Is Alchemy for you? Free live event + group meditation, Oct 29 🎃


Do you ever wish you could stop needing everyone’s approval, including the inner critic inside your own head?

On Thursday, October 29, we are presenting a free live event on Daoist Alchemy to show you how to build an inner strength that makes that possible. We’ll close with a guided group meditation so you can feel it in your own body that night.

The Daoist Alchemists of ancient China built their cauldrons to be extraordinarily strong and sturdy. The Alchemists understood that as human beings, we need the same kind of vessel inside in order to support transformation. In the Nine Stages of Alchemy, building that inner vessel/cauldron is the work of Stage Two, and its strength comes from self-love and a knowing of your own goodness. With a strong inner cauldron, wwe can receive criticism with an open heart, because the best defense is no defense.

Thursday, October 29, 7:00 to 9:00 pm Eastern (6:00 Central, 5:00 Mountain, 4:00 Pacific)

In this free webinar, you will:

  • Discover how the Alchemists understood the cauldron, and why a strong inner vessel is what makes it possible to face the Heart Pains most of us spend our lives avoiding.
  • See how Stage One, which releases the reactive, scattered feeling of Rebellious Qi, prepares the ground so that going deeper feels safe instead of overwhelming.
  • Learn why some old pains have felt impossible to face, and how that begins to change when your vessel is strong enough to hold them.
  • Discover how the Thirteen Ghost Points help settle the effects of trauma and painful life experiences in the body, which is an important step to consider before working with your Heart pains.
  • Practice a guided Cauldron meditation together with us that you can return to on your own.
  • If you’re a practitioner, learn the clinical signs that a patient is stable enough for deeper emotional work, the signs that their cauldron is forming, and how to sequence treatments so stability comes before depth.
  • Find out for yourself whether Alchemy is for you.

This evening is for anyone who is curious about Alchemy, whether you want it for your own growth or for your healing practice. No background in Chinese Medicine, Daoism, or Alchemy is needed. Licensed acupuncturists can earn 2 California CEUs (approved), and 2 NCBAHM PDA points are pending.

If you can’t join live, register today and we’ll send you the replay for 72 hours. A special recording of the meditation from that night will also be provided for those who attend!

Bring your questions, because we’ll leave time for conversation.

See you there,

Leta

&

Jaye

P.S. This work is for anyone genuinely called to it, whether you’re a practitioner, a healer, or a self-cultivator. We’re often asked whether you can join if you’re not a licensed acupuncturist, and the answer is YES!

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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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