Cacao Ceremony w/Shimvala – Journey into the Heart – Orlando, FL – February 1, 2025
$66
Cacao Ceremony in Orlando, FL
Reservation: Please RSVP soon. We have limited capacity and the ceremony will* fill up.
Let’s come together for a journey woven in oneness through silence, speaking, listening, movement, music, sound healing, and of course, the plant medicine of Cacao. Are you ready to create a clear and decisive day of intention and creation through bold and brave moves of empathic and empowered-action? Join us and let’s co-create magic! ✨
What is Cacao you may ask? Cacao is an entheogen known as the “Food of the Gods” by the Mayan people for millennia. To be clear, Cacao is not* a psychedelic, however it does help us to connect with our higher selves through an ever-more open heart and mind, and thus can* sometimes be “out of this world” as we go “beyond ourselves…”. The community becomes the shaman and we learn from new insights of one another and the reflections of aspects of ourselves that are ready to be seen. With this, our “higher-self” leads the way, creating a space where new awareness can be gained and healing can occur.
🌟 Elements of the ceremony:
– Drinking a cup of 100% pure, ceremonial-grade cacao, education/history around this heart-medicine of a plant, and diving into a meditation with her spirit
– Yoga/Movement/Breathwork for awakening the 10 bodies and your most primal nature
– Empathic Communication work, together in community, to authentically relate and uncover aspects of ourselves, best seen with a clear mirror
– Transformational Breathwork and Shamanic Drum Journey to bring messages of the subconscious mind to the surface of awareness
– Sound Healing Journey and Yoga Nidra meditation
– Medicine Music and community song-share by Seminole Tribes people and our collective ceremony holders.
– Sharing circles throughout the time and space, to grow and coalesce in the sacred container of this Ceremony.
Your Guide:
Mat Chandler is a long-time practitioner and space-holder with the plant medicine of Cacao. The creative visionary and journeyman of the Holy Wow Cacao project, “Cacao Mat” as he is often called, has worked with cacao for 9+ years and moved to Guatemala 5 years ago to work with Cacao directly at the source. The cacao we will work with is Cacao he will be bringing that’s been formed within their Mayan Cacao Collective, called Las Manos de la Tierra (which means The Hands of the Earth). He is also a kundalini yoga teacher, cranio-sacral therapist, Thai massage therapist, Kambô carrier, sound healer, musician and more.
🌟 To prepare, please bring:
· Your favorite mug
· Pen & notebook
· A container with water
· Small amount of fresh organic* fruit to share at the end of the ceremony
Eat only lightly* 2-3 hours before the ceremony begins and please avoid drinking caffeine on the day of the ceremony.
The week prior to ceremony it is best to be free of alcohol, cannabis and other things that could be considered an intoxicant.
Please be aware that we open and close this container together – arriving late or leaving early is not accepted as a part of creating the trust in this container that is needed for such a deep dive.
Please arrive 15 minutes early to get settled in to the space.
Energy Exchange:
$66 (If this is not accessible to you and you are clear you are meant to be in this ceremony, please write to us to work out an exchange that is within your means.)
Thank you and we are looking forward to co-creating this journey into the heart!
**The following are indications to be aware of, and if you’d like, talk to use further about. You may also simply attend the ceremony knowing that it may just be best to have only a light amount of cacao or none at all. Again, it does not rule you out from coming and experiencing and benefitting.
Contraindications: If you are taking SSRIs or MAOIs, or have any of the following Heart disorders like high blood pressure, severe anxiety or depression, are pregnant, have diabetes or bleeding disorders, have Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Glaucoma, Osteoporosis, or Irritable bowel syndrome, experience migraine headaches, recently had surgery, or have any other mental or physical conditions that you feel may cause concern for your health, this medicine may not be for you. Please speak to us in advance if you have any of these conditions or other concerns. YOU KNOW YOUR BODY BEST.
