About Us
Ancient movement, modern wellness.
Rooted Alchemy is a Tai Chi, Qigong, and mindful movement education brand founded to help people reconnect with breath, awareness, longevity, and grounded movement.
Born in California’s Central Valley.
Rooted Alchemy was founded by Sonny Mannon in 2025, with roots in Fresno and Visalia. The brand exists to preserve and share the benefits of Tai Chi, Qigong, internal arts, and mindful movement in a way that feels accessible, grounded, and relevant for modern life.
A teacher rooted in lineage, practice, and presence.
Sonny Mannon has practiced internal arts for over 20 years and brings diverse lineage-based experience to his teaching. His work focuses on helping students reconnect to movement, breath, awareness, and mindfulness through Tai Chi, Qigong, and internal arts education.
Movement education for real life.
Rooted Alchemy creates online educational content, community workshops, and movement-based wellness experiences designed to support longevity, balance, coordination, mindfulness, and calm.
The people behind Rooted Alchemy.
Rooted Alchemy is supported by a small, dedicated team focused on education, media, community, and meaningful student experiences.
Joshua Harris
Backend strategy, video production, media systems, creative direction, and storytelling.
Jayda Jeon
Head of content production, customer support, organization, admin, and workflow management.
Maya Rodriguez
Community support, shoot assistance, workshop support, and a welcoming presence.
Arsenia Rodriguez
At 86 years old, Arsenia supports the team, shows up to shoots, and brings an inspirational presence.
To help people feel rooted in their body again.
Our mission is to preserve the wisdom of Tai Chi and Qigong while making these practices simple, approachable, and supportive for people from all walks of life.
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