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From the Body
Somatics, fascia, lymphatic flow, body cues, patterns, rest, boundaries, and the things we notice when we stop treating the body like background noise.
Somatic Alchemy · Bodywork · ReflectionThe Alchemist Journal
Welcome to my rabbit hole.
These are basically my 3 a.m. thoughts with somewhere to live.
Body questions, plant obsessions, ritual experiments, things I’m learning, things I’m unlearning, and whatever I can’t stop thinking about long enough to leave alone.
Why I keep writing
Some thoughts need somewhere to go.
I’m always noticing something, researching something, or going way too deep into a question that started out simple.
The Journal is where I bring together what I’m studying through herbs, bodywork, somatics, Reiki, ritual, client work, and my own life.
Some entries are practical. Some are personal. Some are me thinking out loud. You’re welcome to follow the thread wherever it goes.
Part field guide. Part practitioner notebook. Part rabbit hole.
A note from Laura
I follow the question until it takes me somewhere interesting.
That might mean anatomy one day, rosemary the next, and somehow ending up thinking about boundaries, grief, ritual, or why the body does what it does.
I don’t really separate those worlds when I’m learning, so I don’t separate them here either. This is the messy middle where they get to meet.
So yes, welcome to my rabbit hole. I hope you find something useful down here.
Featured field notes
A few places to start.
These are a few pieces I’d hand you first. The rest of the Journal keeps growing below.
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West · Release
Alchemist of Liberation
What changes when you stop carrying everything?
A field note on release, boundaries, people-pleasing, and noticing what may no longer belong to you.
Read the Field Note →
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South · Nourish
Alchemist of Restoration
What happens when receiving becomes part of the work?
A reflection on nourishment, depletion, rest, and learning to give yourself some of what you give everyone else.
Read the Field Note →
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From the Ritual
Full Moon Ritual
A practical ritual for release and reflection.
Herbs, intention, energetic practice, and a little space to look at what you’re ready to stop dragging forward.
Read the Ritual →Inside the Journal
Follow whatever catches your attention.
Body, herbs, ritual, or one of my random field notes. There’s no required reading order here.
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From the Apothecary
Plant profiles, traditional herbal uses, oils, baths, preparations, Florida water, floor washes, herbal ritual, and the plants I keep coming back to.
Herbal Alchemy · Plants · Preparation03
From the Ritual
Reiki, limpias, energetic practice, spiritual cleansing, ritual, protection, symbolism, and the ways intention can become something we actually practice.
Energetic Alchemy · Ritual · Spiritual Practice04
Field Notes
Stories from being a practitioner, things I’m reconsidering, ideas that followed me home, personal reflections, and the occasional “okay, I’ve been thinking about this…”
Laura’s Notes · Practice · LifeMore from the Journal
Keep going down the rabbit hole.
New field notes will appear below as I publish them.