I'm going to invite you to close your eyes,
Placing both your hands over your heart as we start taking some beautiful nourishing breaths.
Just coming into this moment as we call upon the beautiful goddess,
Goddess Kali,
We call to you.
Thank you for this day,
Sacred and new,
Wrap us in love and light,
Steady and true,
Guide and protect us in all that we do.
I'm going to invite you to breathe in that light,
Breathe in that love from the universe,
The energy that connects us,
The energy that keeps us safe,
The energy that guides us.
Breathing into that energy,
Feeling that light wrapping around us,
Feeling that love warming us.
Breathing it in,
One more nice deep breath.
When you're ready,
I invite you to grab your cacao,
Holding it in cupped hands so that you feel the warmth around your fingers as we take a moment to pay gratitude for this beautiful 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 today.
We thank Mother Earth for holding this sacred medicine in her embrace.
We also thank the elements of water,
Air and fire for nourishing,
Cleansing and warming Mama Cacao on her journey to us.
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 moment to breathe in,
Starting to smell that aroma,
Perhaps placing your cacao against your chest so it's warming your heart.
With this cup of cacao,
We gather together tonight to release the habit of seeking love outside of ourselves,
To re-parent the parts that learned to beg and to fully claim the truth that I am the one I've been waiting for.
We're going to take our first three sips together.
With our first sip,
This is for the version of us who learned to chase,
To beg,
To wait,
Or to perform for love.
Not because we're weak,
Because we are human.
We sip to forgiving ourselves for how we survived.
Breathing into your heart,
Feeling that first sip entering your body,
Taking a moment to forgive yourself for staying too long,
For asking the wrong people,
Or for shrinking,
For proving,
Or for hoping.
Just let that sip wash through you as a release,
Not a judgment.
As you breathe into the energy,
Just say to yourself,
I forgive myself for how I tried to be loved.
I forgive myself for how I tried to be loved.
Just breathing into it and just sitting with that feeling for a moment.
With our second sip together,
This is for right now,
This moment,
Where we choose to stop outsourcing our needs and begin showing up for ourselves.
We sip for becoming our own source of power,
To re-parent ourselves the way we need and deserve.
Perhaps placing one hand on your heart,
Taking a moment as you breathe into that sip,
Taking a moment to ask yourself,
What do I need more of right now?
What did I need then that I can offer myself now?
Just allow those questions to be pondered.
What do I need more of right now?
And what did I need then that I can offer myself now?
Breathing into that energy,
As you say to yourself,
I choose to be the parent I needed.
I meet myself with safety and care.
I choose to be the parent I needed.
I meet myself with safety and care.
Breathe into that energy as we sit with that for a moment.
With our third sip together,
This sip is not about doing more or being better.
This sip is about simply remembering the truth,
Claiming your sovereignty,
And saying to yourself,
I am the one I've been waiting for.
We sip to noticing how it feels to no longer wait for something or someone else,
Because I am the one I've been waiting for.
Breathe into that energy and repeat,
I am the one I've been waiting for.
I am the one I've been waiting for.
And as we breathe into that energy,
I just want you to know that we're not here tonight to shame the past or romanticise the healing.
Tonight we are claiming responsibility without blame.
I'm going to invite you to continue to sip as you allow this song to connect with you.
Waiting it out,
Holding on to hope.
Walking the edge,
Living on a tightrope.
Waiting for love from dad or mom.
Am I not worthy?
A lifetime spent feeling worthless.
Chasing love from those.
Letting others decide unheard I begged and cried.
All this time it was up to me.
Cherish myself,
Set myself free.
Standing tall like a sunflower.
Here and now reclaiming my power.
Loving myself without apology.
Stepping into my sovereignty.
Loving myself without an excuse.
Being the parent I get to choose.
No longer waiting,
In myself I trust.
It's up to me,
I can.
.
.
And as we breathe into that energy,
I want you to remember that you're not late.
You have finally arrived.
It's time to welcome yourself back home,
Fully into your heart.
With your spirit ready to step into the magical life that you wish to create for yourself.
Because you are the one you have been waiting for.
Thank you and blessed being.
