Welcome,
Soul sisters and brothers,
To this virtual cacao ceremony we're going to share today.
If you don't have your warm cacao beverage in front of you already,
Now is a great time to press pause,
Put on some plant medicine music,
And blend up your beverage.
I also suggest lighting a candle like I just did or maybe some incense to welcome peace into your space and to truly ritualize this time today.
Creating this environment of a ceremony is what helps us cultivate intimacy,
Focus,
Respect,
And allows us to start to build a relationship with the spirit of cacao.
So really dedicate yourself to this time free from distractions,
To create a safe space,
To welcome this plant,
And to welcome open-hearted awareness of ourselves.
Do whatever you need to do to make this moment feel sacred to you.
And now that we're here and we're settled with this heart-opening medicine,
Let's land together and open the ceremony.
We'll start by just taking a few deep breaths in and out through your nose,
Inhaling,
Feeling fresh oxygen fill your belly,
Feeling your lungs expand in all directions,
And then softly exhaling out through your nose.
Do a couple more just like that.
And with your last breath,
Allow your energy to drop into your body as you drop into the sacred space you've created for yourself and cacao today.
And when you're ready,
Pick up your mug and hold it in your hands in front of your chest.
Feel the warmth travel into your hands.
Feel the weight of your mug as you hold it.
Maybe you're naturally already taking in the sense,
What you smell in your cup.
And then I want you to picture a green glowing light at your heart center that starts to extend out of you and wrap around the cacao in your mug.
Almost like you're giving this plant medicine a hug.
Cacao is a heart opener.
So allowing this open channel with your heart center can help you communicate with even more ease.
And then before we take our first sip,
Send a note of gratitude to the people who grew and harvested the cacao in your cup,
To the Mayans who came before them,
And all the distance and history of this plant you are healing with today.
And now naturally let your intention for today's ceremony rise up within you.
Is there an old wound you want to release or something your heart desires to manifest?
Are you asking for guidance in an area of your life?
Let your intention arise and I invite you to hold the mug very close to your lips and whisper it into your cacao.
Then take your first sip and feel your mouth and tongue flood with the taste and texture.
As you take another sip,
Feel your throat and your body start to warm as the cacao travels down into your belly.
And now I'll give you a few minutes of silence,
Of quiet with your cacao,
With some gentle music,
To listen to her,
And to build your relationship with this plant medicine.
Allow yourself to surrender to the medicine and let anything that wants to be expressed come through.
As you finish sipping your cacao,
I invite you to take any movement that feels good.
Maybe you already started moving your hips.
Maybe you notice your posture shift so that your heart feels more open.
If any of those gentle movements feel good,
Let your body flow right now.
Then we'll start to wind down our ceremony time together with another moment of gratitude.
Again,
Focusing our attention on our heart center,
Opening our heart with cacao,
And expressing any gratitude that wants to come through.
Maybe for yourself for showing up.
Maybe for your heart for always beating for you and guiding you.
Maybe it's gratitude for the sacred food of the gods,
As the Mayans called cacao.
Maybe it's just gratitude for any connection you've felt yourself build with your spirit and the spirit of cacao.
Place both hands on your heart.
Send your breath to your heart center in a closing prayer.
Thank you for sitting with me today,
And I invite you now to celebrate.
Celebrate with joyous,
Heart-led movement before you transition into the rest of your day or night.
Take some time and dance to your favorite song as if all of your intentions were heard and fully realized.
Celebrate this magic around you.
And then,
As that winds down,
Freely write without editing everything in your journal as you reflect.
Anything that came up to you,
Anything you noticed with all of your senses while you were sitting with cacao,
There is no right or wrong way to experience a cacao ceremony.
So just write and reflect anything that feels true to you as you close your own ceremony.
It has been an honor to sit with you today with love and an open heart.
I'll see you next time.
