What is a Cacao Ceremony?
Cacao ceremonies are actually a type of shamanic healing, but they don’t have hallucinogenic or “out of body” effects, unlike some of the other shamanic experiences. Cacao ceremonies are rooted in helping to rebalance the energies within us, and restore good health.
What Is Cacao and is it Different to Chocolate?
Cacao has a very different taste to the chocolate you’re probably used to! Milk chocolate usually only contains around 20–40% cacao, with milk and sugar making up the rest of the ingredients. Ritual cacao is made from mostly cacao beans, some water, cacao butter, and then mixed with a little bit of natural sugar to taste. Cacao has been used in ancient ceremonies by South Americans (the Maya) for thousands of years. It has an active ingredient in it called theobromine — which can be translated to, ‘Food of the Gods’. You probably already know that cacao comes from the cacao bean — which is also used to make chocolate. But the cacao plant is seen as a medicinal plant, and has been used for a number of spiritual, medicinal and ceremonial purposes throughout history.
Join us for an evening of intention setting and meditation, as we connect to our higher self. This Cacao Ceremony, is a sacred medicinal ritual, negative emotions are released and we are able to connect to ourselves and the loving energy in our body.