The Alchemy Learning Center combines Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy's life’s work of over 25 years experience studying, practicing, and teaching Alchemy, the Five Elements, and the Nine Palaces all over the world. As co-hosts of the Inspired Action Podcast and owners of the Alchemy Learning Center and Alchemy Healing Center, they bring you in this newsletter engaging and comprehensive writings about these and other Daoist and Chinese Medicine concepts.
☯️ [First Event of 2024]: Jan 4th - Finding Balance: Left/Right Channel Imbalances (Akabanes)
Hi Reader,
We are excited to announce our next Live Learning Event in our Energetics of Flow Series: Addressing Blocks to the Flow of Energy at the ALC in just 7 days!
Discover effective methods for finding balance in your own body or in the bodies of your clients (if you happen to be a practitioner).
Date: January 4th @ 8:00 - 9:30 PM EST
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When the energy of the left and right sides of the body gets out of balance, we often has signs and symptoms that relate to that imbalance. When this happens there is also a pulse diagnostic indicator and a fascinating test that can indicate how out of balances the two sides are, called an Akabane test.
The treatment of left/right imbalances in Chinese Medicine is fairly straightforward, but is not taught in many TCM schools.
This Live Learning Event will cover the following:
1) What are left/right imbalances?
2) How to diagnose them in the pulses and through signs and symptoms
3) How to diagnose them with Akabane testing
4) How to treat them with needle vs. non-needle techniques
At our clinic, all our practitioners from various backgrounds learn and do these powerful treatments. They find them extremely helpful in certain situations, often providing symptoms relief for the client right away or within 24 hours.
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Or buy all three classes and SAVE!
- Smooth Flow of Qi: Clearing Channel Blocks – Now available as an online class!!!
- Finding Balance: Left/Right Imbalances (akabanes) – January 4th (This event!)
- Yin/Yang Imbalances: Ren Mai/Du Mai and H/W blocks– January 25th (Next event!)
NOTE: If you would like to join all three live learning events in the series, you can add the other two classes for a special discounted price in the checkout area!
We are so grateful that you are a part of the Alchemy Learning Center, and we hope to see you in class in 2024! Thank you! Leta & Jaye |
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Alchemy Learning Center
The Alchemy Learning Center combines Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy's life’s work of over 25 years experience studying, practicing, and teaching Alchemy, the Five Elements, and the Nine Palaces all over the world. As co-hosts of the Inspired Action Podcast and owners of the Alchemy Learning Center and Alchemy Healing Center, they bring you in this newsletter engaging and comprehensive writings about these and other Daoist and Chinese Medicine concepts.
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