Okay,
So if you are ready,
I'm going to invite you to close your eyes,
Placing both your hands over your heart,
Taking some nice deep breaths as we come into this moment,
As we call upon the beautiful goddess,
Beautiful goddess,
We call to you.
Surround us with light,
Steady and true,
Wrap us in love,
Safe and sound,
Whisper your wisdom so we may stand our ground.
I invite you to breathe in that light,
Breathe in that beautiful protection from the universe.
It's the energy that connects us and keeps us safe.
Breathing it in,
Feeling it wrapping around you like a warm blanket,
Visualizing that beautiful white light,
Perhaps streaming in through your crown chakra at the top of your head.
You may even visualize long healthy roots growing from your base chakra down into mother earth.
As you breathe in that beautiful white light for protection,
Breathe out those long healthy roots for grounding.
One more nice deep breath in and out as I invite you to grab your cacao,
Holding it in cupped hands so that you feel the warmth around your fingers,
Starting to smell the aroma of your beautiful cacao as we take a moment to pay gratitude for this plant medicine.
Thank you mama cacao for your divine gift that we are about to receive.
With deep respect and gratitude,
We thank the ancestors who protected the lands on which your sacred gift has grown for centuries.
We thank the farmers and families who continue to tend to your deep roots so that we may be blessed with this medicine here today.
We thank mother earth for holding this medicine in her embrace and keeping it safe.
And we thank the water for nourishing and cleansing her,
The air for breathing life through her leaves and the sun for warming her.
Thank you,
Thank you,
Thank you.
We receive this gift with an open heart and we welcome the insights and whispered wisdoms from mama cacao as she guides and supports us here tonight.
Just taking a nice deep breath.
As with this cup of cacao,
We're going to gather together to give ourselves permission to be happy,
To choose joy,
To allow laughter to lighten our bodies,
Soften our hearts and free our spirits.
And we're going to take our first three sips together.
Our first sip together is to notice any rules that you've been living by,
Especially those invisible ones.
Just take a moment and let them soften.
I'm going to sip to unhook from those self-imposed rules that we've set upon ourselves.
As you feel this first sip of cacao entering your body,
Just breathe into its energy and say to yourself,
Joy is allowed.
I am worthy of happiness.
Joy is allowed.
I am worthy of happiness.
Just breathe into that joyful energy.
And with our second sip together,
Just imagine the weight that you've been carrying,
Starting to loosen its grip,
Even if it's just a little bit.
Loosening the grip of those rules,
Letting that weight soften.
And then we sip to letting seriousness melt away.
And as you breathe into the energy of that sip,
Just say to yourself,
I soften into lightness.
Ease lives in my body.
I soften into lightness.
Ease lives in my body.
Just breathe into that energy,
Breathe into that lightness.
And with our third sip together,
We're going to give ourselves permission to be playful,
To be wild and free,
To release the heaviness and choose delight.
We sip to letting joy move through us.
And as you breathe into the energy of that joyful sip,
Just say to yourself,
I welcome laughter.
I choose playfulness.
I welcome laughter.
I choose playfulness.
Just breathing into those energies,
Noticing those self-imposed rules,
The ones that we put on ourselves,
The ones that just make us take life way too seriously.
It's okay to release them.
It's okay to let in joy and laughter and lightness because there's freedom in laughter.
There's freedom when we lighten up.
And as you continue to sip your cacao,
I'm going to invite you to allow the song to carry joy into your body.
We soften,
We smile,
We laugh out loud,
Open your soul to the sound,
Lighten up,
Set yourself free.
There's freedom in joy.
Just breathe into that energy,
Lighten up,
Let laughter in.
And if you're still sipping your cacao,
That's okay,
You can keep sipping.
Otherwise,
I can invite you to place your hands back over your heart,
Keeping your eyes closed as you breathe into that joyful energy,
Feeling cacao running through you.
I want you to take a moment to picture yourself somewhere where you once laughed,
Where you laughed freely,
Wholly,
Without effort,
No self-consciousness,
A true joyful moment.
Just notice that maybe you were younger,
Maybe you were just lighter because you didn't have as many rules,
Maybe it was before life started to weigh you down.
Just notice the sound of your laughter.
Notice any tears of joy running down your face,
Or pains in your chest from laughing so hard,
Or that little snort that snuck out and then made everybody laugh all over again.
Feel the way that joy moves through your body when you laugh like this.
And take a moment to let that version of you take your hand and remind you how natural happiness is if you just let it in.
You don't have to earn happiness or joy.
Life doesn't have to be so serious all the time.
Take a nice deep breath,
Drop your shoulders and smile.
Lighten up and embrace the freedom that comes with laughter throughout your day,
Throughout your week,
Throughout your life.
Because this is your life and you can choose that joy,
That lightness,
That playfulness anytime you want.
Embrace the freedom in laughter.
Don't take yourself so seriously.
Don't wait for somebody else to say that it's okay to be happy.
Give yourself permission because you don't have to earn it,
It's not up to anybody else.
Just smile,
Feel that joy and that laughter through your body.
Breathing into that energy,
Knowing how good it feels once you've had that really good belly laugh.
A laugh from a funny joke or time with friends or something so small and crazy that just it made you giggle.
Allow freedom in laughter.
Let that laughter lighten your body,
Soften your heart and free your spirit.
Thank you and blessed being.
