Today we are very excited to bring you a giveaway from the always amazing Shannon Kinney-Duh. Shannon’s e-course, Inside Out has been very influential in helping many find their creative spirit in these hectic and difficult times. The mother of two sons, Shannon’s work is always inspiring and truly magical in it’s beauty. We are proud to have Shannon as a Winter sponsor, and to bring all of you a chance to win a spot in her upcoming January course.
Tell us a bit about Free Spirit Knits.
Free Spirit Knits started out as my fiber arts business, where I created inspiring knitted and felted wearable art. Over the last few years it has expanded way beyond knitting. To knit is to “combine, join and unite,” and that’s what I practice daily. Through making art, teaching yoga, blogging, and being a holistic life coach, I am learning how to find union with the present moment.
My greatest passion, besides being a mom, is to inspire others to become explorers of their lives and to help them embrace their creativity and authenticity. Free Spirit Knits offers products and services that inspire you to live more fully, boldly and freely.
What is most rewarding about running a small business?
Through my e-course and coaching I get to meet amazing men and women from all over the world without ever leaving my home. This allows me to be a work-from-home stay-at-home mom. I love my work and am extremely passionate about helping others create the lives they love. Running my own business allows me the opportunity to inspire and to be inspired. I get to learn, share, connect and grow everyday. And I get do all of this while working around my children’s schedule. (Many times while still in my jammies or nursing a babe!)
How do you balance being an artist, business owner and parent (if this applies).
I’m still learning how to balance it all, especially with a newborn back in our home. It’s hard, and yet it’s important and so worth it. I try to practice integration in a lot of what I do – meaning I try to merge my two worlds together as much as possible. If I’m doing a creative project with my son that I think might be interesting for others, I’ll take photos and blog about it. If I’m feeling a deep desire to paint in my journal, I’ll see if my son wants to make art and then we’ll paint alongside one another. If the boys happen to take a nap at the same time (which almost never happens) I will take advantage of that quiet time to work.
Also, I find that personal interests and self-care are of the utmost importance, especially as a mom. I make sure to carve out time during the week to go to yoga, to journal or to connect with friends, so that I can recharge – which all helps me feel more balanced.
What are your hopes for Free Spirit Knits?
It is my dream to create a virtual retreat center, a place where people can turn to for wellness, creativity and inspiration. When my children are a little older, I plan to travel more and teach hands-on creativity and spirituality retreats. “Inside Out: A Creative Adventure of Self-Discovery” e-course, and the community that has grown from it, is the start of this dream.
For today’s giveaway, Shannon is kindly offering one spot her “Inside Out: A Creative Adventure of Self-Discovery.” e-course to one of our Rhythm of The Home readers.
To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment here before Monday at 11pm EST. We will announce the winners on Tuesday morning. To learn more about Shannon, visit her e-course homepage, or her beautiful blog.
The winner of this giveaway has been chosen, and comments are not closed
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interesting, indeed!
i could so use this course! i have eyed it in the past but haven’t given myself the time for me….
Oh, I am very, very, very excited about this! The course comes at a wonderful time for me!
I would <3 to take her ecourse.
Very creative as a child, a university fine arts major, now a government office worker…my creative being yearns to come out, but with no inspiration it is afraid…please help lure out this being by offering it this course.
thx ~Tali
<3 I am a single, full time working mama with a one year old and I am so craving to do something to ignite my inspiration and creativity…. I have a feeling that this course may be a ticket to a little extra magic in my life. <3
I would love the opportunity to take this course. I journal but not regularly – I find it therapeutic but it sounds like there are ways to make it even better for myself.
After experiencing a near fatal riding lawnmower accident 5 years ago, I feel like not only do I have a disfigured hand and amputated thumb, I’ve lost who Mandy really is. I would love the opportunity to win the sponsorship to this e-course.
I would love to do this course
Oh, this course looks amazing and just what I need. Thanks for the chance.
Oh wow I would love this. Thanks for the giveaway chance.
This class sounds absolutely amazing and exactly what I need in this season of my life!
Sounds so exciting
This sounds perfectly lovely. Thank you so much for the giveaway!
Have heard great things from your course “graduates.” Would love to give it a try!
Having just spent three months trying a task outside my comfort zone, I am ready to do it again…hmm….but where shall this be?
Sounds like fun!
Please count me in! This course sounds awesome!
Oh so excited about this!!!
oh what a wonderful give away! thank you thank you!!! xo, krista
This sounds wonderful!! I could really use this for myself!!
Ooooh, I’m intrigued!
this course looks amazing! with 3 small children, i often put my need to create on the back burner… would love to begin integrating it into my life more
Very inspiring!
This course sounds lovely! I have never felt that I could be creative, this could really be a great learning experience for me. Thank you for the chance to win.
sounds lovely!!!!
I am inspired already! What a wonderful opportunity…
very cool! hope i win!
Oh I can feel the creativity flowing already…
I am intrigued by the course and would love to spend some time getting my creative juices flowing!She is so inspirational.
I’m working on integrating my life as well. Shannon has been a source of inspiration ever since I stumbled across her website early last summer.
This sounds so interesting! I recently have made some changes to my life in order to allow some time and focus to be towards finding my passion, and creativity
oh WOW…does this ever speak to me and my creative soul! ps. just saw WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS….documentary about female (especially mother) artists…WOW!!!
this sounds fabulous.
oh how i could use this. this last year has bee one of my most stressful in years, and then this next march my only son is being deployed to iraq. i just feel like a wound up spring.
Ooooh, this would be so great for me! Would love to win!
What an amazing giveaway, would love to be the lucky winner.
Sounds really interesting…
I know I would benefit from this e-course so much. I just started my own crafting business. What perfect timing!
I have been wanting to take this course for some time and would love to win a spot!
this is EXACTLY what I need! I am moving the end of December, had to quit my job teaching that I LOVE, my husband deploys january 10. We will just be arriving at our new duty station, leaving me to enroll the kids in school, find a home, find a job, and get our household goods delivered and unpacked. a need for RELAXATION is a must!
Sounds delightful and perfect timing!
This sounds like a great course…i would love to give it go:)
this sounds marvelous! thanks for the giveaway!
This e course sounds like just what I’ve been needing. Thanks for offering this giveaway!
It sounds like a fun and interesting course.
I’m very interested in the e-course…sounds great! Thanks for the giveaway.
This sounds absolutely wonderful! Great interview. I loved reading about how Shannon integrates her passions and creativity into her days with her children…something I’m learning to do myself and which is helping me to love my job as a SAHM.
What a wonderful giveaway!
I’d love to be part of it !
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Sounds like just what I need!!
I too, would love a chance to win a spot in this ecourse. It sounds great!
Sounds great
Interesting… I’ll throw my hat in!
Thanks for the creative and inspiring giveaway. Would love to learn much from this e-course.
What a warm and wholesome notion of a ‘virtual retreat’ . I would be blissed, and smiling alot if I won this give away.
What an amazing giveaway. I love to doodle in my journal, but never thought of it in a healing way. This class sounds perfect during the cold winter months.
Thank you so much for this giveaway opportunity! I put my artist self on the back burner too much…I would be so grateful for something like this.
This is truly a very special give-away! How wonderful that people online can connect and explore together!
Heidi
Oh, how I would love to do something like this for myself!
this sounds like an amazing course…i will keep fingers and toes crossed
oh! wouldn’t this be fun!
Sounds like the perfect inspiration for a long winter ahead!
This would be so wonderful for my mother! What a great gift!
I could use a little inspiration and creativity in my life right now!
This sounds like just what I need! Finding a balance between being an active SAHM and waking up the artist side of me again. . .
What a wonderful giveaway! I have recently started on a journey to focus on Love, Learn, Create, Play, and Harmony in my life. This e-course fits perfectly into my quest.
wow this sounds wonderful
) I love the colours on her blog.
oh what a beautiful thing to offer
What a great interview! I’m incredibly interested in this e-course — this seems exactly like what I’m needing right now in my life, the inspiration and motivation to tap into my own creativity again.
This is great to see Shannon here and contributing to the lovely ROTH.
I am just embarking on new business venture, this would be wonderful to help me refocus and move in the right direction.
Thant sounds like fun
It has been some time but I fondly remember my time taking yoga classes from Shannon. It was so wonderful to reconnect with her through a blog I follow … thanks for the chance at experiencing her talents in a new way.
Very interested and happy to see such a wonderful idea!
I so need this! I’m on the cusp of letting go and moving forward. Thank you for the opportunity.
Looks exciting
What a great time of year to regain focus on what’s really important in life.
Wow! It’s a wonderful experience!!!
I am so excited about this course! I always hibernate during the winter, and this year would be the perfect time to do the exact opposite!
~Ali
With a new baby arriving in January and the urge to shift my creative outlets, this e course sounds perfect!
Thanks for creating, inspiring and sharing. Us artist moms are all over the globe and just knowing that we are all trying to find our balance, focus and new perspective is comforting.
I always say I’m not creative. Perhaps I just need a little guidance to find my creative side. I would like to be, but I just seem to lack focus in a creative direction. This would be an awesome course.
Beautiful and inspiring! I’m feeling this course is just what I need right now.
The perfect way to start the new year!
What a wonderful opportunity. Here’s hoping!
This is just the guidance and inner work that I need right now.
oh please please let it be me, just what I have been looking for
love aned luck to all
x
my fingers are crossed!
It would be amazing to have a spot! I’m hoping!
I’m so excited about this giveaway! I really enjoy Shannon’s blog and think it would be great to give this a try.
this sounds like just what i need right now…
A true blessing!
Oooh, this is interesting!
What a beautiful way to live – creating yourself rather than finding yourself. I’d love to take the e-course and do a little creative re-imaging! <3
Shannon’s course is awesome!
What an amazing opportunity! This is just what I need!
i don’t know if I am too late, but just saw this… could use it too! Sounds … wonderful!
I’ve taken this course once & loved it. It had a huge impact on my life. I hope to take it again and have encourage others in my life to take it as well.
This course sounds wonderful; I’d love to try it!
what a lovely giveaway!
This is so intriguing! And a very generous giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity to attend!
I am about to be on a new journey in my life as my husband has accepted a job out of town after being layed off for 18 months. It is with excitement, being anxious, being strong and other emotions that we don’t even know yet. I am looking to grow as a person, create, journal, relax, read and reflect. Thanks
This sounds restorative.
I’m almost late for this giveaway
This course is something that I desperately need. Seriously. I totally lost touch with my creativity. I still remember I had it, tough…..
This looks like fun!
i love this!
Sounds like a great way to start off a new year!
sounds wonderful!
What a truly inspirational blog – this course sounds absolutely perfect and will get the creative juices flowing.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Oh, my gosh! All of the gifts are simply wonderful! Must I really choose?
Maybe the St. Lucia headdress! Or, the gnome.
I love everything!
Happy Winter season!
I am so excited to discover Rhythm of the Home! And Inside Out sounds like a completely amazing opportunity! I invite the muse! can’t we all benefit from support and inspiration!? I’m just beginning to find my real rhythm as a single parent I think, and completely salute those of you who are the inspirations to do so much, to meet the family needs and still go beyond to create your passions and share with and offer of yourselves to others! And I LOVE this quote!, “Life isn’t about finding yourself, Life is about Creating yourself.” May I learn to embody this more with every breath and every day!!!
Gratitude and Blessings Beautiful People!
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