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The Inner Alchemy Foundations™
Neuroscience.
Yoga Philosophy.
The Embodied Practice™
Community & Expert Support.
All working together.
Our groundbreaking experiential program is designed for deep self-exploration, where nervous system regulation unlocks your innate neural wisdom — and lasting change begins.
This is where it all starts.
THE FOUNDATIONAL BELIEF
The problem isn't
your mindset.
It's your state.
Most approaches to mental wellness, journaling, and self-improvement start in the wrong place. They ask you to think differently while your nervous system is still screaming.
The Inner Alchemy Foundations™ teaches us that lasting inner change begins in the body — and then the mind. When your nervous system is regulated and your brain is in a coherent, receptive state, genuine insight, new perspectives, and meaningful action not only become possible, but natural.
This course will bring you closer to your truest self and bring change and clarity at a level you never imagined.
The Three Pillars
Find Your Dharma at the Intersection of Science and Soul
Neuroscience
The power of the biology of your nervous system, coherence, and how your neural pathways actually change — harnessed to make real change in your brain and body.
Yoga Philosophy
Ancient wisdom about prana, samskaras, living your dharma, and the nature of the mind — through a modern lens.
Clinical Psychology
Evidence-based approaches to trauma, anxiety, and burnout — woven throughout every aspect of the course.
THE FOUNDATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Ancient wisdom.
Modern brain.
For thousands of years, yogis mapped the inner world through direct experience — the felt sense of energy rising, collapsing, expanding. They called it Prana. Modern neuroscience calls it neural signaling. The maps are strikingly similar.
The Inner Alchemy Foundations™ holds both perspectives with genuine curiosity, offering an intentional and practical interweaving of the heart, mind and body:
From how brainwave frequencies determine your state, which old patterns your nervous system is holding and determining your Prana Seesaw…
To uncovering your own personal Vritti (mental fluctuations), Klesas (mental obstacles), and Samskaras (underlying beliefs) — and how to shift them all.
KNOW YOUR SOURCEDr. Naomi Iguchi
Clinical Psychologist, Board-Certified in Neurofeedback, Registered Yoga Teacher
“As a scientist, I believe knowing where information comes from matters — and through what lens it's being shared. So before you dive in, here's mine.
Everything I create — this course, the practice — is built following the four phases of my framework: Attune within. Connect with your inner wisdom. Repattern your nervous system. Shine your unique light into the world.
That framework shapes every video, every tool, every concept you'll encounter here.
But I designed this course to do something bigger than hand you my perspective. My hope for you is that you create your own relationship with these concepts — that you become your own source.
Let them mean something specific to your life, based on what you actually experience — not just what I say, or what you read. That direct, personal, undeniable kind of knowing is actually the whole point. In yoga philosophy, that's called Jnana — and The Foundations™ was intentionally designed to help you build a whole lot of Jnana!”
Inside The Foundations™, you'll move through 30+ video modules, a 320+ page experiential guidebook, step-by-step instructions of a life-changing daily practice, monthly live Q+A calls & community support — all designed to help you understand and embody real, lasting change at the level of your neurons.
꩜ The Course
30+ video modules where clinical neuroscience meets yoga philosophy — an embodied education in how your nervous system actually works, and how the oldest wisdom traditions were mapping it long before science had the language for it.
꩜ The Guidebook
A 320+ page full-color companion guide, built for reflection as much as learning. Visual reminders of the concepts for reference and intentional spaces in each module to write, question, and build your own relationship with the ideas — not just memorize information. Delivered right to your doorstep.
꩜ The Community
Monthly live Q+A calls with Naomi, a private student directory, and intentional spaces to connect with others walking the same path. Lifetime access.
The 10-minute daily ritual at the center of it all — and exclusively available within the Foundations course. Designed to shift the state you show up from every day, so everything else in your life shifts with it.
FOUNDATIONAL WISDOM
The Course Structure
❋ Part One: Orient
This is where you begin — getting acquainted with the ideas, the bigger plan, and the journey ahead. Orient sets the foundation for everything that follows, so you know exactly what you're working with, and why.
❋ Part Two: Understand
Here, you learn the building blocks — neuroscience, yoga philosophy, clinical psychology, and nervous system science — and start to see how they can be woven together in ways that might surprise you. This is the "why" behind the practice: By the end of this part, you'll have the conceptual foundation the rest of the course builds on.
❋ Part Three: Integrate
This is where your new wisdom gets turned into action — real, doable steps for your actual life. This is also where you'll learn the individual components of The Embodied Practice™ itself, piece by piece, playing with each one as you go. By the end of Part Three, you'll have every piece you need to put the complete 10-minute daily practice together on your own.
❋ Part Four: Expand
This is where you go deeper — into the richness of the Yamas and Niyamas (a blend of traditional translation and the modern psychology behind them), growing your embodied Jnana (wisdom), and expanding your practice's reach into your Dharma (purposeful path). This part is designed to be moved through slowly — one seed at a time, watered and given time to bloom.
EXPLORE DEEPER
The Guidebook
320+ page full-color living companion to not only the course, but your life.
The guidebook includes:
❋ Expanded modules: take the concepts further with a detailed section for each of the 30+ videos in the course — not only a recap, but a visual reference with diagrams and graphics that make each idea easy to revisit.
❋ Sanskrit glossary: for each of the 50+ terms used in the course you’ll find a pronunciation guide, translation and explanation of its use through the NFAI lens.
❋ The Embodied Practice™ Template , Quick-Start Instructions and the full catalogue of yoga philosophy-based Reflection Questions: all in one place at the back of the guide, so starting this daily ritual feels like an easy win, not one more thing to figure out.
❋ Key features for exploration: each module starts with a Neural Mantra, a short nervous-system-informed phrase. All sections include pauses for intentional reflection and short experiential practices designed to help you sense and engage with an idea directly, not just intellectually understand it — moments built for creating your own relationship with the concepts, accessing your own inner wisdom.
Neural Mantras
Grounding Jnana
Embody It!
Mirror Moments
Curiosity Cues
Kriya Compass
Self Sutras
SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION
The Community
❋ Monthly Live Q+A Calls with Naomi
Bring the question you've been sitting with or find the inspiration you’ve been seeking. Whether you're brand new to the course or a longtime practitioner deepening your Embodied Practice, these calls are where the material meets real life.
❋ The Curiosity Exchange
A living space to share what you're exploring - moments of awe, wonder or experimentation. No expectations. Just open space for honest process, witnessed, supported and celebrated.
❋ The Student Directory
Find your people. Our private directory so you can connect with fellow students on a similar path, at your own pace and on your own terms (how much you want shared is your choice and your privacy is protected — always).
❋ Naomi's Library
Resources curated by Naomi for those interested in exploring further — books, references, and links that extend the work beyond the modules themselves.
YOUR DAILY RIPPLE
The 10-minute daily ritual designed to not only give you insight - but to actually change your brain. The specific tools and language you'll use inside this unique practice are taught right here, step-by-step, inside The Inner Alchemy Foundations™ course.
The Embodied Practice™
This is for you if..
You're an overthinker who's tired of thinking your way right back to the same place.
You've had the insights. You've had the "aha" moments. And yet — here you are, still looping. You're ready for something that actually changes the pattern, not just names it.You've tried everything, and you're starting to wonder if something's wrong with you.
It's not. You just haven't had access to the right conditions for change — yet.You're carrying more than you talk about.
Stress on top of stress, quietly, for years. You're not in crisis — you're just done running on empty and calling it normal.You've curious about the science behind why you feel the way you do.
You don’t just want to feel better — you want to understand why this is happening, in a way that finally makes your own patterns make sense.You want your nervous system to unlearn what the world taught it.
Hypervigilance, tension, bracing for the next thing — none of that is who you are. It's just what your body learned. And it can learn something else.You want real, lasting change — not another wellness trend.
You're looking for something backed by actual neuroscience and clinical psychology, not just good vibes (although there’ll be plenty of those too!).You've been curious about yoga teacher training, but you don't want to teach.
You want the depth, the philosophy, the transformation — not a certification. This is that, without the extra requirements and cost.You believe your calm matters beyond you.
You're not just here to feel better. You want your steadiness to ripple out — into your relationships, your work, the people around you, the world.
You want to reconnect with who you really are — underneath the roles, the noise, the version of you that stress built.
Not a new you.
Your truest self.
The Inner Alchemy Foundations™ is…
an elevated course and community experience that rewires your nervous system — using equal parts soulful-science education, embodied experimentation and deep self-exploration.
a full primer on yoga philosophy through the lens of modern neuroscience.
an invitation for you to play, experiment, and explore your own relationship with ancient wisdom that turns out to be strikingly similar to our neurobiology.
the start of a rich, life-long conversation between your heart, mind and body.
What’s Included
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Neuroscience, yoga philosophy, and clinical psychology — woven together in a unique way that will change your relationship with your mind, body and the world. Educational and experiential in equal measure.
You’ll discover everything from how brainwave frequencies determine your state, which old patterns your nervous system is holding and how to determine your Prana Seesaw… to uncovering your own personal Vritti (mental fluctuations), Klesas (mental obstacles), and Samskaras (underlying beliefs) — and how to shift all of them.
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Not a workbook you fill out and forget. A full-color reference and living companion to not just the course, but your life — encounter Mirror Moments, Curiosity Cues, Self Sutras, and ample space to reflect, build your own relationship with the concepts, and unlock access to your own inner wisdom. Delivered right to your door.
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Ten minutes. Every day. A quick but powerful self-exploration ritual that shifts your neurons, changing the state you show up from and creating a ripple that changes the shape of your day.
The Foundations™ will take you through the what, why and how of every step - and help you make this powerful, lifelong practice a quick and easy part of your day.
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An easy-to-use Practice™ Pocket Reference to keep wherever you choose to practice each day. Includes The Embodied Practice™ template, instructions and full catalogue of yoga-philosophy inspired reflection questions. Delivered with your Guidebook.
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Downloadable PDFs of The Embodied Practice™ template, instructions and reflection questions for easy access anywhere - or to print in your preferred size.
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Lifetime access. Whether you’re just diving into the course material, just finished or have been practicing for years, every month Naomi will be in the room with you — answering your questions, deepening the work, and holding the container of your transformation.
BONUS: Founding cohort students only will have access to twice-monthly Q&As for the first 6 months, each focused on a specific section of the course material.
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The Studio is the living membership inside the NFAI universe — and founding Foundations students get full access included through summer 2027, along with a lifetime discounted membership price if you choose to continue. Yoga Nidra, Dynamic Yin, the NeuroYogi BookClub, quarterly guest experts, and a growing library of experiences that deepen the work.
AddedValue: $792 (8 months free of $99/month membership to The Studio) -
Lifetime access to the course material and Foundations community space— including the monthly Q+A calls for any questions that come up as your practice evolves. No questions? Join us for inspiration or community at any time!
SPECIAL ONE-TIME OFFERING FALL 2026 ONLY
Limited Edition: Founding Cohort
❋ More access
Twice-monthly live Q&As with Naomi for the first 6 months. You still access all the videos from the start and can go at your pace, but the live sessions are more structured, with each session focused on a specific section of the course material.
❋ Exclusive community
Intentionally small, this first group of founding students will have more opportunity to ask questions, get to know each other (if that’s your preference) and keep in touch after the course.
❋ Expanded playground
Access to even more resources for growing your practice after the course. Free access to The Inner Alchemy Studio at no extra cost. The Studio is the next step inside of the NFAI universe — and founding Foundations students will get full access included through summer 2027.
❋ Forever savings
Lifetime discounted membership to The Inner Alchemy Studio if you choose to continue after summer 2027. Yoga Nidra, Dynamic Yin, the NeuroYogi BookClub, live special topic experiences with Naomi, quarterly guest experts, and a growing library of neuroscience-meets-yoga experiences that deepen the work.
This is not about becoming
a New You…
It’s about revealing your most aligned Self.
The calm. The clarity. The confidence. The ripple into every relationship, every decision, every moment of your life — it’s already inside you.
Join The Inner Alchemy Foundations™
Limited founding spots.
One decision between you and the change that ripples into everything.
ONE-TIME INVESTMENT
$1,999*
Lifetime course and community access · Eight months of The Inner Alchemy Studio (an additional $792 value included free)
PAYMENT PLAN
$199/mo*
12 months of payment · Lifetime course and community access · Eight months of The Inner Alchemy Studio (an additional $792 value included free)
*This price reflects our early bird pricing, the cost of The Foundations™ will rise after the founding cohort begins.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Not at all. Everything you need to complete Foundations is fully contained in the videos and guidebook — it's designed as a complete, self-paced experience on its own. The live Q&A sessions and community are there as an option, not a requirement, whenever you want that extra layer of connection or support. And that option doesn't expire — you can drop into a live session or the community months, even years, after you've finished the course, whenever it calls to you.
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None at all. The Inner Alchemy Foundations Course is designed to give you the full foundation — the science, the philosophy, the practice itself — from the ground up. You don't need to know what Coherence means or what a Samskara is before you start. You'll build that understanding as you go, in a way that's designed to become yours, not just information you've memorized.
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No — Foundations isn't a physical yoga practice, and you don't need any yoga experience, flexibility, or even a mat. What you will find is yoga philosophy — ancient concepts about the mind, self, and purpose — explored through the lens of neuroscience and psychology, not through asana (poses). You will do some body-based work, like breathwork (pranayama) and nervous system regulation practices, because real change happens through the body, not just the mind. If you're someone who does love a physical yoga practice, the Studio membership (available after the course) includes Yin and Restorative yoga — restful, therapeutic styles that encourage your muscles and fascia to melt, not a fast-paced workout. In fact, these practices are so soothing they can even be done in your bed!
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The Embodied Practice is 10 minutes daily. The course modules are self-paced — most students find 1–2 hours per week feels right, but you move at your own pace.
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The Foundations draws on clinical psychology and neuroscience, but it is not therapy and does not replace it. Foundations and The Embodied Practice were created by a clinical psychologist and neurofeedback provider, and it's informed by the same science used in clinical settings. But this is a self-paced educational experience, not treatment. And think of The Embodied Practice as the most rigorous, research-grounded daily practice you've ever had access to — outside the therapy room, and designed for real life.
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You keep your course access for life - this includes access to the videos, the community and the monthly live Q&As. The Embodied Practice is yours — forever. You can choose to explore more by joining The Inner Alchemy Studio after the course, which transitions to its membership pricing in Fall 2027.
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A very fair question, since both come in sets of four! Here's the distinction:
The 4 Parts — Orient, Understand, Integrate, Expand — are the structure of the course itself. They describe how you move through the material: getting oriented, learning the science and philosophy, putting it into practice, then expanding further. Think of them as the curriculum's shape.
The 4 Phases — Attune, Connect, Repattern, Shine — are Naomi's signature framework for lasting change itself. They describe the actual transformation you move through as a person, and they're not confined to the course — this framework is what the entire NFAI universe is built around, showing up in the Embodied Practice, the Studio, and beyond.
Put simply: the 4 Parts are how the course is organized. The 4 Phases are what you're actually doing — inside the course, inside your body and mind, and for the rest of your life.
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While some traditions and lineages have used yoga philosophy and ancient yoga texts as a form of, or part of, their religion, the yoga philosophy used in NFAI offerings is non-religious. Spiritual aspects of the philosophy will be mentioned, but generally the concepts are offered from a practical perspective, through the lens of neuroscience and psychology.
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Yoga philosophy will not interfere with any religious beliefs that are open, accepting of others and caring towards all of humanity. Throughout Foundations and the Studio offerings, you are encouraged to create your own relationships with these concepts, deciding what they mean for you. For some, this may mean seeing the overlap and weaving them together with current beliefs, and others will choose to keep them separate.