Inspiring Conversations with Sarah Spearin of Syncing Into Bliss LLC

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sarah Spearin

Hi Sarah, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
It all started with my yoga journey in 2013. I was going through a difficult time, believing my life was lacking authenticity and purpose. Yoga served as a catalyst, leading me to obtain my 200-hour training from Rishikesh Yog Peeth in Rishikesh, India in 2013. I taught for four years while also continuing to work as a licensed occupational therapist (OT) with adults. At that point in time, I had been working as an OT for 5 years, but it had never been a good fit. The easiest way to explain it is it felt like I was a round peg being forced into a square hole. On one hand there were rewarding moments – assisting individuals to become safe and independent with their daily living tasks. Plus, my life looked to be adventurous. I got to experience travel therapy which gave me the opportunity to explore Northern California, New Mexico, Hawaii, Northern Arizona and Alaska. However, I felt trapped. I began to experience doubt about my chosen profession roughly 1 year after graduating with my OT degree. However, it was too late. I had massive debt with school loans. I believed my only course of action was to ignore my gut and keep working in healthcare.

I worked for 13+ years as an OT. During this time, life continued to present various challenges and twists including a cancer diagnosis that required two complex neck surgeries. Unfortunately, I sustained permanent nerve trauma in my left shoulder due to a surgical mistake in 2015. With the trauma being extensive physically and emotionally, working in healthcare and as a yoga teacher was challenging to say the least. After 3+ years of consistent hard work, I was able to significantly improve function in her shoulder. But it took several more years before I began to appreciate and have a different perspective for everything that I had gone through. There was a time when I felt a ton of regret, anger, and sadness. Regret for having chosen to work as an OT and regret for having made the choice to have surgery for my thyroid cancer. With time I began to heal. Life has been a constant teacher, a journey filled with many highs and challenges, but with it has come a different perspective and deeper appreciation for all the gifts and opportunities that have come my way.

I believe that I was essentially guided towards yoga nidra and sound healing. Everything happening for a reason. A series of events, spanning over years…I met a student massage therapist at SWIHA (Southwest Institute of Healing Arts). It was May 2022, and I was actually a student at SWINA (Southwest Institute of Natural Aesthetics) working on becoming a skincare therapist. My time at SWINA was filled with many personal red flags, but I was trying to ignore them believing skincare should be my next career move. To manage my stress level, I had scheduled a massage at SWIHA’s student massage clinic. It was during that appointment where I experienced massage and polarity. I experienced a huge emotional release in my session – that had never happened to me before! That same evening, I experienced a download in which the words “yoga nidra” and “sound healing” came into my mind. The words did not leave and the feeling of something needing to change only grew stronger. Within days, I quit SWINA. Although the decision to quit felt horrible and a total blow to the ego, today I view it as one of the best decisions I have ever made. By leaving SWINA, I created space to work on becoming certified in both yoga nidra and sound healing, while also opening up my own business. Today I look at the download as a message from Source.

By October 2022, I completed the 100-hr Integrative Amrit Method (IAM) Yoga Nidra training at SWIHA. By 2024, I became certified in sound healing for both individuals and groups with the Sound Healing Academy. In the midst of my training, I opened Syncing Into Bliss, LLC in 2023 with the vision of creating positive change in my community through sounds and meditation. At times, it felt as if I was blindfolded. I didn’t know the whys, but in my heart I knew I was on the right path. Scary and overwhelming yes, but very much aligned. Today, when I lead a class or work with a client, afterwards I feel so much gratitude. I know in my heart that this is what I want to be doing in my life. Holding space for others to heal and work through their curriculum.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
No, it hasn’t been a smooth road! How far down the rabbit hole do I share about the struggles I have experienced and continue to struggle with? It’s a daily battle or should I say practice of balancing the Doing with Being. How do I stay present when all I feel like I do is plan for the future? For a long time, I resisted all the other hats that I wear. As a solo business owner, I am responsible for maintaining my website, jumping onto social media to promote my classes and my business, and attending networking events or vendoring opportunities to get my face and business out in the community. All I want to do hold space for people whether it’s in a group or individual but if the community doesn’t know about Syncing Into Bliss, then how can I expect to facilitate? Financial freedom is something I struggle with, so I have chosen to do all these tasks myself. There’s been quite a bit of trial and error because it’s not like I have a degree with how to successfully run a business, nor do I have experience or extensive knowledge for how to maintain a website. It’s getting to the point where I don’t have the energy or knowledge for my website needs. I want to strengthen my site’s SEO but because I lack financial freedom, my options are limited for who can assist me.

Social media has been another arena that I have resisted. Prior to my business, my social media presence was essentially nonexistent. I had MySpace back in the day and then Facebook when it exploded but over time my need for social media dwindled. But for a business, it’s vital. So, I begrudgingly rejoined Facebook and then just recently Instagram. I struggled with how much time I was spending on social media and figuring out what posts to create that would get attention.

Another barrier that I am dealing with is trying to offer company wellness. I would love to offer sound and meditation to people who work in those high stress, high demand jobs such as our first responders, teachers, vets, mental health practitioners or healthcare workers. Or organizations that serve victims of violence. I have done quite a bit of cold calling and it’s taken me quite a while to learn what key words to be saying to ultimately connect with the right person. Along the way, I have been fortunate enough to have been referred to specific businesses and who to ask for. Some traction here and there, but overall, I feel this is a huge mountain that I am attempting to climb! Sometimes it’s been about timing and then other times it’s been about who I know – having the right connection.

It’s been important that I recognize I am on a marathon – not a race. It takes businesses years to get to a point of thriving. I will often use farming analogy to help me understand my journey. I need to spend a lot of time seeding and watering to have a harvest.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
I am a Certified Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing Practitioner. I create spiritual journeys to help people go inward to heal and transform through the use of sound and meditation. I am very passionate with helping others deal with the stresses and challenges of life or as I like to call it the waves of life. We all have experienced the high tides and low tides and I’m sure a few nasty rip currents!

I am based in Tempe and my studio space, which is within my private residence, is where I hold private and partner healing sessions. These healing sessions can be quite transformative as I do an in-depth intake, especially with my private sessions. The intake is where I begin to understand one’s intention that will ultimately drive the session.

I also offer public classes around the east valley. I offer a class at Expanding Horizons Counseling in Scottsdale on 1st Fridays, The Shrine of Holy Wisdom in Tempe on 2nd Thursdays. These classes are from 630-8pm. Starting in April through November, I will also be offering a class at Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers (Scottdale location) for people living with cancer at any stage of their journey. This class will occur on 1st Wednesdays from 2-330pm. More information about all of my classes can be found on my website.

My business also specializes in space clearing, company wellness experiences and private events. A private event amongst family or friends can be a wonderful way to celebrate and connect in a meaningful way. Examples include celebrating an anniversary, a bachelorette party, baby on the way or retirement.

Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
My hope is that more integration occurs between energy medicine and the mainstream world; the amazing benefits to sound healing and yoga nidra are common knowledge and there will be carryover in the business sector. Currently, there’s a ton of public classes around the valley that offer sound and meditation, but I believe these aren’t common wellness activities that businesses offer to its employees. My hope is that with time sound healing and yoga nidra are being offered to our police officers, fire departments, vets, teachers, or nonprofits that serve victims of violence. These modalities are excellent training tools for stress management and trauma recovery.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.syncingintobliss.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/syncingintobliss_llc
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/syncingintoblissllc
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SyncingIntoBlissLLC