I'm going to invite you to close your eyes,
Place both your hands over your heart,
And start taking some nice,
Beautiful deep breaths.
Breathing into your heart as we take a moment to open tonight's ritual.
Beautiful Goddess,
Thank you for this day.
Please guide and protect me as I honour your way.
Your light of protection,
I carry it strong.
No ill wishes or troubles can come along.
Nothing can harm me or weaken my soul,
Because light is my power and peace is my goal.
May the universe surround us all with its beautiful light and love to protect and shield us from above,
Wrapping us in their light so bright,
Keeping us safe both day and night.
I invite you to breathe in that light,
Breathing that light in,
Feeling it surrounding you like a warm blanket,
Feeling that energy from the universe connecting us,
Protecting us,
As we breathe it into our hearts,
Breathing it into our bodies,
Feeling that energy,
Feeling that love,
Feeling that light.
One more nice,
Big,
Deep,
Nourishing breath in,
As I invite you to hold your cup of cacao so that you feel the warmth in your fingers.
Thank you,
Mama Cacao,
For your sacred gift,
Which we are about to receive.
With deep respect and love,
We thank the ancestors,
The farmers and the families who tend to your medicine so that we may be blessed with it here tonight.
We also pay gratitude to the elements of earth,
Air,
Fire and water for guiding and supporting Mama Cacao's growth,
Breathing in that aroma,
Perhaps placing your cacao over your heart.
With this cup of cacao,
We gather here tonight to release the habit of waiting.
Guided and supported by Mama Cacao,
We open to clarity,
Courage and the quiet call to begin.
As we breathe in that beautiful aroma of our cacaos,
Feeling that warmth against our chest,
I invite you to visualize walking along a path,
Just taking a walk,
Noticing up ahead that there is a light,
And in that light stands a version of you,
A future version,
One that you desire to become.
Just notice how they feel,
How they move,
How they live,
How do they stand,
What energy do they carry,
What's in their eyes.
This is not about what they have,
But who they are within.
Take a moment to truly see their energy and who you wish to become.
With our first sip together,
Just notice the peace,
The confidence,
The clarity,
The softness,
The strength that your future you possesses.
We sip to meeting our future self,
And as you feel that first sip entering your body,
Breathing,
Breathing into its energy,
Just say to yourself,
The future starts here.
The future starts here.
As we breathe into our hearts,
Softening,
Opening,
We recognize that who we long to be is not separate from us,
They actually live within us already,
And becoming them is not a leap,
It's a series of small,
Sacred shifts.
Taking a moment to ask your future you,
What did you stop tolerating?
What did you start choosing?
What did they no longer avoid?
What do they do each day?
With our second sip together,
We recognize those shifts,
Breathe into that sip.
As you say to yourself,
I feel the shift,
I feel the shift,
Breathing nice and deep,
We've met our future,
We've seen who they've become,
We've recognized the shifts that they took to become that version,
So it's now time to embody that action,
Because if nothing changes,
Nothing changes.
Action is about showing up,
Messy,
Imperfect,
Unsure,
But showing up anyway.
Remember,
You'll probably never completely feel ready,
Because ready is not a feeling,
It is a decision,
Small,
Achievable shifts,
Small,
Achievable action steps,
That is what equals powerful progress and change.
As you breathe into your heart,
Thinking about the action steps that you can start taking to become that future you,
Speaking your truth,
Setting a boundary,
Resting without guilt,
Creating for the simple joy of creating.
With our third sip together,
We embody action,
As you breathe into that sip,
Visualize yourself stepping forward and saying,
I begin,
I begin.
As you continue to sip your cacao,
As you say to yourself,
The future starts here.
I feel the shift.
I begin.
Waiting,
Holding still,
Safe and steady.
Waiting,
Wishing,
Wanting more.
But what am I really waiting for?
There's always something in the way,
So I tell myself,
Not today.
Wait,
So I continue to wait.
Ready is a choice,
While healing,
Through stepping out of the shadow.
If you chose to act,
Not wait.
Taking a moment to breathe into your heart,
I invite you to place one hand over your heart,
And one hand over your solar plexus.
And imagine that light that surrounded the future you,
Merging with you,
Merging with your own light right here,
Right now.
Filling your body,
Filling your soul.
Remember,
That future you,
They're not ahead of you,
They're within.
They're unfolding in real time.
And every small,
Aligned action step that you take,
Is a part of the magic to becoming that future you.
So no more waiting,
No more waiting to feel ready,
Because ready is not a feeling,
It is a decision.
It is time to step forward and take action,
To create the life that you want.
Breathing into your heart,
Taking a moment to pay gratitude to Mama Cacao,
For supporting this journey tonight.
A moment of gratitude to this beautiful community,
So that we can all hold space together.
And most importantly,
Gratitude to yourself for showing up.
Thank you,
And blessed be.
