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Alchemy Learning Center

The Alchemy Learning Center combines Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy's life’s work of over 20 years experience studying, practicing, and teaching Alchemy, The Five Elements, and The Nine Palaces all over the world. Together they bring you engaging and comprehensive writings about these and other Daoist and Chinese Medicine concepts.

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December 9, 2025 ☯️ Is your practice what you thought it would be? Are you just working too hard? What if you could do things in your life and in your practice differently? We talk to practitioners all the time who want to go deeper with their clients—to work with the ancient wisdom and spiritual depth that called them to this medicine in the first place. Alchemical Chinese Medicine offers an approach to getting to the root cause of illness... Our free webinar on What is Alchemical Chinese...

What is Alchemical Chinese Medicine? Join us for a free webinar on Alchemical Chinese Medicine. December 17th. This is medicine that goes deeper than symptoms, deeper than root causes—straight to where transformation actually happens for your clients (and for YOU!). We'll explore: How to treat Alchemically from the Void of your Heart The Nine Stages of Alchemy - a map for spiritual growth and consciousness Why your own transformation is the foundation of this medicine What Ghost Points...

This isn't just coursework. It's your transformational path. Most practitioners collect more techniques. More certifications. More weekend workshops. They learn how to treat symptoms. Maybe root causes if they go deep enough. Nothing wrong with that. But here's what we've noticed in over 25 years of clinical practice: the practitioners who truly change lives are the ones who've done their own work first. You can't take someone deeper than you've gone yourself. That's why our MAAP is...

December 1, 2025 Hello Reader, This week we've been exploring our Gratitude through the lens of the Five Elements - five different ways to experience thankfulness that are all within us, just waiting for us to go deeper. We created a guided meditation that takes you through cultivating gratitude for each of the Five Elements within you - for the strength of your Wood, the love in your Fire, the nourishment of your Earth, the preciousness of your Metal, and the resilience of your Water. Some...

Hello Reader, The trees are showing us something profound right now. As the leaves drift down, we begin to see what was there all along - the essential architecture, the true structure, the bones of being. This is the gift of the Metal Element season. In Daoist philosophy, Metal is the energy of autumn, of letting fall what is no longer needed so that what remains is pure essence. Just as the tree releases its leaves to reveal its fundamental structure, we are invited to release what obscures...

Hello Reader, What a beautiful transition into Autumn we are having here in New England! We have been enjoying long hikes, trail runs, and meditating on our little lake. As we move from the abundance of late summer into the crisp clarity of Autumn, we're embracing the Metal Element season - a perfect time for letting go and welcoming new beginnings! 🍂 🍁 Metal is the element of autumn's profound knowing that everything comes to an end so that new life can begin. This is the energy that honors...

June 24, 2025 ☯️ A book launch party for our New Book... join us! Cultivating the Thirteen Ghost Points: Clearing and Transcending Life’s Traumas—and you’re invited! Join us for an informal chat where we'll share a couple of our most powerful stories from the book, reveal what the Ghost Points are really about (hint: it's not what most people think), and explore why we think this ancient wisdom is exactly what our world needs right now. 🗓️ TUESDAY, June 24th at 6:00 PM ET 📍Online (so yes, you...

June 12, 2025 ☯️ Just Released on the Inspired Action Podcast: InspiredActionPodcast.com We had an Inspired conversation with Deng Ming-Dao on the role of art and self-cultivation on the spiritual path. It’s inspiring, insightful, and totally in line with the themes of our podcast. Deng Ming-Dao is an author, artist, and teacher. He is the author of: 365 Tao; Chronicles of Tao; Scholar Warrior; Everyday Tao;The Lunar Tao;The Living I Ching; Zen: The Art of Modern Eastern Cooking; and The...

June 9, 2025 ☯️ We are having a little party - a book party for... Cultivating the Thirteen Ghost Points: Clearing and Transcending Life’s Traumas—and you’re invited! We'll share the most powerful stories from the book, reveal what the Ghost Points are really about (hint: it's not what most people think), and explore why this ancient wisdom is exactly what our world needs right now. 🗓️ Monday, June 24th at 6:00 PM ET 📍Online (so yes, you can come in your jammies, comfy clothes, or even your...

May 5, 2025 Hello Reader, Alchemy Stone Medicine: 12-Week Program with Live Classes... Master Jeffrey Yuen, an 88th-generation Daoist priest, teaches us that stones provide the most permanent healing—more than any other modality in Chinese Medicine. The roots of Daoist Alchemy are in these ancient theories of Stone Medicine. These LIVE classes will introduce you to the Alchemy Stone Medicine path, where stones aren’t just tools, but allies and partners in transformation on your journey to...