Shamanic Cacao Ceremonies
What is ceremonial cacao?
Ceremonial cacao is raw chocolate, that when consumed leads to a release of endorphins and an opening of our hearts. The Spirit of the Cacao is a Master Plant Teacher and is also known as the Cacao Goddess. She is gentle and nurturing, but at the same time very powerful. When we use Cacao we are often invited to work with forgiveness and acceptance, leading us to increased love for ourselves and others.
What is a cacao ceremony?
A ceremony can be held in many different ways. I like to work with healing intentions and sharing circles as a frame work for my shamanic journeys that are enhanced by the plant medicine cacao. I find it important that the participants truly connect with each other on the heart level as this leads to increased trust and an uplifted, elevated emotional state as well as self-empowerment.
Cacao is gentle in a way that it lets you decide if you are ready to let go. Maybe just listening to other peoples' stories will help you make the necessary changes in your lives.
The aim of a Cacao Ceremony is to help you embrace your wounded parts, empower you to release that what doesn't serve you any longer and help you see and re-connect with what is truly important in your life.
Why is cacao used in ceremony?
Cacao is the medicine of the heart and helps us to break down the walls that we might have built around it due to past hurts and disappointments. With cacao we can go beautifully deep and connect with our Higher Self and other divine guidance. Also, Cacao is compared to other plant medicines easy to integrate and gives us simple, practical and at the same time powerful insights.. With cacao we can laugh, sing, dance, be creative, think, do yoga etc. and most importantly share our love and joy with each other.
What are the benefits of cacao ceremony?
If you drink Cacao regularly it will improve your memory, increase your serotonin levels and therefore help with low level depression. Drinking Cacao over long periods of time also helps to reduce high blood pressure.
Cacao is considered to be the best creativity enhancer and is used by authors, artists, yoga and meditation teachers, dance therapists, tantric practitioners and the list goes on.
It is considered a superfood, that contains a wide range of vitamins, minerals and 40 times more antioxidants than blueberries. It is especially high in iron, magnesium and calcium and is wonderful for women to drink during their moon time.
And most importantly Cacao is the Heart Medicine that will help you open to even deeper love.
Does ceremonial cacao have caffeine?
The main stimulant found in high grade ceremonial cacao is Theobromine (which means ‘the food of the gods’). The amount of caffeine in good ceremonial grade Cacao should be very low. You will find that cacao will give you a great burst of energy and at the same time help you to focus and do deep inner work such as meditation and shamanic journeying.
What is a shamanic journey?
When we work in a shamanic way we enter an altered state of consciousness through ingesting medicinal plants and/or through experiencing rhythmic sounds, enabling us to connect with non-ordinary reality and open our perception to the world of spirit.
There we have the opportunity to meet our spiritual guides, such as spirit animals, ascended masters, plant spirits, angels and ancestors, find and embrace our Inner Children, get to know and love our shadows and much more.
The aim is to receive guidance, blessings and wisdom and to re-unite with abandoned and fragmented parts of our soul. This will have a positive impact on all aspects of your life, your physical, mental and emotional health, your spiritual connection, relationships, career and diet.
What cacao do we use in ceremony?
I work with ceremonial grade cacao from Guatemala produced and blessed by Mayan Shamans Izaias Mendoza Sajvin and Ana Izabel Perez.
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“I did not know what to expect from a cacao ceremony but knew that with Maren, who is such a wonderful guide, teacher and person, that it would be an amazing experience and it was. So much so, that I booked for all the cacao ceremonies she offered (and a private one!) while she was in London. I found the cacao ceremonies with Maren to be a magical, safe and mind-opening experience that helped me access thoughts, desires, insights and general understanding that the ‘busyness’ of my daily work and life had obscured. It brought clarity, calm and warmth every time. And it was a joy to meet beautiful like-minded individuals that Maren attracts to her ceremonies and share the experience with them too. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for more creativity, clarity and love in their life. - Claudia, London”
Ode to Mama Cacao - The New Earth Medicine
You are my Guide, my Mother,
my Sister and my Friend
You Are the one that holds my hand
The grounding force that gives direction
Your spirit is gentle, strong and kind
Inspiring us to “loose our Mind”
To dive deeply into the wisdom
of our hearts
Let go of control and trust
the voice of our soul
Mama Cacao - Gracias por su Medicina
You bring to us the heart of Mother Earth
Making us lovingly aware
of ourselves and all others
remembering to nurture and care
You grow your roots deeply into the soil
Of this beautiful Planet Earth
Helping us to do the same
So we can appreciate this body
as a gift to be fully experienced
Mama Cacao - Gracias por su Medicina
You walked out of the Rainforsest
To teach us about the web of life
With the graceful power of the Goddess
Reminding us of the ancient wisdom held in our womb
You are the medicine of the New Earth
Supporting us to shift out of the old
So we can receive and anchor new frequencies
And build a bridge between heaven and earth
Mama Cacao - Gracias por su Medicina
Ix Cacao is what the Mayans call you
And you truly are a Goddess
A Goddess that is not shying away
From the darkness
We will embrace our own shadows lovingly
And the shadows of humanity as well
With the Goddess by our side we will
Walk in beauty, harmony and peace
Mama Cacao - Gracias por su Medicina