Alchemical Feng Shui for Intentional Travel and Sacred Spaces on the Road
- Brainz Magazine
- May 19
- 3 min read
Stephanie Lyon uses an integrated approach as a Pharmacist skilled in Integrative Medicine and a Traditional Chinese Medicine provider while incorporating mindfulness and meditation, sylvotherapy, breathwork, environmental shifts through Alchemical Feng Shui, evoking transformative patient outcomes.
As a pharmacist trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, a practitioner of Alchemical Feng Shui, and someone who spends significant time traveling by car for both professional and personal reasons, I’ve developed a deep appreciation for how much our environments affect our well-being, especially in transition. Like many environmentally sensitive individuals, I’ve found that travel brings a cascade of unseen challenges: unfamiliar smells, jarring lighting, chemical cleaning agents, energetic residue, and disconnection from nature. Over time, I’ve developed a set of portable practices, part energetic, part practical, to support myself on the road. This is more than a list of travel hacks. It’s a way of being in relationship with space, wherever I go.
These practices are grounded in the wisdom of Alchemical Feng Shui, which recognizes that our outer environments deeply affect our inner states and that we can actively shape them. The goal is simple: negate toxicity and uplift vibration using intention, presence, and select items that support our current needs.
Environmental detox: Clearing the four disruptors
Many hotel rooms or temporary spaces feel “off” because of the presence of subtle but impactful environmental stressors. Here’s how I clear and reset the four main disruptors:
Sound: Use white noise apps, nature sounds, or vibrational music with a portable speaker.
Chemical: Detox sprays, charcoal bags, and open windows (if outdoor air is clean) can refresh the space.
Smell: Personal essential oil spritzers can neutralize and uplift mood.
Light: Use amber nightlights, blue cloths over screens, and cover or unplug electronics.
Fresh air & natural grounding
Whenever possible, step outside shortly after arrival. Fresh air, sunlight, and contact with the living earth recalibrate the nervous system and help release travel stress. Even opening a window or door for a few minutes can help clear stale energy, as long as outside air is free from pollutants, chemicals, or disruptive noise.
Intentional objects to raise vibration
Travel with a kit of energetically charged items: essential oils (like cypress, frankincense, or citrus), a colorful cloth, flower essences (such as Walnut or Rescue Remedy), affirmation cards, and portable spritzers. Each item should hold a personal intention or energetic purpose.
Morning and evening energy rituals
Morning reset:
Open a window or use energizing spritz
Apply essential oil to pulse points
Acupressure: Kidney 1 (Yongquan), located on the sole of the foot, in the depression between the second and third metatarsal bones. Tap or massage for grounding. This point helps start the day rooted, but can also ease the transition into sleep.
Mantra: “I start this day rooted, resilient, and ready.”
Evening clear:
Use a calming spritz
Cover or unplug screens/devices, use a blue cloth or EMF covers
Acupressure: Yin Tang (between the eyebrows). Stroke downward to calm the mind or gently hold without movement to center. For focus or visualization, stroke upward or hold neutrally while envisioning the color yellow.
Mantra: “I release the day and return to my center.”
The travel feng shui kit: My essentials
Charcoal air purifiers or portable air filters
Amber nightlight(s)
Blue cloth for TV/screens
Essential oils and spritzers
Sound playlist and speaker
Mantra card or affirmation badge
Flower essences
Acupressure point knowledge
Coming home to yourself, wherever you are
Intentional travel isn’t just about what you bring. It’s how you engage with the space. Small acts, opening a window, placing a cloth, whispering a mantra, can transform any room into one of restoration and insight. A personalized Alchemical Feng Shui Travel Kit can be created based on your specific current intentions, including spritzers, acupoints, and affirmations. Even in transit, you can be supported, grounded, and whole.
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Stephanie Lyon, Pharmacist & Integrative Medicine Specialist
Stephanie Lyon developed the Alchemical Metamorphosis concept for optimizing health and wellness for her patients. Through decades of work with individuals and groups, incorporating mindfulness, feng shui, breathwork, reiki healing, Esogetic Colorpuncture, and more into her Integrative Pharmacist and Traditional Chinese Medicine practices, she has witnessed the evolution of breakthroughs with her patients and clients on all levels, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.
