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Alchemy with Bronwyn
Alchemy with Bronwyn is a podcast for anyone at a threshold, or called toward one.
Here, medicine, seasonal wisdom, dance, energy, ceremony, and ordinary life meet in an ongoing inquiry into illumination, awakening, and the transformation of consciousness. These conversations and guided practices explore what it means to organize our life force around what matters most and to make insight embodied enough to change the way we live.
Your host, Bronwyn Ayla, is an acupuncturist, alchemist, Mamma, dancer, diviner, and practitioner on the path of illumination. She brings nearly three decades of clinical practice, movement, ceremony, seasonal alchemy, and energetic training to each episode.
Bronwyn is a licensed acupuncturist and primary care provider, initiated Dagara-lineage diviner, Axis Syllabus Certified Teacher, Reiki Master Teacher, author of The Reiki Handbook, and founder of the Wu Wei School of Reiki. She has trained more than 1,000 practitioners since 1998.
Episodes move through the qi nodes and the changing seasons, embodied and energetic practice, Reiki, acupuncture, dance, sound, ritual, sacred entrepreneurship, motherhood, raising a sovereign child, and the mystery of becoming more fully alive.
Begin with the free Sacred Almanac, a living map of the year's turning points and how to move with them, straight into your calendar: https://bronwynayla.com/almanac
Episodes
26 episodes
Autumn Equinox: A Guided Sound Ceremony
A guided sound ceremony for the autumn equinox, to move you out of the noise and into the rhythm of the season.
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Autumn Equinox: How to align with the season, let go, and reclaim stillness
How to align with the autumn equinox: what the Tong Shu says about this turn of the year, what to let go of, and how to nourish your qi before winter.Discover slow foods, seasonal rituals, and simple practices to ground your energy and p...
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Rediscovering the quiet beauty of the beginning of Autumn
Early autumn practices for slowing down: what the season asks for, and how to step out of the rush and into its deeper rhythm.With insights drawn from the ancient wisdom of yin and yang, we talk about energy conservation, letting go with...
Attuning to the Beginning of Autumn: A Guided Sound Journey
A guided sound healing journey for the beginning of autumn, to help you attune to the season's qi and drop into a heart centred space.Autumn represents the out-breath of the year. It is a sacred turning inward, a moment to pause, reflect...
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Fire Horse Invocation: A Prayer + Sound Healing
A prayer and sound healing for the Fire Horse year, asking for clear direction, steady flame and clean decisions.Together we ask for clear direction, steady flame, and clean decisions. For visibility without performance. For devotion as ...
The Fire Horse Year: How to Hold Power Without Burning Out
The Fire Horse year is a rare double fire year of speed, visibility and fast change. This is how to hold that much power without burning out.In this transmission from my weekly call (The Sanctuary
Spring Equinox: The Taoist Path to Balance and Renewal
Taoist practices for the spring equinox: how to work with the rising yang of the season through self awareness, discipline and the food and movement that suit it.As your host, Bronwyn, I'll guide you through the importance of self-aware...
Embracing Winter: A Daoist Guide to Seasonal Wellbeing and Energy Conservation
A Daoist guide to winter: how to conserve energy, work with the water element, and let the season do what it is for. • Emphasis on the need for seasonal alignment with winter's quiet energy • Importance of warmth an...
Embracing Winter's Wisdom: A Journey of Rest, Reflection and Nourishment
Winter practices for rest, reflection and nourishment, and how living in step with the season changes how the whole year feels.Winter invites us to focus on dreaming, intuition, and the transformative power of rest and reflection. Explor...
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Journey Beyond the Veil: A Day of the Dead Meditation to Connect with Ancestors
A guided meditation for the Day of the Dead, to connect with your ancestors while the veil is thin.Allow yourself to open to the guidance and teachings of the ancestors, embracing the continuity and life force that threads through each g...
Beyond the Veil: Halloween, Ancestral Offerings, and the Wisdom of Autumn
Halloween, the Day of the Dead and the ancestral offerings that belong to this turn of the year, and how to make them simply at home.Listen in and find inspiration for reconnecting with these timeless practices, while preparing your hear...
Autumn Equinox: A Guided Sound Ceremony
A guided sound ceremony for the autumn equinox: breath, an open heart, then attuning to the yin energy of the season.As we shift into the second part of the meditation, we attune ourselves to the yin energy of the Autumn Equinox, a time...
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Autumn Equinox: How to Embrace Balance, Let Go, and Harmonize with Seasonal Wellbeing
How to work with the autumn equinox: finding the balance point of the year, letting go of what the summer built, and turning toward winter well.In the second part of our episode, we delve into the comforting rituals and nourishing pract...
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Attuning to the Beginning of Autumn: A Guided Sound Journey
A guided sound healing journey for the beginning of autumn, the out breath of the year and the turn inward.Autumn is about the out-breath of our lives, a turning inward and a time for the vital reflection that comes with slowing down. T...
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Rediscovering the quiet beauty of the beginning of Autumn
Early autumn arrives with softer light and cooler air. These are the practices that let you actually notice it.As we meander further down the path of autumn, we shift our focus to the time-honored practices of reaping and storing resour...
Seasonal Harmony: Attuning to Late Summer Energies
Late summer is its own season in Chinese medicine, governed by the earth element. This is what it asks for: digestion, nourishment, and coming back to centre.Late summer isn’t just about outward yang energy; it’s a time for the completi...
Summer Solstice: Achieving Balance and Harmony with Seasonal Attunement
The summer solstice is the height of yang energy. Here is how to use it well, and what it means for the months that follow.Moving forward, we'll unravel the realm of yang wisdom and its profound expression during the summer solstice. Th...
Embracing The Beginning of Summer Qi: Strategies for Growth, Productivity, and Wellness in Summer
Early summer practices for growth and vitality, as the year's energy moves outward and upward.Summer is not just for fun; it's also a time to prioritize health. Join us as we share strategies on balancing your energy, from attending soc...
Spring Equinox: The Taoist Path to Balance and Renewal
Taoist practices for the spring equinox: working with rising yang, the wood element, and the discipline that spring rewards.As your host, Bronwyn, I'll guide you through the importance of self-awareness, modesty, discipline, and the rol...
Transformative Spring: Tapping into Nature's Cycle of Rebirth as Spring Begins
Spring begins earlier than the calendar says. This is what Lichun, the first qi node of the year, asks of you.Have you ever considered how your dreams may influence your life? In the second part of our episode, we delve into the fascina...
A Winter Solstice Ritual: Embracing Yin, Quiet, and Stillness
A winter solstice ritual for the longest night: yin, quiet, and the kind of stillness that actually restores you.As the new year approaches, we often feel the pressure to set intentions, viewing this time as a fresh start. But what if w...
Embracing Winter: A Daoist Guide to Seasonal Wellbeing and Energy Conservation
A Daoist guide to winter wellbeing: how to conserve your energy through the darkest part of the year instead of spending it. In the second half of our show, we share practical advice to keep you nourished and healthy as the tempera...
Embracing Winter's Wisdom: A Journey of Rest, Reflection and Nourishment
Winter practices for rest, reflection and nourishment, built on the Chinese medicine understanding of the season.As we navigate through the heart of winter, we shift the focus to the power of dreaming, intuition and the crucial role of ...
Autumn Equinox: How to Embrace Balance, Let Go, and Harmonize with Seasonal Wellbeing
Autumn is the time to let go of what is no longer serving you and to gather in what the warm seasons grew. These are the practices for doing it.Autumn is the time to pull inward and gather our qi into ourselves on all levels as w...
Attuning to the Beginning of Autumn: A Gentle Transition into Surrender
A sound healing journey for the beginning of autumn, the out breath of the year and a gentle turn toward surrender.Autumn is about the out-breath of our lives, a turning inward and a time for the vital reflection that comes with slowing...
