☯️ You transform first. Then your clients do.


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 different.

Master Alchemy Apprenticeship Program (MAAP) Applications Are Now Open for January 2026

When you join Level 1 of the Master Alchemy Apprenticeship Program, you get 26 weeks of intensive training in the Thirteen Ghost Points, Stages 1 & 2 of Alchemy, and the clinical protocols that work at the spirit level of healing.

But here's what makes this program unique: you receive 10 monthly Alchemy sessions throughout the year. Not demonstrations. Not case studies. YOUR sessions. For YOUR transformation.

You're studying Stage One of the Nine Stages of Alchemy while your own life gets EASIER. You're learning Ghost Points while your own unconscious patterns release. The teaching lands because you're living it.

What students have told us...

"Leta and Jaye have a wonderful ability to create sacred space and hold the container for everyone. This medicine is amazing, and I am so grateful they are sharing it." — Brittney Chowning, LAC

"I've done other trainings in other alternative healing methods, but I've never been in a program like this where I felt so held and where I could really have a personal relationship with my mentors." — Mikhael Óskarsson

What you get

10 months, starting January 14, 2026

  • 26 weekly live classes (all recorded)
  • 10 monthly virtual Alchemy sessions for YOUR transformation
  • Monthly Q&A sessions
  • Meditation Monday & Five Element Friday LIVE Events (4x/month)
  • All prerequisite courses included (Five Elements, Nine Palaces, Intro to Alchemy, Chaotic Energy)
  • A community of fellow Alchemists walking this path with you
  • Optional practitioner certification with 90+ CEUs (can complete in year 2)

This program is for you if:

You're called to work with consciousness and transformation (in yourself or others). You're willing to do your own internal work as the foundation. You're looking for mentorship, not just more information. You're ready for real change in yourself and your practice.

This program isn't for you if: You want quick techniques without personal transformation or if you are looking for quick certification.

Ancient wisdom meets your life right now

We've synthesized Daoist Alchemy, Chinese Medicine, and Shamanic practices into a living system that works in the treatment room—and in your life.

This is healing that goes to the spirit level. This is transformation that moves you in the direction of your authentic, true self.

Applications are open now for January 2026.

The cohorts are intentionally small. We hold deep space for this work, which means we can only take a limited number of students in each cohort.

If you're feeling called to this, trust that. That's your system recognizing what you need next... what you are seeking.

Ready to begin?

Learn more

January 2026 Application

Schedule a call with us — we'd love to talk with you about whether this is the right fit or if it's the right time for you.

With love and Alchemy,

Leta & Jaye

P.S. — We're often asked: "Can I join if I'm not a licensed acupuncturist?" Yes. This work is for anyone genuinely called to it—practitioners, healers, and self-cultivators alike. What matters isn't your credentials. It's your readiness to embrace this medicine. Let's start a conversation... about you!

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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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