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☯️ [A Meditation for You] The Season of the Attitude of Gratitude

Published 6 days ago • 1 min read

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 days we are bringing joy into our lives, some days we are letting go of what is not in alignment - we are grateful for both.

We wanted to gift this meditation with our Alchemy friends and family as a simple Thank You for being part of the Alchemy Learning Center community. This is for any time you want to close your eyes, take a breath... and go deeper.

Watch it today, save it for later, or perhaps share it with someone who needs it.

The teaching of this work only exists because of people like you - people willing to explore their inner work and who keep showing up to go deeper. We're so grateful to be walking this Alchemical path with you. Thank you.

With deepest gratitude,

Leta

&

Jaye

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Alchemy Learning Center

An educational community promoting Alchemy and Self-Cultivation as a path to a more fulfilling authentic life

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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