Maven Alchemy

12/08/2025

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Introducing, Insula Yoga (Island Yoga), a community yoga studio in Freeland.

Insula is Latin for island and the part of the brain that is involved in sensory processing, self & bodily awareness, feelings & emotions, empathy & compassion, and decision making...and plays a big part in nervous system regulation & healing.

It is currently home to & Better Balance Yoga Therapy. We also have Leah of teaching through February 7th and Lauren of .with.lauren teaching in January.

Current ongoing classes and offerings:
🧘‍♀️ Sunday, 5:30-6:30, Yoga Nidra with Vanessa
🧘‍♀️ Saturday, 10-11:15, Gentle, Nurturing Yoga with Leah
🌝🌚 Moon Cycle Community Acupuncture with the Full & New Moons

Upcoming special classes:
❄ Winter Solstice Esoteric + Alchemy Acupressure + Yoga Nidra, Saturday, Dec 20th 4-5:30p, with Vanessa of
🕯NYE donation-based yoga practice, Dec 31st 6-7:15p, with Leah of

More info to come soon!

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

12/05/2025

Gemini Full Moon Acupuncture 🌝 - https://mailchi.mp/c755572171eb/gemini-full-moon-acupuncture Join me TODAY at 1, 5, or 6:30.

✨🌝 Today's Gemini Full Moon Esoteric + Alchemy Acupuncture pattern was created to calm & quiet the mind, come back into our body, return to the tidal movement between our Kidney (Destiny) & Heart (Human Nature), and say yes to a turning point in your life.

Winter is the season of faith, resilience, and restoration. Come rest in community.

To join, text 512-934-1917

12/04/2025

Wrapping up 2025 🌝🌚🐍 - https://mailchi.mp/df9c29669d8b/wrapping-up-2025 Winter is the season of faith. We are making our way to the longest night of the year. 2025 feels like both the longest year & as though the days sped by. That's the energy of Gemini, it's duality & holding two things at the same time, knowing that polarity can exist, & finding the bridge between the two. It creates a container for us to make wise choices. What choices do you need to make in the last days of 2025 to prep for the seed of 2026's new energy cycle?

11/29/2025

Grateful for You 🙏💚🍁 - https://mailchi.mp/ef9d30c0c6c3/grateful-for-you Grateful for You

I appreciate you and appreciate that you trust me to be part of your journey. And, I'm grateful for you every day, not just the designated day in November.

If you feel like receiving a few minutes of acupuncture love, I am hosting drop-in community acupuncture to support your nervous system today from 11:30-1 for $38. Feel free to bring a friend. If you'd prefer to reserve a spot, text me at 512-934-1917.

🏠 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland

11/27/2025

😅😫😤 Already feeling the holiday stress? 🦃🎁⛄

My 3 favorite ways to support nervous systems in times of stress:

✨ ACUPUNCTURE: MINI HOLIDAY STRESS REDUCTION COMMUNITY SESSIONS This Friday (11/28) & Saturday (11/29) 11:30-1pm - $38, in a group setting with 1-3 other people, & 30 mins to relax with stress relief focused acupuncture. ✨walk-ins accepted✨ Booking appointment suggested 🧘‍♀️ 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.

✨ YOGA NIDRA, Sundays 5:30-6:30: A guided meditation done lying down in a supported position that supports deep relaxation and stress relief. Donation-based, suggested $15.

✨ BREATHING: Cyclic Sighing. Research shows that 5 minutes of cyclic sighing (inhaling a full breath through your nose, breathing a little more in, and slowly exhaling through your mouth) can reduce anxiety symptoms, improve mood, and decrease heart rate.

🔮 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-Sunday & Wednesday - Support your nervous system to recalibrate & make room as you expand & grow. Emphasizes wellness & spiritual awakening, instead of only addressing disease patterns & imbalances.
✨ Moon Cycle Acupuncture: Connecting with the Moon's Cycle can bring in grounding, creative, nourishing energy and help bring a natural rhythm into your life. Work with the energy & flow. 🌊 Intentionally working with the Moon's natural rhythm, can help you make space to plant seeds of creativity or manifestation, tend to the seeds you've planted, and bring them to completion & harvesting. 💫 $44, group setting in zero gravity chairs with 1-3 others, everyone receives the same pattern working with the Moon energy, and it's 45-55 minutes to relax in a safe, quiet space. Dec 5th & 19th

🌈 Donation Based Yoga Nidra for Nervous System Support & Relaxation - Sunday 5:30-6:30 pm ✨NO RESERVATION NEEDED ✨

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland

📷: Zulmaury Saavedra via Unsplash

11/26/2025

✨ WINTER SOLSTICE RESET: Saturday, Dec 20th 4-5:30 pm ✨

🌬🌧 🌊 Winter is here, and the Holiday Season & 2026 are weeks away. Nature's energy is beginning to whisper that it's time to turn inward, be still, go deep, and reflect on life, but during December, the world is telling us it's time to socialize & celebrate religious holidays & usher in the new year. Take time for yourself in the season of inward energy, gather in community to co-regulate, and learn a self-care ritual to carry you through the Wintering months.

We'll gather at Insula Yoga (home of Maven Alchemy) in Freeland, and I'll share information about Winter & the Water element from the Chinese Medicine perspective and an Esoteric Acupressure pattern to support you through the Winter season. Then, you'll create an intention for 2026 and plant its seed during the Yoga Nidra. We'll apply a provided essential oil to the points before getting comfy for the Yoga Nidra.

⭐️ Limited to the first 10 registrants, so register early. $38 includes a season specific essential oil sample and self-care ritual to take home & use for the Winter.

🌈 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. Bring your own mat & pillow to be supremely comfortable, but Insula Yoga is well equipped with mats, blankets, & props.

I love Yoga Nidra because it gives my nervous system a break from worries or stresses, helps me let go of whatever is weighing heavy on me, and provides deep rest & restoration.

Esoteric Acupuncture is based on Sacred Geometry, the Chakras, & the Kabbalah and profoundly relaxing, centering, & grounding.

✨5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland✨
⭐️ Register via link in bio or scan QR code.

📷 : Zoltan Tasi via Unsplash

11/18/2025

Join me this Wednesday, 11/19, to connect with the energy of the Scorpio New Moon.

🦂🌚 Wednesday's Scorpio New Moon Esoteric + Alchemy Acupuncture pattern was created by the Maven Alchemist to guide us to our depths and reconnect our mind, body, & Heart with our Origin. 🌚🦂

🌊 Get out of your head & thinking mind and back into your body
🌊 Untangle the patterns, beliefs, & ideas that have taken you away from your Self
🌊 Refine what is yours and still working for you
🌊 Creates a place to land and rest to prepare yourself for the dark days & nights of Winter
🌊 Bridge from Autumn (Metal) to Winter (Water) to find stability, nourishment, containment, harmony, & endurance for the long nights ahead
🌊 Plant the seeds of Winter's gifts...courage, resilience, and wisdom.
🌊 Works with the Crown, 3rd Eye, Heart, Solar Plexus, Sacral & Root Chakras.

🌝 Connecting with the Moon's Cycle can bring in grounding, creative, nourishing energy & help bring a natural rhythm into your life 🌝

🌟 ONLY 5 SPOTS 🌟
🎱 Reservations Required 🎱
✨ 60 minute sessions at 6 & 7:30 ✨
🌝 Moon Cycle Acupuncture sessions are $44
🌝 Zero gravity chairs with 1-3 other community members
🌝 Everyone receives the same pattern to work with Moon's energy
🌝 Wear loose, comfy clothes

You'll receive an email the day before sharing more details about the pattern.

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

🌝 🌚 Ongoing offering near each New & Full Moon 🌚 🌝
🌝 December: Fridays, 12/5 & 12/19 🌚
🌝 January: Saturdays, 1/3 & 1/17 🌚

🦋 Want to connect with the Moon Energy but prefer private sessions? Book an 1:1 Esoteric Appointment around the Full or New Moon and we can do this same pattern. 🦋

👯‍♀️ Have a group of friends or co-workers who'd you would like to receive Esoteric Acupuncture with? Now offering private community sessions. Text or email for more information. 👯‍♂️

🌊 Seasonal Focused Esoteric + Alchemy Acupuncture sessions to support transition into Winter & Holiday stress $88

✨ WINTER SOLSTICE WORKSHOP: Saturday, Dec 20th 4 - 5:30 pm ✨
🌬🌧 Esoteric Acupuncture pattern with oils + Yoga Nidra $38

📷: Gabriel Tovar via Unsplash

11/17/2025

Moving into Winter: Turning Inward 🌊❄️☔ - https://mailchi.mp/85e450413b39/turning-inward Our descent into Winter has begun. The beautiful Japanese Maple at my home is an amazing timekeeper of the shift from Autumn to Winter. Since I took this photo last Monday, the remaining leaves have darkened in color and will likely be gone by the time we transition into Sagittarius Season on Saturday. These last days of watery Scorpio are ripe with opportunity to intentionally turn inward and embrace watery Winter's depth and restoration.

With this Scorpio New Moon, we are being taken to our depths of our being and reconnecting with mind, body, & heart...and origin. As we begin to turn inward for winter & prepare for the journey to our depths, pause to cultivate your vital qi & essence and create stability, peace, & ease. We’ll tap into restoration & resilience and will work Crown, 3rd Eye, Heart, Solar Plexus, Sacral & Root Chakras.

This pattern will guide you to get out of your head & thinking mind and back into your body. Our thoughts aren't meant to be bad or overtake the mind, but they can easily get away from us. When we're not rooted they can spin into beings of their own. The points will untangle those patterns, beliefs, and ideas that may have gotten away from you and bring them back into your 3rd eye, body, & heart where you can refine what is yours & reconnect with your origin. It creates a place to land and rest...to prepare yourself for the dark days and nights of Winter.

We'll bridge from Autumn (Metal) to Winter (Water) to find stability, nourishment, containment, harmony, and endurance for the long nights ahead. New Moons are a time to plant seeds for what we want to harvest in 6 months when the Moon is Full in the same sign (Scorpio), and Winter is a time to tend to the soil where the seed gestates and gathers life force as it waits in darkness for the Spring. We'll plant the seeds of Winter's gifts...courage, resilience, and wisdom.

Join me this Wednesday at 6 or 7:15 for the Moon Community Acupuncture session. If you can't make that time or prefer a private session, there are private sessions available next weekend. You can also choose to have the Scorpio New Moon pattern at the regular Community Acupuncture session Saturday from 12-1.

11/12/2025

🐪 Wednesday is a great day to treat yourself to self-care & nervous system support. 🧠

3 WAYS TO DE-STRESS & RELAX MID-WEEK:

✨ YOGA NIDRA, Wed 10:30-11:30am: A guided meditation done lying down in a supported position that supports deep relaxation and stress relief.
✨ 1:1 ESOTERIC ACUPUNCTURE: Esoteric Acupuncture can support your nervous system to recalibrate and make room as you expand and grow. One of the things I love about Esoteric Acupuncture is it meets you right where you are. It emphasizes wellness and spiritual awakening, instead of only addressing disease patterns & imbalances.
✨ COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE, Wed 6:10-7:30pm: 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. 🧘‍♀️ 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.

✨ 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-Sunday & Wednesday
✨ Community Acupuncture: Saturdays 12-2:20 pm & Wednesday 6:10-7:30 pm. Sliding scale ($40-50) ✨ by appointment ✨
✨ Moon Cycle Acupuncture: Connecting with the Moon's Cycle can bring in grounding, creative, nourishing energy and help bring a natural rhythm into your life. Work with the energy & flow. 🌊 We aren't meant to go at this wild life alone or haphazardly. Intentionally working with the Moon's natural rhythm, can help you make space to plant seeds of creativity or manifestation, tend to the seeds you've planted, and bring them to completion & harvesting. ⚡Add the layer of being in Community, supercharges the experience & potency. 💫 $44, group setting in zero gravity chairs with 1-3 others, everyone receives the same pattern working with the Moon energy, and it's 45-55 minutes to relax in a safe, quiet space.

🌈 Donation Based Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra Wednesday 10:30-11:30am & Sunday 5:30-6:30 pm ✨NO RESERVATION NEEDED ✨

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland

11/04/2025

November Ta**us Full Moon 🐂 🌝 - https://mailchi.mp/b78874dcdbd3/november-taurus-full-moon Clarity, Life's Rhythms, & the Ta**us Full Moon

It's hard to believe that it's already November, and at the same time, the Sun setting in the 4 o'clock hour makes it hard to deny that there's only 8 full weeks before we close out another year. It feels like 2025 has been one long lesson of holding two opposing energies at the same time, feeling the discomfort of their polarity & cultivating comfort while in it, and clarifying how to move forward.

11/03/2025

🐃🌝 With this Ta**us Full Moon, we return a final time to what we’ve been building since 2018 when Uranus moved into Ta**us...our stability, safety, roots, & nourishment. This pattern will work with the head & Heart connection, stability during change, and trusting the sacredness of bodily knowing.

The pattern will work with the Crown, Heart, Solar Plexus, & Root Chakras.

It frees the mind of overthinking and brings you back into your body. Connects with Venus energy (ruler of Ta**us) and the Mother/Child relationship of Earth to Metal. Helps you rise above the weight of despair, clarify your sense of purpose & renewed sense of preciousness, and know that our depths connect us to heaven. It brings stability in the midst of change & helps us trust the sacredness of our bodily knowing.

The November Esoteric Acupuncture patterns will help us anchor into Autumn and the Metal Element, support the nervous system navigate the energy of our world, and release out dated beliefs & patterns and grief.

🔮 Wednesday, November 5th 🔮
🌟 ONLY 8 SPOTS 🌟
🎱 Reservations Required 🎱
✨ 60 minute sessions ✨

🦋 Esoteric Acupuncture can support your nervous system to recalibrate and make room as you expand and grow. One of the things I love about Esoteric Acupuncture is it meets you right where you are. 🔮✨

You'll receive an email the day before sharing more details
about the pattern and how to dress.

🌝 Moon Cycle Acupuncture sessions are $44
🌝 Zero gravity chairs with 1-3 other community members
🌝 Everyone receives the same pattern to work with Moon's energy
🌝 Wear loose, comfy clothes
🌝 45-55 minutes to relax 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.

📷: Gabriel Tovar via Unsplash

11/02/2025

✨NEW TIME FOR SUNDAY CLASS 5:30-6:30 pm ✨
✨NEW CLASS: WEDNESDAY 10:30-11:30 am ✨

🦋 Find Peace, Calm, and Balance 🌈 with Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra EVERY SUNDAY, 5:30-6:30 pm, and WEDNESDAY, 10:30-11:30 am.

Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation done lying down in a supported position that supports deep relaxation and stress relief.

🌞 "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. We have lots of props at the studio, but you're welcome to bring your own pillow or blanket to be supremely comfortable.

✨ 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. Next to the Hearing Aid Center & Wells Fargo.