As I sit here currently drinking a mug of Cacao, I just wanted to thank Mother Cacao for holding me and her sweet embrace these last few years. Last year, my Mom passed away & I had a lot of really hard things happen in a matter of months, and all I felt was closed off, angry, and disappointed. I needed to protect my heart, and I felt like I was numb. I felt called back to Cacao… My spiritual mentor, Shakti Botazzi (of https://theawakenpath.com) first introduced me to Mama Cacao in 2022. Since then, Cacao has become a big part of my healing and self care rituals. After my mom’s passing & just a few months of heeding the call back to Cacao & drinking Cacao , I could feel the icicles around my heart melting. 💗 I could feel myself opening backup… This is real heart medicine, and I’m so grateful to the indigenous folks -both my ancestors and those alive today -who are now sharing this medicine with the world. The world definitely needs it. I am so grateful! 2024, while being a shadow year for me… has held deep & profound healing in it. ESPECIALLY @ Cacao has become my partner. The wisdom I learned in circle with Shakti helped me as a solitary practitioner in my own self led journey of healing. A tool in the tool kit of self care & Healing. I am so grateful! Thank you, Mama Cacao and Shakti! 💗☕️🙏🏼
What is Cacao?
Ceremonial Cacao is a paste made by pressing raw cacao beans. Ceremonial Cacao is not to be confused with cocoa because it is made without using heat (not roasted = raw), ensuring that it maintains a high nutritional profile that makes it a superfood!!! Cacao enhances brain health, mental focus, and your mood. When you work with cacao, you feel grounded, and with cacao as a spiritual partner, you will experience energetic expansion. It’s so simple & beautiful. The Cacao tree is ancient. From its mythical origins, the Cacao plant healing properties revolve around regaining the heart connection with Mother Earth.Cacao is known as heart medicine and this occurs on multiple levels, including the physical, emotional, energetic, interpersonal, and cosmic! With cacao, we can anchor in a more heart-centered and heart-healthy life.
Connect to Cacao
Cacao ceremonie have been used for thousands of years to open the heart. A cacao ceremony can help remind you that love is all you need.The Aztec and Mayan people have used cacao for over 5,000 years. Seeds from the cacao tree are ground and mixed with hot water to create a beverage consumed during sacred ceremonies.
In Ceremony
I offer guided meditations often and this one that I am sharing was in connection to my relationship to Mama Cacao!!
Many people like cacao paste, that’s what Shakti encouraged but for me- at this point Ive tried most of npt all & I prefer powder or disc’s because I am so busy….disc’s are just soo easy to use!
I love ordering from Ora Cacao… prepare your cacao before sitting to listen to this activation. I also love their blog and newsletters…. for me it’s well worth it (no $ here just sharing cause I can)
in fact this info on how to connect to cacao at home is from their blog from July ’24:
“Set sacred space by tidying, energetically cleansing, and preparing your cacao with gratitude, reverence, and intention.
Begin by connecting with your breath and drop into your body’s awareness. Let go of any agenda items you have to take care of and gift yourself presence in this precious moment of ritual with yourself and cacao.
As you drink, bring mindfulness to the sensations of your experience – from the texture of the drink, to the flavors and spices, to how it feels as you ingest, and as your body and spirit meets with cacao.
With every sip, acknowledge a way that you offer nurturance to yourself. Similar to a gratitude list, you are tracking the ways that you take care of yourself. This could be from this exact moment of ritual, to the healthy meals you prepare, to beautifying your space, to keeping a regular bedtime. If thoughts arise about ways that you could be taking better care of yourself, acknowledge them with grace and without judgment.
When you’ve finished your cacao, sit in meditation for about 5 minutes with the invitation to experience the deep, abiding, motherly holding that cacao herself can offer. Give your spirit permission to receive the motherly holding from this plant ally. No need to try hard to force it, but simply set the intention to open your heart to receive. When this time is over, close with gratitude and give yourself a big hug!
To integrate your experience, reflect and journal on the following prompts:
In what ways am I good at nurturing myself?
What ways can I grow in taking better care of myself?
How do I experience loving mother energy – from cacao, from myself, from others?
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