Maven Alchemy

07/18/2025

Yes! We have vagus nerve yoga live on zoom this Saturday at 9 - 10:30 am mountain time!
All are welcome!
Info in the link in comments.

A few basic tips about class:

🪷You are your own best teacher.
🪷Honor your body, your pace, and let your breath be your guide.
🪷Each posture is an opportunity to explore.
🪷There is nothing to perfect and no goal to achieve.
🪷Stop and rest as often as you would like.
🪷Let this practice nourish your body, mind, and soul.
🪷Listen to the cues you receive from your body, mind, and breath about the state of your nervous system.
🪷Follow your instincts and make the practice a unique expression of you.
🪷Have fun and let yourself find your inner joy.

07/14/2025

Of course, Dr Arielle Schwartz would share one of Andrea Gibson's poems during a Vagal toning practice. My emotions have been odd lately, and I wept when I saw that Andrea had passed today, like they were a friend I hadn't seen in a while. I wish that I could say that I was a big fan of theirs and knew all of their work, but I can't. Through social media, I became aware of their cancer journey and poetry post diagnosis. What I have read is brilliant. Crafted in a way that hits me and I think, how have I not thought of it that way before? There's so much grief in the world right now. Please tend to your hearts. Vagal toning practices can be an amazing way to create a little more space during the hard stuff and breathe just a little easier...or maybe you'll release the emotions and stuff that you tucked away to just keep plugging along when your world was hard. ❤️

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07/09/2025

The Vagal Toning practice with Dr Schwartz was so grounding and opening. So grateful for the community she creates. ❤️

07/09/2025

❤️ Here’s what I know in my heart: ❤️

🦋 Healing is possible.
🦄 You are capable and able to feel better.
🦚 You are not your illness, or pain.

🫶 There’s hope for your suffering.
🌬 People and patterns change.
🌊 Change is constant.

🌈 I’m here to help you feel better. 🌈

🥰 This is something I’m deeply passionate about, and I do my best every day to help my clients feel better in their bodies and their lives.

😔 If you are suffering and could use support in reaching your health or life goals, let’s connect.

✨ Schedule via link in the bio or text Vanessa at 512-934-1917 offering:
🌈 Free 30 minute consultations to learn more.
🌈 Private Esoteric Acupuncture Friday-Wednesday.
🌈 Community Acupuncture: Saturdays 12-2:20 pm, Wednesday 6:10-7:30 pm, and Friday 4:30-6. Sliding scale ($40-50) ✨ by appointment ✨

🌈 Donation Based Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra Friday 3-4pm and Sunday 6:30-7:30 pm ✨NO RESERVATION NEEDED ✨

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland

📷 : Julie Natalie Imagery

07/06/2025

✨ TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA NIDRA IN FREELAND 🧘‍♂️

🦋 Take a REST & BREATHE 🌈 with Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra EVERY SUNDAY, 6:30-7:30 pm and FRIDAY 3-4 pm.

Tonight's intention: I am at peace with the world as it is.... There's a lot going on in the world right now. Back home in the Heart of Texas, they are dealing with unprecedented rains causing major catastrophic flooding and loss of life. Come breathe with me. ❤️

🌞 "All you have to do is show up, lie down, and let go; Yoga Nidra will do the work." ~ John Vosler (my teacher). ✨

No experience necessary. If you can lie comfortably on the floor on a yoga mat with a pillow under your knees and covered in a blanket, then you can do Yoga Nidra.

We'll begin by breathing together and doing a few Vagus Nerve exercises before getting comfortable for Yogic Sleep. Bring your own mat & props to be supremely comfortable, but there are a few at the studio to use if you don't have any.

✨ This class is donation based with a suggested donation of $15, but $0 is required to attend. ✨

❤ Come join community and build a resilient nervous system together.
If nothing else, you'll get a good nap. 😴

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland.

📷 : Leon Rohrwild via Unsplash

06/26/2025

A free event with Dr Arielle Schwartz, who is one of my teachers.

In this cutting-edge workbook, PVI Course Partner and trauma expert Arielle Schwartz, PhD provides a practical, body-based method to help you treat your trauma symptoms—without reliving your trauma or being exposed to triggers.
'The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma' offers evidence-based activities to help you heal the effects of trauma, rewire your nervous system, and return to a state of balance and calm.
📚
In this free Author Talk, Dr Schwartz will share some of the body-based practices from the book designed to help you tap into the power of your vagus nerve and rewire your nervous system.
🤍
Can't join us live in real time? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 2 business days of the live event.
Find details on our Events page on our website:
polyvagal.org/events

06/25/2025

Cancer New Moon & Jupiter: Heart & Home - https://mailchi.mp/b8df9891939c/cancer-new-moon-jupiter The Sun moved into Cancer last week, which means we made it to the Summer Solstice. The most yang moment of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The season of connection, play, joy, expansive energy, the Fire element, and the Heart. It's a time to connect with your heart and reveal what it means to be at home...both in your body & your life.
The last time Jupiter was in Cancer, I found yoga. Photo: Sanika Agarwal via Unsplash

06/19/2025

👯‍♀️ ❤️ Connection, joy and play: these are the themes of Summer & the Fire Element in Chinese Medicine. ❤️ 🌞

😩 But what if you DON'T feel that way? What if you feel disconnected, depressed, and overwhelmed with all of your responsibilities?

⚖️ That’s where rebalancing your nervous system, internal systems, and perspective comes in.

🦋 Esoteric Acupuncture is EXCELLENT at providing RESOURCES to make changes that you know you WANT but can’t quite seem to get there because of exhaustion, overwhelm, or fatigue.

🌈 Let’s help your body & mind remember how to function efficiently & proactively again.

✨ Schedule via link in the bio or text Vanessa at 512-934-1917. ✨

🌈 Private Esoteric Acupuncture, Akashic Record & Numerology Readings, and Yoga Nidra Friday-Wednesday.

🌈 Community Acupuncture: Saturdays 12-2:20 pm & Wednesday 6:10-7:30 pm. Sliding scale ($40-50) & by appointment.

🌈 Donation Based Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra EVERY SUNDAY, 6:00-7:00 pm

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland

📷 : Rich Soul via Unsplash

06/18/2025

🦋 🌞 COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE: NOW EVERY SATURDAY IN FREELAND ✨ 🌈

Community Acupuncture: the collective intention of healing taps into the ventral vagal state, creating an optimal environment for health and well-being.

Saturdays
12-2:20 pm
5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland
*If booked, you can join the waitlist or text the day before to see if there's been a cancellation.*

Warm Summer days had arrived on Whidbey...and then Junuary arrived! Just in time to provide some much needed moisture.

It's still the most yang time of the year and the season of outward and expansive energy...the Fire Element in Chinese Medicine.

🦋 What are you expanding in your life? Esoteric Acupuncture can support your nervous system to recalibrate and make room as you expand and grow. It's also supportive when you're feeling contractive and the expansive Summer energy feels like too much.

That's one of the things I love about Esoteric Acupuncture (& acupuncture in general)...it meets you right where you are. 🔮✨

Treatments are sliding scale ($40-50), delivered in a group setting, and tailored to your specific health needs (chosen from a menu of options). We can address all of your health needs, even back pain. We'll use points below the elbows & knees and on the head & chest that treat the entire body, so dress comfy. You'll remove your shoes & socks, roll up your pant legs & shirt sleeves, and relax back into zero gravity chairs in a room with 1-3 others.

Take 45-60 minutes out of your busy week to relax and just be with other community members in a safe, quiet space.

🧘‍♀️ Like practicing yoga together or meditation, the collective intention of healing taps into the ventral vagal state, creating an optimal environment for health & well-being. You'll be surprised by the collective healing potential.

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland, next to the Hearing Aid Center.

🔮 Private Esoteric Acupuncture, Akashic Record & Numerology Readings, and Yoga Nidra (Sundays 6-7pm).

✨ Schedule via link in the bio or text Vanessa at 512-934-1917. ✨

06/18/2025

✨ NEW CLASS NOW IN FREELAND beginning Sunday, June 22nd 🧘‍♂️

🦋 Find Peace, Calm, and Balance 🌈 with Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra EVERY SUNDAY, 6:00-7:00 pm.

🌞 "All you have to do is show up, lie down, and let go; Yoga Nidra will do the work." ~ John Vosler (my teacher). ✨

No experience necessary. If you can lie comfortably on the floor on a yoga mat with a pillow under your knees and covered in a blanket, then you can do Yoga Nidra.

We'll begin by breathing together and doing a few Vagus Nerve exercises before getting comfortable for Yogic Sleep. Bring your own mat & props to be supremely comfortable, but there are a few at the studio to use if you don't have any.

✨ This class is donation based with a suggested donation of $15, but $0 is required to attend. ✨

❤ Come join community and build a resilient nervous system together.
If nothing else, you'll get a good nap. 😴

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland.

06/10/2025

🦋 🌞 Community Acupuncture: the collective intention of healing taps into the ventral vagal state, creating an optimal environment for health and well-being. ✨ 🌈

Saturday, June 14th
3-4:40 pm
5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland
*If booked, you can join the waitlist or text the day before
to see if there's been a cancellation.*

Warm Summer days have arrived on Whidbey, and we have less than 2 weeks of days growing longer. It's the most yang time of the year and the season of outward and expansive energy...the Fire Element in Chinese Medicine.

Treatments are sliding scale ($40-50), delivered in a group setting, and tailored to your specific health needs (chosen from a menu of options). We can address all of your health needs, even back pain. We'll use points below the elbows & knees and on the head & chest that treat the entire body, so dress comfy. You'll remove your shoes & socks, roll up your pant legs & shirt sleeves, and relax back into zero gravity chairs in a room with 1-3 others.

Take 45-60 minutes out of your busy week to relax and just be with other community members in a safe, quiet space.

🧘‍♀️ Like practicing yoga together or meditation, the collective intention of healing taps into the ventral vagal state, creating an optimal environment for health & well-being. You'll be surprised by the collective healing potential.

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland, next to the Hearing Aid Center.

🔮 Private Esoteric Acupuncture, Akashic Record & Numerology Readings, and Yoga Nidra.

✨ Schedule via link in the bio or text Vanessa at 512-934-1917. ✨

04/01/2025

🦋🪻Community Acupuncture: the collective intention of healing taps into the ventral vagal state, creating an optimal environment for health and well-being. ✨ 🌈

Saturdays, April 5th and 26th
12-2:00 pm
222 Anthes Ave, Langley in Whidbey Island Yoga
*If booked, you can join the waitlist or text the day before
to see if there's been a cancellation.*

Spring has arrived in the PNW, and days are growing longer. It's the season of upward & outward energy and growth...the Wood Element in Chinese Medicine.

Treatments are sliding scale ($40-50), delivered in a group setting, and tailored to your specific health needs (chosen from a menu of options). We can address all of your health needs, even back pain. We'll use points below the elbows & knees and on the head & chest that treat the entire body, so dress comfy. You'll remove your shoes & socks, roll up your pant legs & shirt sleeves, and relax back into zero gravity chairs in a room with 1-3 others.

Take 45-60 minutes out of your busy week to relax and just be with other community members in a safe, quiet space overlooking the Village by the Sea & Saratoga Passage.

🧘‍♀️ Like practicing yoga together or meditation, the collective intention of healing taps into the ventral vagal state, creating an optimal environment for health & well-being. You'll be surprised by the collective healing potential.

🏠 Located in the Porter Building, 222 Anthes Ave, Langley, WA (2nd floor in Whidbey Island Yoga space).

🔮 Private Esoteric Acupuncture sessions on Saturdays 12-6, Sundays 11-6, and Mondays 12-7 and remote Alchemy sessions on Tuesdays.

✨ Schedule via link in the bio or text Vanessa at 512-934-1917. ✨

🧘‍♀️ Donation-based Yoga Nidra Tuesdays in April 6:30-7:30 ($15 suggested)

💥 Coming soon...we're moving to Freeland in May! Maven Alchemy & Better Balance are joining forces to create a restorative, community building space offering yoga therapy, tai chi, acupuncture, community acupuncture, yoga nidra, and workshops to build balance & resilience. More to come soon!

📷: Artem Kovalev via Unsplash

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