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Beauty is More than Skin Deep: Facial Rejuvenation with Cupping, Gua Sha, and Acupressure
Your beauty is a reflection of your spirit shining in the world, and the most visible place for your spirit to shine is through your eyes and your face. In Chinese Medicine, the color, tone, and light seen in the face indicates your overall health. For example, if someone is
Alchemy and Self-Cultivation: Balancing All of You!
with Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy Do you ask yourself: Isn’t there more to life than this? If so, Alchemy is for you. “The Stages of Alchemy have changed my life completely. Alchemy is an evolutionary process. It asks you to walk through doors fearlessly—doors that open up new worlds
☯️ Are you “Turducken-ing” your emotions into your Belt Channel?
What is ” Turkducken-ing” your emotions? And why does almost everyone do it? When life is too much, we get overwhelmed and stuff our emotions in our waist. Along with those emotions, we may be stuffing a big pile of toxins as well (chemical, bacterial or viral – like long-COVID).
Boost Your Yin!
by Colette Legarrigues, L.Ac., MSOM, Dipl. O.M. Winter is the most yin time of year. Yin is the energy that condenses and contracts inward, like something gestating, so that in the Spring, the energy can burst forth and become Yang again. Late December and January in particular are the darkest,
When I’m 49 (read 64 for men)!
Age 49 is the most important year for women in Chinese Medicine. Women mature in 7 year cycles, and 49 is 7 x 7! Men, on the other hand, mature in 8 year cycles. It makes sense doesn’t it? Think of a 14 year-old girl vs. a 16 year-old boy.
Radio Interview on Intuition and Chinese Medicine
Intuitive Ink Podcast Interview This interview with Servet Hasan for a podcast called Intuitive Ink is a wonderful conversation about Chinese alchemy and how intuition works according to Chinese philosophy. We also end up talking about the different kinds of psychic abilities and what aspects of the “spirit” it comes
Why Chinese Medicine is Amazing for Arthritis
In order to understand why Chinese Medicine can help heal arthritis, it’s important to first understand the theory of why arthritis happens in the first place. This is a very simplified version for this blog post. I could write about this all day. Chinese Medicine theory believes that our bodies
The New Alchemy Healing Center Blog
Hello and Welcome to our New Blog… I’m Leta Herman. I’ve had a blog at my site: www.LetaHerman.com. I will be republishing some of those topics here plus many new posts about Alchemy and Chinese Medicine. Stay tuned! And do sign up for our mailing list to get news about