Meditation, Your Way: Finding Calm Beyond the Cushion
Discover meditation beyond the cushion at Four Directions Alchemy in Ludington, Michigan. These guided meditation classes blend sound healing, mindful movement, visualization, and breathwork to help you find calm your way. Whether you’re new to meditation or think “I can’t sit still,” our Meditation Exploration Series offers accessible, transformative practices that reconnect mind, body, and […]
Understanding Sound and Energy Healing
Sound and energy healing are more than relaxation techniques — they’re gateways to harmony across body, mind, and spirit. By working with vibration and intention, these multidimensional practices tune the body’s natural frequencies, helping to release emotional blocks, ease stress, and restore balance.
From the deep resonance of gongs and crystal bowls to the gentle flow of Reiki and Violet Flame energy, each method offers its own path to transformation. Whether experienced through a sound bath or a private healing session, these practices invite you to reconnect with your vitality, intuition, and inner wisdom — the essence of living vibrantly.
Behind the Curtain: What It Really Takes to Create a Healing Retreat
Real talk, friends We had to cancel the Healing the Forgotten You retreat — and yes, I’ll be honest, it threw me for a minute. So many of you were excited… then silence. While it was disappointing, it gave me a perfect window to pull back the curtain and show what really goes into creating […]
Share Your Experience
Help Me Rebuild — Your Voice Can Change Everything I lost five years of glowing reviews… and I’m inviting you to help me rise again. Hey, beautiful soul! I lost five years of glowing reviews in a total facepalm moment 😅 — every kind word, every story, every spark that helped people discover this work. […]
The Birth of Live Vibrant @ Four Directions Alchemy
If Four Directions Alchemy was the seed, Live Vibrant @ Four Directions Alchemy is the bloom. When I first opened Four Directions Alchemy back in 2018, I had no idea it would become what it is today. At the time, it was a metaphysical marketplace — part inspiration, part rebellion — born from my own […]
Four Directions Alchemy: Finding Balance, Connection, and a Touch of Magic
Have you ever looked at a compass and felt a quiet sense of wonder? North, south, east, west—four simple directions that somehow feel like more than just points on a map. Across traditions and cultures, those directions carry meaning: balance, connection, movement, and the reminder that everything is part of a larger rhythm. That sense […]
Questions to ask a Potential Officiant
“The Importance of a Professional Wedding Officiant” ~ written by: David Stembaugh
Brides and grooms often overlook the importance of the person actually conducting their wedding ceremony. They place great care in a place, date, and time, but do not consider that the ceremony will not go forward without an officiant. The person you choose to conduct your ceremony is the person you are counting on to […]
What Is A Secular Wedding Ceremony?
A secular wedding ceremony incorporates the personalities and beliefs of the couple versus traditional religious ceremonies. It is non-traditional, non-religious and non-conformist. Couples that have a secular wedding may include a few religious and traditional references if they please; however, the wedding is most likely to be modeled after their individual tastes.
Rings or Something Else?
Wedding rings are just one of many ways to display your love and commitment to your partner. If rings are not for you check out this list of alternatives to exchanging and wearing wedding rings. 1. Create a bucket list and start working through it|2. Gift a star3. Commission a sculpture4. Sponsor a child5. Sponsor […]