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Maven Alchemy, 5570 Harbor Avenue, Unit A, Langley, WA (2026)

06/06/2026

I woke up this morning with a heaviness. Grumpy. Feeling like I wanted to stay curled up in a cave of darkness. Nesting, protected.

My affinity for the Water element, extreme yin energy, & darkness was screaming today. It's always been my nature, but I didn't understand it quite the way I am becoming to.

Before, it was depression, sadness, dysfunction, shyness, introversion. All of those were accurate, true things about me, but they weren't the whole story. I am a sensitive soul who feels the shifts in weather & seasons strongly. And, the building yang energy isn't always welcomed.

I've always been drawn to shadows. Walking my Dobermans at night in Chicago and Denver, I was obsessed with capturing shadows of grass, flowers, & trees on sidewalks and walls. In my moodiness today, I looked up to see my Japanese Maple & vibrant pink Peony creating a beautiful shadow on my dining room wall.

It was breath taking & a fleeting moment. The Sun came out just long enough for me to snap a few photos and be reminded that shadows only exist with light. Without that light source, shining brilliantly behind it, the Japanese Maple & Peony wouldn't be able to show up on my wall.

Yang & Yin must dance together through the year. Yang building until Summer Solstice in June & then depleting as the Yin builds until Winter Solstice. And, it flips once again. It's the rhythm of the Cosmic Wheel of the Year.

All of the building Yang energy can feel like a lot for those of us who prefer staying drawn inward, quite, & nesting. The Fire element can feel loud, immense, & hard to hide from. It's the energy of a flower blossoming & on display for everyone to see and admire. Everyone's suppose to love Summer, right?

It's not that ease. And even when you love Summer, it can bring imbalance & show up as...
🔥 too much heat
🔥 insomnia or very restless sleep
🔥 dream-disturbed sleep
🔥 indigestion or acid reflux
🔥 anxiety
🔥 palpitations
🔥 hyperactivity or restlessness
🔥 inability to concentrate

When the building yang feels like too much, taking a short nap at 11am-1pm, during the time of the Heart energy. I've added private acupuncture sessions M/T/W in that window.

Link in bio to book

05/31/2026

🔥 Embodying the Seasonal Elements: Yoga + Acupuncture + Sauna

🔥 Sunday, June 14th, 1-4:30pm
🔥 $108

🔥 ✨ Begin your Summer Solstice week by connecting in community and embodying the Airy New Moon energy and seasonal elements: Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, and Fire.

We'll begin at Insula Yoga in Freeland with Emily's grounding Slow Flow Yoga class. You'll settle into a supported savasana and receive acupuncture from Vanessa, guiding your nervous system into deep relaxation and ready to receive the yang energies of Summer.

You'll have time to change before traveling to Robinson Beach to Good Medicine Whidbey's sauna with optional cold plunge to deepen your connection with the elements & Whidbey.

1-2:30 Yoga + Acupuncture
2:30-3 Time to change & travel 5 minutes to Robinson Beach
3-4:30 Sauna and optional cold plunge

Limited to 8

✨ Link in bio to register or text Vanessa 512-934-1917

Collaboration of the Heart Found Path, Maven Alchemy, and Good Medicine Whidbey.

🏠 Insula Yoga: 5570 S Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland
🏖️ Robinson Beach: 6020 Robinson Rd, Freeland

📷 Robinson Beach by:

05/29/2026

Once in a Blue Moon 🏹 🌕

We have a blue moon in Sagittarius in the wee hours of Sunday (totally full at 1:44 am). It's the second Full Moon in May, which is gives us a rare opportunity to let go and bring something to completion within the same month. I get a double dose of Once in a Blue Moon energy with my dad arriving onto the island for the first time tomorrow.

Sagittarius energy is about adventure, travel, knowledge & wisdom from the world outside of us. It rules the thighs, hips, sacrum, lumbar region, and liver. It's a fire sign and giving us a taste of the Summer's Fire element.

It's so interesting that my father is traveling here during this Sagittarius Blue Moon energy. He rarely leaves Texas and likes to stay within a 2 hour radius from home. It's quite the opposite of his 3 children who all have lived in many different states and countries and traveled around the world.

In my experience, leaving home and traveling is what opened up my eyes, heart, and soul to all things beyond the great state of Texas. It sparked interest in how others do things and deeply influenced my growth as a human and what I'm doing with my life. This is everything that Sagittarius is about.

Join me tomorrow (Friday, 5/29) for Moon Cycle Community Acupuncture. One session remains for the 4:30 group and 3 remain at 6pm.

The pattern that I created for the Sagittarius Full Moon energy and to prepare for the transition from Spring to Summer. It'll inspire you to...

🏹 see decisions with fresh insight, giving clarity to your vision and fire to new ideas & growth
🏹 open the gateway to the beauty of your Spirit to see your inner riches & beauty, bringing nourished warmth & love and security & stability to your Heart
🏹 knowledge & generosity allow the gateway to open and the Spirit of love to flow, regulating & nourishing life with compassion & joy
🏹 prepares you for the building yang energy and fire element of Summer
🏹 works with the Crown, 3rd Eye, Heart, and Root Chakras and all 5 elements

Link in bio to register or text Vanessa at 512-934-1917.

Moon Cycle patterns can be done at private sessions, too.

📷 Robinson Beach by: JShank Photography

05/23/2026

On this Memorial Day Weekend, I wanted to pause & take a moment to acknowledge all who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. When I became a Marine, the meaning & purpose of this weekend shifted. Before, it was the weekend marking the end of the school year & beginning of Summer's long, hot days in Texas.

I was fortunate to serve during times of peace & don't personally know anyone who I should be remembering. My husband, however, lost a very close friend in Iraq. The loss of his buddy, forever changed him & still impacts him today. I think for him, there doesn't need to be a Memorial Day. Every day is a day of remembrance that his friend is forever 22 & not getting to experience life on Earth.

Ironically, President Harry Truman proclaimed Memorial Day to also be a day of Prayer for Permanent Peace in 1950. I learned that TODAY. So, this year will be different as I intentionally bring that into my pause.

I will be doing a Loving Kindness Meditation, too. Visit the link in the bio to listen the one that I recorded for you back in January. Doing variations of Loving Kindness, or Maitrī, has been helpful on the days when our world feels like a lot & there's nothing that I can do to change it.

It's an ancient Buddhist practice that helps us to connect with compassion, kindness, & good will towards ourselves and others. It can also be a powerful form of self-care & collective healing & have a positive effect on stress, anxiety, health, & empathy.

UW-Madison did a study on the impact of compassion meditation on the brain. They found that it changed the activity in the Insula, which is one of the reasons I named the studio Insula Yoga (it also means island in Latin)..."The insula is extremely important in detecting emotions in general and specifically in mapping bodily responses to emotion — such as heart rate and blood pressure — and making that information available to other parts of the brain."

May you take time to pause this weekend to breathe & consider adding prayers for permanent peace. If more of us knew that Memorial Day holds duality in remembering deaths from war & praying for permanent peace, maybe we could inch closer to that grand reality.

05/20/2026

☀️ Summer is almost here! Take a break from your Memorial Day Weekend fun with 45 minutes of relaxation and stress relief.

Memorial Day Weekend = end of school year for parents & teachers. It can be A LOT of extra juggling, special events, and stress.

When you take care of you, you have more space to breath and greater capacity to show up for others.

You are worth a pause. It ripples out into your whole week...how you sleep, how you digest your food, how you breathe each breath, whether you feel like socializing or staying home.

You show up more authentically you when you are well rested, resourced, and feeling at peace within.

Community Acupuncture takes place in Insula Yoga studio in zero gravity chairs with 1-3 others recharging their chill batteries.

Like practicing yoga or meditation in a community, 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.

☀️ Saturday, May 23rd
☀️ 1-2:30
☀️ Reservations required, but feel free to text last minute to see if there's availability

😴 $50
😴 Everyone receives the same pattern to support stress relief, relaxation, & nervous system calming
😴 Wear loose, comfy clothes
😴 45-55 minutes to relax in a safe, quiet space

📍 5570 S Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland

🌟 END OF MAY SPECIAL OFFER FOR PRIVATE SESSIONS: Receive a complimentary roller bottle of Bergamot essential oil. I'll show you the acupressure points and how to apply.

🍋‍🟩 Bergamot (the Bringer of Balance) is an excellent oil to relax the nervous system and relive stress & tension. It's on of my favorite go to oils when I'm feeling stressed and want to relax.

⚡Link in bio to book or text Vanessa at 512-934-1917

05/16/2026

🐂 🌚 The Ta**us New Moon (peaks tomorrow at 1 pm) wants us to slow down, rest, and care for ourselves. Ta**us is an Earth sign, it's stabilizing & grounding, and is the gateway between the mind & body. It rules the ears, throat, neck, jaw, & sense organs and is ruled by Venus. It's all about nourishment, safety, stability, security, and value.

New Moons are a time of new beginnings and a new cycle that will complete 6 months from now when we have the Ta**us Full Moon on October 25th. We plant seeds of intention that we hope will grow, bloom, and harvest in 23 weeks.

The pattern for the Ta**us New Moon (Saturday at 1pm) supports our connection with the Earth, nourishment, our 5 senses, & stability and the transition from the Becoming energy of Spring (Wood) to the Blossoming energy of Summer (Fire).

It'll inspire you to...
🐂 Unknot the tangled thoughts of your mind and come back into your body & the authentic needs of the self through your Heart's wisdom & Earthy stability
🐂 Listen deeply to your Heart to see old patterns that impact your roots, contributing to anxiety, worry, or no longer aligned protection. Find clarity, discernment, and wisdom.
🐂 Connect with the nurturing & caring stability of Earth
🐂 Wash old ways, fears, angers, and anxieties away to discover new ways to grow
🐂 Stabilize in the midst of season changes to feel regenerated, cleansed, and revitalized with clarity, vitality, and flexibility
🐂 Honor your own way of seeing & being in the world. Believe in yourself and bring your plans into action to grow & bloom.

What roots, stabilizes, and nourishes you? What value do you bring to the world?

🌟 5 SPOTS open 🌟
🎱 Reservations Required 🎱
✨ 60-75 minute sessions at 4:30 & 6 ✨
🌝 Moon Cycle Acupuncture sessions are $50
🌝 Zero gravity chairs with 1-3 other community members
🌝 Everyone receives the same pattern to work with Moon's energy
🌝 Wear loose, comfy clothes

🔮 Link in bio or text me to join 512-934-1917

🏠 Located at 5570 Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland

Book a private session for this Ta**us New Moon on Sunday at 1:30, 2:45, or 4 ✨ New patient fee waived ✨

🌝 🌚 Ongoing offering near each New & Full Moon 🌚 🌝

05/15/2026

🐂 🌚 Grounding Stability Ta**us New Moon

For a brief moment, it seemed like Summer was already here, but the cool rain has returned, which I am grateful for. More and more, I realize how fond I am of Winter's Water element & its inward energy with Autumn's downward, shedding energy is a close second. For me, they both feel stabilizing and comforting. Spring and Summer's energies feel abrupt, demanding, and less comfortable for me. I've been looking more deeply at that in the Alchemical Healing Mentorship.

What seasons feel nourishing, stabilizing, and foundational for you? Which ones feel destabilizing, challenging, and an edge for growth? How does your body, mind, and soul respond to each?

In the mentorship, we spend a year journeying through the Cosmic Wheel, going deep into each season's energy to look at how we embody the elemental energy and the things we struggle with in life that are ripe for transformation. The goal is to get to the root of patterns and experiences.

The back and forth nature of Spring's weather can be a lot for some people. You feel like you've finally settled into the next expected phase of your life or year, and whoops, not quite. The sun disappears, the rain returns, the cold returns, and heaviness sets in.

Symptoms like:

🌧️ lack of motivation
🌧️ poor concentration
🌧️ low energy
🌧️ fatigue
🌧️ sleep difficulties
🌧️ anxiety
🌧️ depression
🌧️ sadness
🌧️ frustration
🌧️ increased body pain

You're not crazy, your Qi is just trying to adjust to the seasonal weather shift, and maybe there's a root pattern that makes you more susceptible to environmental changes.

If you are experiencing any of these symptoms this week, acupuncture can help!

Private and community sessions available Friday, Saturday, & Sunday. We can get to the root of your symptoms or connect with the energy of the Ta**us New Moon.

Link in bio to read the whole newsletter and to book online, or text 512-934-1919.

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

05/15/2026

🐂 🌚 The Ta**us New Moon (Saturday at 1pm) pattern supports our connection with the Earth, nourishment, our 5 senses, and stability and the transition from the Becoming energy of Spring (Wood) energy to the Blossoming energy of Summer (Fire).

It'll inspire you to...

🐂 Unknot the tangled thoughts of your mind and come back into your body & the authentic needs of the self through your Heart's wisdom & Earthy stability
🐂 Listen deeply to your Heart to see old patterns that impact your roots, contributing to anxiety, worry, or no longer aligned protection. Find clarity, discernment, and wisdom.
🐂 Connect with the nurturing & caring stability of Earth
🐂 Wash old ways, fears, angers, and anxieties away to discover new ways to grow
🐂 Stabilize in the midst of season changes to feel regenerated, cleansed, and revitalized with clarity, vitality, and flexibility
🐂 Honor your own way of seeing & being in the world. Believe in yourself and bring your plans into action to grow & bloom.

Book a private session for this Ta**us New Moon or request a Moon Cycle pattern for any past moon. ✨ New patient fee waived ✨

The oil I'm using this week: May Chang (Litsea cubeba) "The Exuberant Clarifier". It supports the Wood, Fire, and Earth elements and disperses stagnation in the mental body to encourage clarity in vision & knowing to transform confusion; clarifies the circulatory networks of the Heart & lymphatic systems to move Qi and Blood; and connects us to the unified existence with the world.

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

🔮 Link in bio to book or text 512-934-1917

Moon Cycle Community Acupuncture
Saturday, 5/16
🌟 7 SPOTS open 🌟
🎱 Reservations Required 🎱
✨ 75 minute sessions at 4:30 & 6 ✨
🌝 Moon Cycle Acupuncture sessions are $50
🌝 Zero gravity chairs with 1-3 other community members
🌝 Everyone receives the same pattern to work with Moon's energy
🌝 Wear loose, comfy clothes

05/05/2026

✨ Join us this Friday, 5/8, for Insula Yoga's Open House in Freeland ✨

Friday, May 8th ~ 4 – 7 p.m.

5570 S Harbor Ave, Unit A, Freeland

Gather with us, meet our teachers, and learn about our offerings. There will be snacks, drinks, and giveaways. Blessing of the space at 6pm and live Kirtan music with Lauren.

Our mission is to create community where all feel safe to breathe, restore, and balance – body, mind, and soul.

🧘‍♀️ Better Balance Yoga Therapy (Sarah Birger)
🧘‍♀️Maven Alchemy Acupuncture (Vanessa Cameron)
🧘‍♀️Community Teachers: Leah Barnett, Alexis Burroughs, Lauren Flynn, & Emily Gilligan

📷 Debut of Coastal Chroma – locally inspired art & goods brought to you in a dynamic way.

Ongoing Classes:
🧘‍♀️Sunday 10-11:15 Power Flow with Emily (Until 5/10 and then on 5/19 moving to 🧘‍♀️Tuesday 6-7:15 pm)
🧘‍♀️Wednesday 10-11 Flow + Restore with Lauren
🧘‍♀️Saturday 10-11:15am Gentle Yoga with Leah

Beginning May 14th & 15th with Alexis:
🧘‍♀️Thursday 6-7pm Restorative Community Yoga Class
🧘‍♀️Friday 9-10 am Yoga and Move Community Class
🧘‍♀️Friday 10:30-11:45 am Community Yoga for Healthy Bones & Aging

We hope to see you soon!

05/01/2026

🦂🌝 The Moon is in Scorpio & making its way to peak fullness today at 10:22am on Bealtaine, marking the mid-point between the Spring Equinox & Summer Solstice. It's peak Spring energy & an opportunity to release what's holding you back from blossoming & growing.

There's an intensity in the air. Pluto (the God of the Underworld) is one of Scorpio's rulers & helps us surrender to the process of transformation. It's in Aquarius right now & creating a hard angle with this Full Moon.

It will help us go deep into all the muck of what we've been avoiding or deep within our subconscious to unearth what we don't know is there, return it to the Earth to compost, & bring nourishment to what's next in your life to grow. With Pluto's help, we can journey into our underworld & take the dark stuff of our life and learn to surrender & transform it into empowerment & wisdom.

The Scorpio Full Moon brings the Metal element of Autumn & its themes of surrender & letting go into Spring. As we tend to our gardens now, we have to get everything tidied up for optimal growth to occur. If we don't intentionally remove what's no longer needed, there isn't space for the new growth & our vision can be impacted.

I was reminded of this in my own garden. Several of our beautiful lilacs only produced a few blossoms this year because we didn't prune the dead blossoms from last year.

We can't fully bloom into our majestic nature if we're full of old stuff we no longer need.

The Full Moon acupuncture pattern connects deeply with Spring's Wood energy & the depths of Scorpio's Water element & surrendering. It inspires you to...

🌸 Connect with your element & nature. Have confidence to leave behind what's no longer needed & put your goals into action

🌸 Shed old wood & allow your true vision to emerge

🌸 Gain perspective from above to see your way home & put your dreams into action

🌸 Grow filled with order, purpose, harmony, & balance

🌸 Feel calm, stability from Mother Earth & receive ancestral insight, vision, & protection.

🌝 Full Moon Cycle Community Acupuncture
🌸 Saturday 5/2, 4:30 & 6
$50
🔮 Link in bio to register/text 512-934-1917 to join
🏠 5570 S Harbor Ave Unit A, Freeland

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