Welcome to Rooted Alchemy! Whether you’re brand new or already beginning your practice, I’d like to walk you through how to make the most of everything inside the Rooted Alchemy community. Please watch this video, as it’s essential for getting the most benefit out of everything we offer here. In this video, I’ll explain how to navigate the platform with ease — from the homepage and discussion tabs to the Classroom, live sessions, calendar, and messaging features. I’ll show you: - Where to begin (especially with the 7-Day Challenge) - Where to practice - Where to join the live sessions - Where to ask questions - How to message someone in the community (especially if you have technical issues) Please take your time exploring. The more familiar you become with the space, the more naturally it will support your Tai Chi and Qigong journey. 💬 Messenger - If you need help If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to post them in our Q&A tab or simply send a direct message to the support team, @Jayda Jeon or @Joshua Harris

Hello February! February carries a quieter, reflective energy — a beautiful time to nurture consistency and reconnect with practice. 🗓 Live Schedule : 🌿 Every Tuesday & Thursday • Weekly Qi (Qigong) — 8:00 AM • Qi & Flow (Tai Chi) — 8:30 AM 🌿 Every Sunday (except 2/15) • Weekly Qi (Qigong) — 9:00 AM • Qi & Flow (Tai Chi) — 9:30 AM ⚠️ February 22nd will be canceled as we honor Chinese New Year weekend ⚠️ ✔️ All times are Pacific Time (PST) ✔️ All sessions are recorded and available in the community classroom ✔️ Live links are in the Calendar tab (and posted a day before)

This is so what I need !

What a great start to my day~ I watched Beginning Bagua on YouTube and spent a little time in the classroom working on B24. I love watching the entire demonstration in full. I fiddled around with the beginning moves of swinging the arms, raising hands. I had an idea to try the "raising hands" while I was walking on the treadmill but it became to challenging because I got to walking too fast to synchronize with how slow my arms rise and fall. I will need to slow the treadmill down to about 1-2. So, I walked for 30 mins and checked out the rest of B24 on my tablet. I'm hydrating and resting now and my next plan is to practice with the TaiChi stick, check on my sourdough starter and make some broccoli soup. Have a "Chi-full" day my friends and "Rock steady" 😉🙃😃

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL who participated in the New Year 10- day challenge. This event brought so many GOOD RESULTS to all participants. CLAIMS were: ……..relaxed body, mind engaged with the natural rhythm of the body ……..woke up feeling good ……..more focused and aware ……..more centered and grounded ……..energy level up, calmed, revitalized ……,..relaxed and grounded ………more balanced, warm and energetic ………warm, clear-headed ……..energized, ready for the day……… These are just a few…….. This CHALLENGE has PROVEN something……that in order to make your BODY RELAX, you have to WORK FOR IT! And by PRACTICING QIGONG AND TAI CHI CONSISITENTLY ON A DAILY BASIS FOR 10- 20 MINUTES HELP GAIN PROFICIENCY AND MAINTAIN DESIRED RESULTS! All of the participants have reported being RELAXED, CALMED, GROUNDED, FOCUSED AND ENERGIZED WHICH GAVE THEM AN OVER-ALL FEELING OF VITALITY. WHY IS THIS SO? WHY DO WE FEEL GREAT WHEN WE RELAX? WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OUR BODY TO REFECT THIS? Let us set aside Qigong and Tai Chi for awhile and dig deeper into the.. THE SCIENCE OF RELAXATION. After relaxation, the body shifts from a “ FIGHT TO FLIGHT” state to the PARASYMPATHETIC “ REST AND DIGEST” mode. KEY PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES include: 1. HEART AND CIRCULATION- blood pressure and heart rate drop as the cardiovascular system slows down, reducing the risks of heart disease. BLOOD flow increases to major MUSCLES AND ORGANS. 2. MUSCULAR SYSTEM: muscles become LOOSE AND LESS TENSE RELIEVING PAIN AND ACHES. 3. HORMONAL SHIFT: the body REDUCES PRODUCTION OF STRESS HORMONES LIKE CORTISOL AND ADRENALINE, INSTEAD RELEASES NEUROTRANSMITTERS LIKE SEROTONIN AND DOPAMINE THAT IMPROVE MOOD. 4. CELLULAR RESTORATION: during DEEP REST, the body redirects ENERGY toward CELL REPAIRS AND TELOMARES (PROTECTIVE CAP OF DNA) maybe protected from damage, SLOWING CELLULAR AGING. 5.COGNITIVE AND MENTAL STATE: BRAIN ACTIVITY shifts often resulting in INCREASED FOCUS, CLEARER THINKING AND BETTER MEMORY FUNCTION. 6. ENERGY AND IMMUNITY: ENERGY LEVEL IMPROVES AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM BECOMES MORE EFFECTIVE AT FIGHTING OFF ILLNESS.