Maven Alchemy

01/22/2026

Loving-Kindness Meditation 🙏💚🔮 - https://mailchi.mp/5ae297121922/loving-kindness-meditation Loving-Kindness meditation is an ancient Buddhist practice that helps us to connect with compassion, kindness, and good will towards ourselves and others. I find myself turning to this when my world feels like too much, and I feel like I have no control over the chaos. It can also be a powerful form of self-care & collective healing and have a positive effect on stress, anxiety, health, and empathy.

📷 Hellebore preparing to bloom in my yard

01/22/2026

Going Into Our Underworld 🕳️🔮🧩 - https://mailchi.mp/c85f61db765b/going-into-our-underworld The energy this week is heavy, and yet, we've had two nights of the Aurora Borealis's magic rain over our planet with its majestic brilliance that's other worldly and days of sunshine. It's like the Universe is trying to help us keep our spirits lifted as we go deep into the underworld. Pluto is the God of the underworld, and it's in Aquarius. The same place that it was 250 years ago when our country was formed.
📷 Aurora over my neighbor's house 1/20

01/19/2026

✨🧘‍♀️ Rhythm through Nervous System Support... ✨🧘‍♀️

Our Nervous System is wired to protect us and keep us safe during high stress and traumatic times. These days our world seems to be filled with opportunities for our nervous system to feel like it's working overtime. If it's in a constant state of protection, how can you thrive and get out of that mode?

We're able to go with the flow, connect with purpose, and evolve more easily when we feel safe in our bodies and world. Learning about the power of the Vagus Nerve and the Polyvagal Theory changed my life, helping me navigate chaos and rebuild life after Long COVID symptoms in 2020.

Saturday, January 24th, begins the first offering of a 6 session series to share what I learned from Dr Arielle Schwartz about the Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery.

You'll learn practices that you can take off of the mat into your daily life to reduce stress and create balance, growth, and resilience.

I hope to offer this series 4 more times this year and begin a weekly, ongoing Yoga for Balance, Growth, & Resilience class for participants who complete this foundational series.

Stress Reduction & Resilience Yoga 6 session series
Saturdays 4:30-5:45
✨January 24
✨Feb 7, 21
✨Mar 7, 14, 21

✨$132 or 3- $46 auto payments.

✨Gentle, Vagal Nerve focused yoga, breathwork, and movement.
✨This class should be accessible by most.
✨pre-registration for the series & limited to 6✨

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

✨Link in bio to register

01/16/2026

✨ 🐐 🌚 On Sunday, we have a New Moon in Capricorn that encourages us to commit to investing in ourselves and future. It's ruled by Saturn, which gives us discipline, helps us take responsibility, and create structures that support success. It helps us see what's working and what's not.

This Saturday, I'm hosting the Moon Cycle Community Acupuncture sessions. The focus is to CREATE SCAFFOLDING for your energy flow in 2026. The pattern will inspire you to...

🪐 Drop into a deep state of rest, restore your soul, and rediscover your stability & power in the face of chaos & disillusionment
🪐 Trust appropriate timing, courageous action, and the gradual return of radiance
🪐 Cultivate perseverance & resilience
🪐 Supports & balances all 7 Chakras

2 spots remain at 4:30pm

The Moon will be in Capricorn from Friday at 3:46 am until Sunday at 2:17 pm, so if you can't make the times on Saturday or they sell out before you're able to book, I am open to adding a group session on Friday evening at 6 or Sunday afternoon. Please reach out if that interests you.

This is such great energy to be working with and the pattern is so supportive for the energy of the world. We can also work with this energy in a private session Friday or Sunday.

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

🌟 4 spots per session 🌟
🎱 Reservations Required 🎱
✨ 60 minute sessions at 12, 4:30, & 6 ✨
🌝 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

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

🌝 🌚 Ongoing offering near each New & Full Moon 🌚 🌝
🌚 Capricorn New Moon - Saturday, 1/17, at 12, 4:30, & 6 pm
🌝 Leo Full Moon - Saturday, 1/31, at 12, 4:30, & 6 pm
🌚 Aquarius New Moon - Saturday, 2/14, at 12, 4:30, & 6 pm
🌝 Virgo Full Moon - Saturday, 2/28, at 12, 4:30, & 6 pm

📷 Harsh Singh via Unsplash

01/14/2026

Steady Scaffolding & Capricorn New Moon

In the final months of 2025, the words “Steady Scaffolding” kept arriving while my mind was quiet during yoga at the studio. It’s become my intention for not just 2026, but this whole 9 year cycle that began this year. This week leading up to the Capricorn New Moon on Sunday is a great time to plant seeds of your own for 2026 and the next 9 years...and finalize your letting go and shedding of the Wood Snake energy, which ends with the next New Moon on February 17th.

This year lays the foundation for the new 9 year cycle that will complete in 2035. What are you committing to that will help you evolve into who are you hoping to be in 9 years?

A key, steady scaffolding for me this year is creating my own alchemy. I'm so excited to be starting Lorie Dechar's year-long Alchemy Mentorship next month. So much changed for me last year, and in the first days of 2026, I can feel the continued clarity and evolution of how I show up as a collaborator in others' journey to transform and heal...to help you find rhythm, flow, purpose, & evolution.

Rhythm through the Science of Numbers...
Last week, I had a powerful remote Numerology + Alchemy session with a dear client back in Denver. We've been doing remote sessions for over two years, and the last few have been landing so powerfully. The collaboration with her has taught me how impactful this work can be, how it can guide us through challenging times, and that it's time to share this work with others.

The big take-aways for me:
✨ Staying tuned into the rhythm of the year, allows the wisdom to land and take shape
✨ Having a session with each planetary cycle, breaks down the year into 7 smaller phases to support the year's evolution (about every 7-8 weeks)
✨ Old patterns & beliefs, deeper meaning, and hidden threads of connection seem to come to light during the sessions
✨ It's WAY more than just a numerology reading. It's an intuitive flow that works through the lens of numerology
✨ Returning to a written report, helps to stay grounded in the purpose of the year's energy and allows for reflection & wisdom to land
*Link in bio to finish reading
📷 Last Moon of 2025

01/07/2026

Come join Lauren to Flow + Restore mid-week at Insula Yoga in Freeland.

Midweek flow + restore yoga begins tomorrow at Insula Yoga in Freeland - visit the website for all the details!

01/03/2026

Now you can Flow + Restore with Yoga With Lauren at Insula Yoga on Wednesday 10-11. Pre-registration required.

We are flowing and restoring twice a week now! In addition to our usual Sunday mornings, we're starting Wednesday mornings at the new Insula Yoga in Freeland. Hop on over to the website to learn more!

01/01/2026

There is a Full Moon in Cancer on Saturday. It is a beautiful Moon to connect with the flow & rhythm of for 2026. The moon shows us that flow & rhythm happen every day. The moon grows a little in light every day until it's full and then grows smaller until it's dark. Change is part of who it is. It never stays the same. It ebbs & flows.

Cancer is ruled by the Moon. It's mother energy...how we care for ourselves, how we're nourished, and what feels nurturing.

The pattern that I created for this Cancer Full Moon, will help you BEGIN 2026 NOURISHING YOUR FLOW and inspire you to...
🦀 Connect with the Divine Lunar Wisdom of ebb & flow, rhythm, and change
🦀 Envision your daily life’s rhythm, know when to rest & when to take courageous action
🦀 Find clarity that empowers forward movement towards purpose
🦀 Let go

🔮 Saturday, 1/3 🔮
🌟 12 SPOTS 🌟
🎱 Reservations Required 🎱
✨ 60 minute session at 12, 4:30, & 6 ✨

🌝 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 (whole sessions last 75 minutes)

I hope that you'll join me!

🧘‍♀️ 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.

🌝 🌚 This is an ongoing offering near each New & Full Moon 🌚 🌝
January: Saturdays, 1/3, 1/17, & 1/31, at 12, 4:30, & 6 pm
February: Saturday, 2/14 at 12, 4:30, & 6 pm

📷 Harsh Singh via Unsplash

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01/01/2026

Goodbye 2025, Welcome 2026 & Cancer Full Moon

I rarely catch the vibrant sunsets that we've been having lately because I'm still not expecting it to be before 4:30. Yesterday, I caught it, and, WOW, it was worth the 41 degrees without a proper coat. I still can't believe that I live here. I was grateful to catch this second to last sunset of 2025. What a year it has been.

This is the time of soul whispers. Are you listening? We are in the days when we look back at a year's path and experiences to reflect on how it went, how we showed up (or didn't), and how we lived our life. And we prepare for another year...thinking about what we want it to be, who we want to be, and how it might be different (or more of the same). Do you take the time to get still or quiet to hear your soul's whispers?

I invite you to honor the year's rhythm and connect with Winter's energy to find stillness, reflect, & listen. It doesn't need to be anything special. It can be as simple as pausing to reflect as the sun sets in the next few days or as it rises in the morning. It could be as the fog floats in or burns off or as you brush your teeth before bed or get settled in bed to drift off to sleep.

Just take a moment to honor that you lived another year & that you're showing up for another. Have gratitude, even if life has been hard. I am grateful that you are here, & your heart is grateful that you keep breathing to supply it with oxygen it needs to send out to the rest of your body.

If you're feeling called to do something a little more than pausing within your daily life. There is a Full Moon in Cancer on Saturday & Moon Cycle Community Acupuncture. It is a beautiful Moon to connect with the flow & rhythm of for 2026. The moon shows us that flow & rhythm happen every day. It grows in light every day until it's full & then grows smaller until it's dark. Change is part of who it is. It never stays the same.

It ebbs & flows. Our tides rise & fall in harmony with the moon's phases. As it reaches its peak, it completes a cycle. Cancer is ruled by the Moon. It's mother energy...how we care for ourselves, how we're nourished, & what feels nurturing.

📷 Sunset over Useless Bay

12/29/2025

🧘🏼‍♀️ End 2025 with a Mindful Practice that provides space to witness & share, to be & breathe, and for movement & stillness with a theme of releasing what's behind us & finding deeper loving presence with what's here & now.

💆We will be moving slightly more slowly, in a candlelit room, and, as always, I will offer an essential oil experience with hands on touch savasana to enhance and elevate your experience. Lots of comfy props to keep you cozy and comfy in this space, but you are free to bring any additional blankets, pillows, eye pillows etc from home if you'd like. Bring a journal if you want to utilize some time to reflect on what you are working with.

🪷This space requires pre-registration due to size. This is a donation-based offering, so please don't hesitate to join if you feel called to this community and practice. *Pre-registration required https://practicetothepeople.com/classes

12/20/2025

🌚❄🔮Still have a few spots for tomorrow's Winter Solstice Acupressure + Yoga Nidra in Freeland.

🕯We'll be working with Cedarwood and a point combination to provide an Anchor to ground us in the depths of Winter& Water season and the darkest night of the year. We'll find nourishment and faith in our resiliency, courage to move on from the last 9 years, and a pathway to clarity and purpose will be illuminated.

✨ WINTER SOSTICE WORKSHOP: Saturday, Dec 20th 4 - 5:30 pm ✨
🌬🌧 Winter is coming, 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.

Link in bio or text 512-934-1917 or email vanessa@mavenalchemy.com to reserve your spot.

12/17/2025

New Moon & Winter Solstice 🌚❄️ - https://mailchi.mp/eb99e8938a7d/new-moon-winter-solstice Winter is a time of deep listening. The ears are associated with the Kidneys & Water, which belong to Winter. It's a time to turn inward, get quiet, & listen. As we move into the final days before the darkest night of the year, what are you needing to hear from your soul? What intentions will you plant with the Winter Solstice on Sunday to grow with the growing light? Two offerings to help you connect to Winter's deepest energy & go inward to listen.