The Austin Alchemist
Loving Austin's Awakening Community
Saturday and Sunday - October 10th and 11th, 2026. The Wimberley Spiritual Life Expo is a weekend gathering dedicated to spiritual exploration, learning, and connection. Featuring practitioners, energy workers, readers, artisans, and free educational lectures, the expo offers a welcoming space for seekers and experienced practitioners alike to engage, ask questions, and discover new perspectives.
The Shamanic Journey: A Beginner's Guide to Journeying by Austin author and teacher Gerry Starnes offers an accessible introduction to one of the foundational practices of contemporary shamanism. Drawing from years of personal experience and teaching, Gerry explores the basics of journeying, common questions, and practical insights for beginning a relationship with the world of Spirit.
Saturday, October 17th, 2026. Sponsored by San Antonio Conscious Events. Step into an evening of conscious community, cosmic curiosity, creativity, and celebration at the Galactic Federation Costume Ball in San Antonio. The night includes live channeling with First Contact Specialist Lauren Denney, audience Q&A, a costume contest, cosmic dance party, metaphysical and artisan vendors, food, drinks, and plenty of opportunities to connect.
Saturday - October 17th, 2026. Produced by Reverend Dr. Sheryl T. Martin. This monthly fair is for anyone looking for guidance, wanting to explore their spiritual path, looking for healing or just wanting to pick up products for themselves or as a gift. No matter where you are on their journey this fair is for you.
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Saturday - October 31st, 2026. Join Cynthia Barnette for Usui Reiki Level 1, an introductory class focused on Reiki foundations, energy awareness, grounding, chakras, and self-practice. Students will receive a Reiki attunement, reference materials, suggested hand positions, and guidance for a 21-day practice designed to support relaxation, inward focus, and a deeper relationship with Reiki.
Thursday, November 19th, 2026. Hosted by Unity Church of the Hills. International bestselling author Lynne McTaggart comes to Unity Church of the Hills for The God Notes, an evening exploring sound, vibration, consciousness, and the patterns of resonance found throughout life and nature. The event includes research, spiritual inquiry, direct experience, and elements of McTaggart's Power of Eight work.
Thursdays - October 1st - November 12th, 2026. Join Lotty Ackerman for a six-week Reiki Integration Series designed to support meaningful personal shifts, emerging dreams, and heartfelt intentions. Each gathering includes ceremony, a guided Reiki journey, and embodied integration practices, with attention to inner authority, intuition, wisdom, and whole-person healing.
Saturday - Sunday, October 3rd - 4th, 2026. The Austin Spiritual Life Expo is a weekend gathering of practitioners, teachers, and holistic vendors representing a broad spectrum of metaphysical traditions. With free educational lectures offered both days and opportunities for personal sessions, the expo provides space for exploration, dialogue, and connection within Austin’s spiritual community.
Maria Benning is a certified premier Akashic Records teacher and healer, offering certification training, private sessions, and energy healing rooted in lived experience and profound spiritual awakening. Her work blends clarity, compassion, and grounded spiritual insight. since 2009.
We believe in a universal path to God through personal spiritual growth. The Church of the Path unifies Eastern and Western spirituality, philosophy, and psychology.
A Second in Eternity by Gary L. Wimmer. A Second in Eternity is the true story about the author’s “near-death, out-of-body” experience and everything that lead up to it, an experience that changed his life forever and still inspires and empowers him to this day. In 1977, as a pedestrian, he was hit head-on by a speeding car. And for no apparent reason, Gary L. Wimmer suddenly found himself becoming increasingly more aware of and able to “see and know”.
Saturday - September 26th, 2026. Join Belinda Morris for a group Biofield Tuning session focused on the heart chakra, emotional balance, the central channel, and energetic flow. Using therapeutic tuning forks, this sound-based experience works within the collective biofield to support relaxation, release energetic congestion, and invite a deeper sense of coherence and ease.
Saturday - September 19th, 2026. Join Melissa Jacobsen at Nature’s Treasures for a 3.5-hour experiential workshop exploring the eight layers of the aura through meditation, guidance, and intuitive painting. Participants will learn about aura colors, energetic layers, and techniques to support, protect, and balance the auric field while creating an 8”x10” painting to take home.
Sunday - September 20th, 2026. Come celebrate the Fall Equinox with a welcoming, non-denominational group ritual focused on harvest, release, and intention-setting for the coming season. This fun and spiritual gathering is open to a wide range of participants, from Wiccans and longtime practitioners to the woo-woo curious, friends, and supportive partners.
Wednesday - September 23rd, 2026. Celebrate the Autumn Equinox with an evening of reflection, connection, and sound healing. This non-denominational event includes a channeled message by Rev. Renee, individual Reiki energy, and a harmoniously attuned crystal bowl and harp sound healing meditation by Belinda and Michael Morris, honoring the season’s balance of light and dark.
Kay Hutchinson is on a mission to help people recover their true selves and bloom their energy naturally. As a certified advanced medical qi gong practitioner and the founder of the Aiki Healing three years professional certification program, Kay helps people reclaim their energy to lead fuller lives physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Saturday and Sunday - September 12th and 13th, 2026. Enjoy a community-focused metaphysical fair featuring healers, intuitives, holistic vendors, and spiritual tools. Come explore, learn, and connect. Held in San Marcos, TX.
Gerry Starnes, M.Ed., has been a shamanic practitioner and teacher since the 1990s, building on previous training and experience in a variety of healing modalities. His current healing and counseling work draws upon both traditional and alternative practices and techniques. Gerry offers shamanic healing, mentoring, and classes to help clients and students restore balance and connect with Spirit through ancient and modern practices.
Francine is a Reiki Master and teacher, Angelic Intuitive, and Emotional Alchemist—a guide here to support you on your path of healing and awakening. Release stagnant energy, clear blockages, and realign your spirit. Whether you're seeking Reiki, intuitive guidance, or energetic clearing, discover a space where healing and awakening meet.
