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Alchemy with Bronwyn
by Bronwyn Ayla
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.</p
Episodes
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Embracing Autumn’s Yin: A Guided Journey into Stillness & Release
A guided practice for late autumn, when yin is growing and the days are shortening. Breath, attention and stillness, to bring you into step with the season rather than working against it. This episode promises a journey into the stillness where new insights await. We emphasize setting intentions...
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See Differently: A Meditation for a New Perspective
A guided meditation for loosening reactive perception, so you can meet your life with a clearer and kinder eye. It closes with a prayer of surrender, asking to be shown what is true. You’ll be guided through breath, light-field connection, and a focused inner practice inspired by Course in…
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Reiki Is Not What You Think
Reiki is not only hands on healing. It is a transmission that clears and realigns, and it works inward rather than outward. What Reiki actually is, for people new to energy work and for people who have practised for years. 🫶 The Sanctuary - Weekly live calls, sacred practice, and a field of...
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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. 🫶 The Sanctuary - Weekly live calls, sacred practice, and a field of resonance to hold your unfolding 🤲 Study Reiki with me - Reiki 1 through Master, self-paced online 🔥 The Mystery...
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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 protect your vitality. Whether you're navigating change or...
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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 intention, and creating space for what truly matters. From...
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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, and realign. It is a time when nature begins to slow…
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Summer Begins: Beltane and How to Work With Summer Fire
In Taoist seasonal timing, early May marks the true beginning of summer, while the summer solstice is the peak of yang and the moment yin begins to rise again. In this episode, I share a Chinese medicine lens on qi as time, not just “energy,” and what summer conduct actually asks of us so we can...
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A Guided Meditation For Full Moon, May Day And Summer Vibes
Blessings on May Day, Beltane, and the Beginning of Summer. The light gets stronger this time of year. What do I actually want to bring forward? What needs to burn away so my energy can move clearly again? I guide a grounded, mystical meditation at the seasonal threshold between the spring…
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Spring Equinox Reset: A Guided Meditation for Balance
Spring Equinox is a balance point in nature, and in us. In this guided meditation, we attune to seasonal qi, soften into harmony, and reconnect with inner guidance through breath, presence, and light. You will be guided through the upward and outward movement of spring, the widening of the…
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Spring Equinox Guide: Taoist Practices for Balance & Renewal
Spring Equinox is nature’s balance point: when Yin and Yang meet, and Spring qi begins rising upward and outward. In this episode, I’m sharing a Taoist seasonal guide for how to harmonize your energy with what’s happening in the botanical world: replenishing vitality, focusing your direction, and...
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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 containment, and cooling clarity in a high-fire year.…
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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), I share Seasonal Intelligence for the Soul: not fortune-telling, but an energetic way of…
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Spring Begins: Rituals for a Fresh Start
Spring begins before you can see it. This is the threshold season of wind, inspiration, and gentle beginnings. In this episode, Bronwyn shares grounded seasonal rituals to help you release what is complete, refresh your relationships, and invite a new chapter with clarity. You will explore simple...
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Winter Wisdom: A Daoist Path to Rest and Renewal
Winter invites us inward ❄️ to pause, restore, and realign with nature’s rhythm. In this nourishing episode, Bronwyn shares insights from Daoist medicine to help you embrace winter’s quiet power and tend to your body’s deeper needs. We explore how gentle movement, warming foods, and hydration can...
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A Winter Solstice Ritual: Embracing Yin, Quiet, and Stillness
What if the longest night of the year held the key to your deepest clarity? In this short solstice episode, Bronwyn shares a gentle winter ritual designed to help you slow down, tune in, and reconnect with what matters most. Let the stillness guide you inward ✨ toward deeper rest and renewal. 🫶...
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A Winter Solstice Sound Ceremony
Winter Solstice draws you into a stillness where truth doesn’t hide—it waits. In this Winter Solstice Sound Ceremony, you’re invited beyond the mind 🌙 into the deep terrain where ancestral memory, body wisdom, and soul converge. The silence isn’t empty. It’s alive. It’s ancestral. And it holds...
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The Great Snow Qi Node: Winter Yin Awakening & the Ancient Tong Shu
In this nourishing episode of Alchemy with Bronwyn, we explore The Great Snow qi node, one of the 24 seasonal markers from the ancient Daoist Tong Shu calendar — a time when Yin energy peaks and nature invites us to slow down, dream deeply, and reconnect with ancestral wisdom. You’ll discover…
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Guided Sound Meditation: Reconnect with Solace, Hope & Inner Light
Experience a calming sound journey designed to restore your nervous system and reignite your inner light. With grounding breathwork, somatic awareness, and soothing soundscapes, this guided meditation reconnects you to the Earth’s strength and the sky’s vast grace. Let go of tension, soften into...
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Journey Beyond the Veil: A Day of the Dead Meditation to Connect with Ancestors
Join me in experiencing this guided meditation crafted to honor the Day of the Dead and the thin veil between worlds. As we transition into this sacred time, this journey invites you to soften boundaries and breathe in the presence of those who came before us—our grandmothers, grandfathers, and...
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Beyond the Veil: Halloween, Ancestral Offerings, and the Wisdom of Autumn
Step into the mystical season between autumn and winter, where Halloween and the Day of the Dead mark a sacred portal for honoring our ancestors. In this episode, we delve into how ancient traditions like Celtic and Tang Dynasty rituals connect us to our roots, calling for offerings that nourish...
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Summer Solstice: Achieving Balance and Harmony with Seasonal Attunement
Ever wondered about the energy of the Summer Solstice and its implications on our everyday lives? We're going on a journey to explore this celestial event that is not just the start of summer, but in fact, its zenith, marking the beginning of its decline. It's a period of subtle shifts when yin...
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Harnessing the Energy of Early Summer Qi: Align Your Life for Growth, Joy, and Vitality
Are you in tune with the rhythm of the seasons? As we transition from spring to summer, it's essential to align our conduct with the shifting energy of nature. This episode aims to guide you in understanding the fascinating concept of seasonal qi. We'll talk about how summer is a time of growth…
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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-awareness, modesty, discipline, and the role of children's...
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The Art of Seeing Differently: A Meditation on Mindful Perception
This meditation guides us through a transformative practice of examining our perceptions and cultivating the determination to see differently, drawing from Course in Miracles teachings to awaken new vision. 💫 In this meditation, you’ll experience: Connecting with the inner landscape through…
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Spring Awakening: Ancient Wisdom & Rituals for Renewal
What if you could align your life with nature’s rhythms and experience deep renewal—right now? As spring awakens, so can you. In this episode, we explore the essence of the season—its rituals, symbolism, and the wisdom it offers for personal transformation. Discover how to welcome spring’s energy...
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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 and hydration for maintaining health • Nourishing foods to support vitality through...
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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. Explore the art of setting intentions before sleep and embracing...
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A Sound Journey to Connect with Solace and Hope
With all that's happening in the world right now, I wanted to share potent meditation and sound healing with you. Discover how to harness the power of breath to connect with the earth and the cosmos in a way that transforms your inner world and your relationships. Imagine tapping into the cosmic...
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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 generation. This meditation is ideal for those seeking…
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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 heart and home for the nourishing quietude of winter. 🫶 The...
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Awaken Your Inner Light: a guided meditation and sound healing
Join me on a guided meditative journey to unlock the secrets of connecting with your higher self and embracing the profound, supportive energies around you. What if you could access the ancient wisdom of your ancestors and the guiding light of the spirits of the land to find peace amidst the…
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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 of transition and deep rest. Embrace the growing yin by...
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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 practices perfect for autumn. Discover the benefits of slow…
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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. The beginning of Autumn is the most important time to pay...
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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 resources, highlighting the sheer beauty of simplifying and...
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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 completion of projects and embracing the quieter energy of yin. We...
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Guided Meditation: Storing Summer Qi for Optimal Winter Health
In this episode, join me for a transformative guided meditation designed to store the vibrant energy of summer yang chi, ensuring vitality and health during the winter months. We'll focus on aligning your heart and mind, releasing tension, and inviting pure, clarified yang into your body....
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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. This wisdom transcends mere productivity and becomes a conduit...
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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 social gatherings to dancing and gardening. We want to help you...
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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 role of children's education in this blooming season. We'll…
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Awakening Through Reiki
Embark on a soul-nourishing odyssey with me, Bronwyn Ayla, as we unlock the mystical powers of Reiki, a journey that has reshaped my life over the past 25 years. Prepare to uncover the profound depths of a practice far exceeding a mere healing technique, but rather a gateway to universal energy...
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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 fascinating world of dreams. We discuss how after a period of deep...
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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 we looked at it differently? What if we used this time as a...
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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 temperature dips. You'll learn about the importance of dressing warmly,...
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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 rest and reflection. Explore the art of setting intentions...
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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 we organize the scattered and spontaneous patterns of the summer...
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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 down. The beginning of Autumn is the most important time to...
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Summer Solstice - Litha - Yang Rules
The summer solstice, Litha, is the zenith of yang energy. This is the moment to go full steam ahead, and to know what comes after it. Now is the time to go full steam ahead with projects and ideas. Everything is flourishing all around us and we can harness this in our behaviour with generosity…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.</p
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