Scotty Rice grew up as the seventh of eight kids. He lived in a loud house filled with love and lots of competition. When his older brother Brent passed away in 2004, everything changed. Scotty was 18. That loss lit a fire in him. It made him disciplined and focused. He became determined to understand life at a deeper level.

That drive propelled him to become an elite athlete, an All-American swimmer, and an Olympic Trials competitor, pushing the limits of what the human body and spirit can achieve.

But discipline alone wasn’t enough. He turned toward service. He became a volunteer firefighter, EMT, therapist, coach, and healer. Along the way, he learned to understand human patterns. He guided transformation and helped people see what they couldn’t yet see in themselves.

And still, something kept whispering: There’s more for you…

So he followed it.

Scott left everything behind and traveled to India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia, stepping into a 3-year global crucible - seven hours a day of practice, breathwork, and meditation inside a traditional Indian ashram.

He trained beneath Himalayan skies, climbed 20,000-foot peaks, and sat with monks in silent mountain monasteries.

He endured fevers, severe infections, post-surgery heartbreak, and several medical crises that brought him to the edge of his own mortality and sanity.

In that fiery crucible, the layers of identity that were not truly him burned away.

And in the ashes, something revealed itself:

A Pattern, a universal structure of transformation woven through yoga, Buddhism, neuroscience, trauma healing, and high-performance psychology.

He didn’t just read it in a book; he lived it.

This Transformational Pattern became SPIRIT Alchemy, the foundation of the life-changing work he now teaches.

Today, Scott guides others the way he guided himself: through deep remembrance, courageous pattern-breaking, and the restoration of inner vibrancy.