Wyco Wednesday January 7

Current Status: Grain day!!

BLEEP BLOOPS IN RED, COUPONS/GIVES/UPDATES IN BLUE

Days since anything written by AI: All of them. All of the days.

Happy 2026, beautiful peoples!!

We’re kicking off the new year STRONG with a tradition I started a few years ago: the chakra series! The first 7 Wednesdays of the year will focus on the 7 chakras in order from ROOT to CROWN. For those of you new around here, or new to the chakra system, chakras are energy centers located along the spine, each associated with different physical, emotional and spiritual functions.

The new year is an amazing time to start new healthy habits and routines, set resolutions and goals, and get your mind, body and spirit on the same page to be the most badass self you can possibly be! Each one of us is FULL of love and have incredible potential if we tap into our abilities. Working through the 7 chakras takes patience, diligence and focus, but the reward is immensely beneficial.

I began my journey into learning about the chakras riiiight about when I first started my own mushroom endeavors, and the combination was just what the doctor ordered. At the time, I was in a bit of a rough patch mentally, feeling stagnant in life, dealing with depression and lacking direction. I made my own plan of focusing on one chakra each week (mushies told me to), incorporating different practices and intentional actions into my life. By the end of the program, I felt like an entirely new, uplifted and refreshed human, ready to spread love and help others. Not too long after, I started these spore gig shenanigans, found my family (you guys) and a few years later, began sharing my process with the community here.

I know a lot of this may seem pretty “woo-woo”, and well…it is. I’ll take that. Woo-woo is actually my middle name. Milly woo-woo Wyco, right there on the birth certificate. But you don’t have to believe in crystals or humming and chanting if that’s not your thing. Feel free to follow along with as little or as much focus and intensity as you’d like. To me, it’s more about the intention along the way, and most of these practices can be swapped for something that resonates with YOU. I’m sharing what works for ME, but encourage you to find your own method of healing and balance. So, welcome to chakra class! Follow along if you’d like, or take a starting point here, invert it, spin it, swirl it, bounce it off the ceiling, and share how you created your own routine or process through this series. The community would love to hear about your progress! And of course, if it’s a more personal thing that you’d rather not share publicly, my door (errr inbox) is always open!

The first chakra we’ll be focusing on is called the Muladhara, or ROOT chakra, and is located at the base of your spine. Each chakra has a specific purpose, and there is no one chakra that is more important than another, however, it is best to build a solid foundation with the root chakra before moving up. The root chakra is the basic building block for the others in the system, and is primarily associated with safety, security and survival.

Each chakra has their own color tied to them, and the root chakra color is RED. For me, this helps bring awareness and intention into my practice, and makes it pretty fun too! Any lights I have around the house that can change color, I’ll be changing to red for this week. I’ll wear more red colors in clothes, place red stones and mushroom trinkets on my night stand, and even shop for red foods at the grocery store! As I said above, it’s not so much that red apples and red peppers are aligning my root chakra, but when I eat them, or see a red light in my house or glance over at an Amanita Muscaria model, it brings my focus and intention to the root chakra and takes me out of the “autopilot” mode I slip into from time to time. When I see red out in the wild….red traffic lights, brake lights, trees, bushes and berries, I try to take a deeeep breath in, hold it for a second, recenter and say thank you for this beautiful life.

When the root chakra is out of alignment, we do not feel connected to the earth or loved ones around us. We may feel depressed, have anxiety, and feel that our basic survival needs are not being met. But when the root chakra is in harmony, we feel a profound connection to nature and those around us. We feel balanced and centered, and feel safe knowing our basic needs are met. I’ve noticed “brain fog”, like an invisible cloud lingering in the noggin when my root chakra is not balanced. It’s very difficult to focus on some of our more specific needs, or even have the capacity to do internal work when our root chakra is not aligned.

Meditation and yoga have been some of the most impactful practices in my routine over the years, and something I will heavily focus on, especially during these chakra weeks. If you haven’t meditated before, that’s all good! If it’s not your thing, that’s all good too! But starting your day with a simple 5-10 minute silent meditation where you just focus on the rising and falling of your breath, actually changes the chemistry of your brain. It encourages patience throughout the day, makes you less reactive and more intentional, and for me, makes me feel lighter, mentally and physically. If you’re new to meditation, I suggest following along with a guided meditation to help guide your flow through the process, and when you get the basics down, you can mold and shape your own practice through breathwork, visualization and deep exploration. At first, it probably won’t be “fun”. It may even seem like work, especially if you’re a “oh look, SQUIRREL!” person like me. But it will get MUCH easier with practice and repetition. The benefits you’ll notice throughout the day that you can directly link to your meditation practice will motivate you to stay on track with it and progress further.

A mudra is a hand formation, usually used in meditation, and helps increase your focus and intention into your practice. Sometimes I also use mantras, which are repeated words or phrases that deepen the experience. The mantra for the root chakra is LAM. LAM is a sound known as a bija, or “seed”, and the vibration produces when repeating helps activate this energy center. I like to take a full belly breath in, top it off with a little chest breath as well, and say LAAAAAAAAM on the exhale. Call me crazy, it works.

Yoga is another MASSIVE power up to your day, improving circulation, flexibility, and helping move stagnant energy that you didn’t even realize was a hindrance. And if you’re new to yoga, I also HIGHLY recommend checking out a guided yoga session on YouTube. You can find some sessions that are only 10-15 minutes, or if you really get into it and love the benefits, move onto some longer ones in the 30-45 minute range. I’ll include a link to a playlist I made, all about the ROOT chakra at the end of my ramblings here. My favorite Yoga instructor on the tube is Nico, and she has several guided sessions made specifically for the root chakra of different lengths. I like to do one per day in the morning. Sometimes I’ll wake up and feel super excited to get into the process, and might kick on a 30 minute Nico sesh, and other days I may not be feeling it as much and tune in for one of the shorter videos. As you progress, you may find the poses that work best for you and create your own practice!

As with both meditation and yoga, I like to visualize being in a huddle with all of my cells working together, pointing them in a specific area with the intention to heal and center. The more you stick with it, the more aligned your cells are to this goal, and eventually, almost automatically, they will be on the vibe of “We know what to do now. Let’s goooo!!”. This practice helps focus your energy on the areas that need attention. It does get easier, and you can actually feel the changes.

Aside from these day-starters, you can incorporate different scents, crystals, song and dance to provide more structure to your routine. If you have any sandalwood, patchouli or myrrh essential oils or incense, light em up and dab em on! I’ll be going about my day and occasionally get a whiff of a scent that I use for that chakra and it instantly brings me back to center, feeling grounded and relaxed. ANY intentional grounding method can be used this way. Assign the number 8 to your root practice and whenever you see that number, take an intentional breath in and picture roots growing out of your feet. Or assign a bird to that chakra and whenever you see a bird, do the same. These were random examples, but as long as you make it intentional and it brings awareness to the root chakra, you’re on the right track. Crystals such as ruby, garnet, red jasper, fire agate, bloodstone and most red stones will aid in this process as well. I like to carry a beautiful red stone around with me, and when I notice the feeling in my pocket, I again bring my awareness to the root chakra.

I made a YOUTUBE PLAYLIST with some helpful videos I’ve found that can help with some guided meditation sessions, daily yoga practices, and different frequencies and vibrations that can activate and expand your root chakra. Check it out, and if you find any other videos that fit the vibe, let me know and I’ll add to it!

I love you all to the Monty Moon and back! I look forward to our journey up the chakras over the next couple months and encourage you to share your progress, challenges, tips and tricks with the class on Discord if you feel comfortable! I appreciate you being here and am excited to see what 2026 has in store for us! Mush Love <3

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. -Socrates

Happiness is your current situation minus expectations.

Your worst enemy cannot hurt you as much as your own unguided thoughts -Buddha

Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them -Eckhart Tolle

Truth waits for eyes unclouded by longing. -Tao Te Ching

When one eye is fixed on your destination, there is only on eye left to find the way. -Joe Hyams

If it is meant for you, it won’t miss you. -My friend, Alex and probably others

UPDATES:

Wednesdays are super fun an exciting around here, and I appreciate all the love and support as always! I also appreciate the understanding and patience, as things can get busy sometimes! Some Wednesday orders will ship out on Thursday per usual, but other more complicated or larger orders may ship out on Friday. This allows me to double/triple check your order for accuracy and not be running around like a mad chicken with it’s head cut off all day on Thursday! If you need your order out super duper ASAP, feel free to mention that in the notes and I’ll do my best to put a rush on it!

Supply order have been slowly increasing, which is hella awesome!! Thank you all so much for the support and shout outs in other communities, on forums, and word of mouth praise. That really means more than you know 🙂 Since things have ramped up a tad on the items that take the most time and energy to produce (grains, substrate, AIO bags, agar, etc), I’m going to do my best to keep up with a “status update” of sorts to let you know where things are in the process from me to you. For now, this will be a general “Hydrating grains”, “Sterilizing grains”, “Packing up orders” type of updates which can be found as a status on discord and at the top of this page, updated when I remember to update (grace please). Ideally would evolve into a Dominos tracker type widget for your specific order if I can figure out how to do so. That would be cool as sheeeeet!

Our good friends @ejay and @BingoSmoke have contributed some awesome prizes to the pool this week! Thank you so so much!!! @ejay is giving two $50 store credits to a couple lucky ducks around here, and @BingoSmoke is moving from the “Student Pack” he gave for several months last year, to the new “Mycologist’s Field Kit” for the time being, where you have some options to choose from different helpful supplies and equipment that will surely help upgrade your setup! Check the #giveaways channel in Discord for deets and to enter for free! Send me a message when you win to claim your prize!

MYCOLOGIST’S FIELD KIT OPTIONS:

Pick 1 from the following list- Magnetic Stir Plate, Gourmet Grow Kit (HWSD substrate, 2lb Milo Grains, 5 Agar Plates, Gourmet LC), Impulse Heat Sealer, 20 Agar Plates, UV-C Sanitization Light, 4-Pack 2lb Grain Bags

OR

Pick 2 from the following list- 10 Agar Plates, Liquid Culture Pre-Mix + Modified Lids, 5lb AIO Bag, Experimenter’s Pack (assortment of trace minerals and nutrients to add to agar, liquid culture and substrate, such as Azomite, Peptones, Nutritional Yeast, Activated Charcoal, Dextrose), 2lb Gourmet Grain Spawn, Agar Pre-Mix Sampler Pack

OR

Pick 3 from the following list- Any Spore Syringe, 2 Spore Swab Packs, Any Spore Print, 5 Empty Syringes + 5 Tip Caps + 5 Needles

The #grains channel in Discord is now live! Talk all things grains! Graindances, grainbows, you name it!

Last month, due to suggestions from our community’s master gourmet mycologists, I made a few changes to the dice rolls! I removed the few gourmet options from the prize list and made a separate roll table for gourmet stuffs only. The regular 10/20/35 rolls will be for actives only, or supplies and such that go with anything, but mainly for the active seeker. The gourmet only roll table is for a $20 roll and can be requested by adding a note to your order of the $20 roll, saying “For gourmet”. Since this is a new option, give me some grace! I inoculated a ton of grains and spawned a handful of fruiting blocks last week to get them rolling, but if your roll lands on something “fully colonized”, your preferred choice may not be 100% ready quite yet. If that’s the case, I’ll reach out with updates on when to expect shipment.

Life is good, you are loved and I appreciate you! Keep on being your fine self and keep rockin’ on! Jeepers creepers you’re frickin awesome!

Trivia/ random question nonsense for prizes!

What is the funniest/weirdest/most mischievous thing you got grounded for as a kid? For a $20 store credit!

^^Usually we have 3 questions a week, but I’d like to hear a few answers to this one…seems pretty entertaining. First 3 to post a story of how you got grounded in the #mycosino channel in Discord takes a credit!^^

Bucket pulls!!!

I pulled order numbers out of the Bucket of Destiny to win some treasures aaaand… CONGRATS ORDER 14274 on winning a 5-pack of cubensis syringes (your choice)!

Next up, I pulled ORDER 14290 on winning Mycologist’s Field Kit!! CONGRATS!! (see options above)

And finally, I kept pulling numbers until one of em hit the jackpot spin on the slot machine….CONGRATS ORDER 14277! Feel free to pick any item in the shop besides the “Lifer” pack, subscription boxes, the “Black Box” and the 4-pack of AIO bags

Welcome to the mycosino! In case you’re new here, this is a fun way of scoring some awesome genetics, supplies and swag without having to choose! Let the dice/universe decide for you! I roll a magical mushroom die live on Discord to show what you’ve won. **Add a note at checkout with your name on Discord if you’re in there so I can properly tag you!**

ON WEDNESDAYS ONLY, we’re continuing the ROLL 3, PICK 2 promo for the dice roll shenanigans. Buy 2 rolls of the same tier and get 3 separate rolls where you can pick your top two prizes! Also continuing the LUCKY NUMBER upgrade. Today’s number (January 7th) is 7. If you roll a 7 on your first roll, you’ll receive that prize and get a re-roll for an additional prize! The bonus JACKPOT SPIN (a literal spin of a mini slot machine) will be spun on ALL rolls Wednesdays only, and on the $35 roll all other days. If you win the jackpot spin, you can choose any item in the shop (excluding the “lifer” pack, the black box, 4-pack of AIOs, and subscription plans) as a reward.

New this month: Gourmet Only Roll Table! Add a note at checkout with your order if you’d like to roll the gourmet options below, available for the tier 2 ($20) rolls!

1) Liquid Culture Syringe, Colonized Agar Plate & “Unlisted” culture, not available in the shop

2) TWO 2lb Bags of Colonized Grain Spawn

3) 3 Gourmet Liquid Cultures (added Reishi, Nameko, Tarragon Oyster, King Blue Oyster, Turtle Pond Oyster (Wild Maine culture) and a few others to this one!)

4) 4 Gourmet Agar Plates (colonized)

5) Complete Gourmet Grow Kit

6) 6lb Fruiting Block (allow extra time for specific requests)

7) TWO 5lb HWSD Substrate Bags

8) 10-pack of Agar Plates + Special Mystery Goodies

ALL orders from 1/7-1/14 will be entered to win a free MYSTERY PRIZE from the shop! I’m going to put all order numbers on papers and draw a few from a bucket next Wednesday the 6th to be announced on the next post. Drawing will be posted as a video clip on Discord just like the dice rolls!

The Discord squad patiently awaits your arrival! It IS the homie hangout at this point. All love, all beautiful beings vibin’ out, sharing success stories, learning from more experienced myconauts and always keeping it light and positive. Plus we have giveaways of all kinds pretty frequently! Genetics and supplies giveaways every weekend!

Use this GIVEAWAY DONATION to send a contribution specifically for giveaways! If you’d like it to be used for a specific item or bundle, just add a note at checkout to let me know what it is to be used for, or leave it up to me and I’ll come up with something fun. Either way, add your Discord name to the notes so we know who to thank! YOU ARE APPRECIATED MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!!

Mention your order number if you leave a review on the subreddit or send a screenshot (email or Discord) of a shout out elsewhere and I’ll hook you up in the most exquisite way on the next one (just add a note to your order to remind me)! Any shout outs are appreciated, and mentions on other forums and things like that really help out more than you know <3 This dude is old school, does no marketing and has no social life media. Your word of mouth is why I am still around. Don’t make me sell my soul to tiktok! Keep plugging=keeping me off socials=keeping me sane. You guys go harder than Malte Martin

To vent, talk it out, ask for help or just have someone to listen to the good bad and ugly, hit the inbox at millywycomushlove@gmail.com or join the Discord and send me a chat. I’m ALWAYS here for you friend.

!!COUPON CODES!!

5PACK – 5 Cubensis Syringes for $30

EXOTICA – 5 Exotic Syringes for $50

Smell ya next WW on January 14th at 5pm CST! Spore on my friends! I love you all so mush!!

Check the Archives! WW has been a thing for over 300 Wednesdays now (and a Thursday here and there) but this new site has only been up for a year. If you’re new here, WELCOME! And if you’re a dear elder spore wizard, I do appreciate the support all along this journey! Mush Love <3