are becoming.

If you’ve been feeling more emotional, sensitive, reflective, or intuitive, that’s the energy working with you not against you.

🌀Take a moment tonight to slow down.
🌀Write down what you’re ready to let go of.
🌀Breathe deeply.
🌀Speak your intention out loud or hold it quietly in your heart.
🌀Let the moonlight soften whatever feels tight or overwhelming.

And when you’re ready, ask yourself:
What am I calling in next? What feels nourishing, aligned, and true?

This full moon is an invitation to release, realign, and step into the next chapter with a little more lightness.🌕🌌🌃

12/02/2025

Box breathing has the power to reset your nervous system, relieve stress, and improve your mood! It’s one of the easiest ways to reset your body and mind when you are feeling like you’re about to lose it, or if you just need some help calming your mind before bed, before work, or any time throughout the day.

Use this through the month of December for the 5 min challenge or add it to your tool box to use when you need a moment to yourself.

Please notice how you are feeling throughout this exercise, if at any time you feel dizzy or faint stop this exercise immediately. Be mindful of how you are feeling and always practice within the limits of your body, and the guidelines of your doctors or medical professionals.

Take care!

12/02/2025

Good morning from the homestead!! Keep an eye out later today for the first breath work tutorial for the December Wellness Challenge!!❄️🌀🧘🏻‍♀️🐐🎄

12/01/2025

Starting out small with decembers challenge! But don’t be fooled this challenge will quickly become one of the best tools in your arsenal! I know that during the holidays it can be hard to find time to check in with yourself that’s why we’re starting small, but with a challenge that reaps the some of the biggest benefits! Our goal for this challenge is to reset our nervous systems, and create the foundation for habits that last and nurture your mind, body, and soul. So, for the month of December I challenge you to find 5 mins out of your day to focus on deep breathing, box breathing, or any other form of breathwork.

Later this week I will post a few breathwork related tutorials, as well as the first weekly check-in post. Stay tuned and you’ve got this!! Feel free to message me if you have any questions! 😊🌀🧘🏻‍♀️🎄

11/30/2025

‼️‼️IMPORTANT UPDATE‼️‼️

A little over a year ago, I started Spiral of Life Wellness with big dreams and even bigger expectations for myself. I poured my energy into creating new classes, memorizing them, building content, and trying to put myself in front of as many people as possible. I wanted my dream to take shape fast. Instead, I ran head-first into the heaviest burnout I’ve ever felt.

Anyone who has started a small business knows that the lows can shake even the most driven person. For a long time, I beat myself up. I felt disconnected from the content I truly wanted to create and felt pressured to present myself a certain way. I drifted from my original plan, chasing what I thought I should be doing instead of what actually felt aligned.

As I worked through the burnout, I realized something important: being a yoga instructor isn’t my only dream. There’s so much more I want to offer. So I gave myself permission to blend the life I’m building on our homestead with my passion for wellness. That’s how Spiral of Life Homestead and Wellness came to be.

Even then, I still felt stuck. It took me far too long to understand that I wasn’t failing. I was just impatient. I wanted to leap from beginning to end in one blink. Underneath it all, I was stressed, anxious, and frustrated that I couldn’t figure out what worked or find success fast enough. The truth is, entrepreneurship comes with risk, frustration, stress, and sometimes even sadness. It’s messy. It takes time.

One of the hardest parts has been how busy Shane and I are. Trying to follow a business plan, create content, and keep up with everything while also taking care of ourselves and our homestead has been challenging. But that also relates back to setting unrealistic expectations for myself. I’ve also been hard on myself about not having a building for yoga classes. I rely completely on the weather and the city park. While I’m grateful for that space, I also understand that not everyone wants to practice outside. That discouragement fed my burnout even more.

But lately, I’ve been slowing down and asking myself different questions. What actually works for me? What feels aligned? What can I maintain while still caring for myself, my marriage, and our home and mini farm?
And that’s led me here.

Starting in December, I’ll be offering one follow-along yoga class each month on YouTube, paired with a monthly challenge so no one has to feel like they’re walking their journey alone. Winter can feel isolating, so there will also be a weekly community group post where participants can share progress, find support, and connect with others. If enough people are interested I would not mind creating an actual facebook group or group chat for this purpose.

When the weather warms up again (May through September), I’ll host one in-person yoga class each month at the Gerald City Park, and the monthly challenges will continue. The monthly in-person yoga classes will be $10/person. For those that prefer to practice yoga in the comfort of their own space, I will upload one class a month to my YouTube channel even during the warmer months. Anyone who participates and shares the challenge with three friends will be entered into a prize drawing.

I also want to share that I’ll no longer be offering private yoga classes, energy healing, coaching, or live Zoom sessions. Updating my website may take some time, and I appreciate your patience as I make these changes.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Thank you for supporting me as I learn, grow, and find my footing in this wild world of small business ownership. I hope you’ll join me next month as I step into this new, more grounded direction. I’m excited for what’s coming, and I can’t wait to share it with you.🌀😊🧘🏻‍♀️🐐🐈‍⬛🐓🌿

11/13/2025

Finding joy in the little moments has made me realize how many good things happen throughout the day, even when it feels like i am living through one of the most stressful days ever. It’s a lifeline back to peace and being present and I can say it’s been a tremendous blessing. What are some little moments that bring you joy?