Beyond the Circle - Shamanic Cacao Ritual

“In these times of chaos, crisis and hope, shamanism is a reservoir of wisdom that is as relevant to our survival today as it was to our forebears hundreds of generations ago”.

Susan Mokelke – President of The Foundation for Shamanic Studies

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Since the modern world overwhelmingly lost its shamanic knowledge centuries ago due to religious and political oppression, the importance of practicing core shamanism in today’s modern world is of particular value for a person to reacquire access to their rightful spiritual heritage.

Core shamanism includes altering people’s consciousness through classic shamanic non-drug techniques such as sonic driving, especially in the form of repetitive drumming, so that they can discover their own hidden spiritual resources and transform their lives.

In this specific ceremony our intention is to establish communication through Cacao and Shamanic practises allowing spirits of nature to guide us beyond confusion and chaos.

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BEYOND THE CIRCLE - $50

SUNDAY, May 29th, 2022 - 4.00pm - 7.00pm

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The word CACAO came from the Maya word Ka’kau,—which means to drink chocolate together as one. It is in this space of ceremony where we deeply heal old wounds and transmute them through Alchemy, into love.

“The water that runs through the heart” - Cacao is considered to be a mediator between different states of consciousness. Also known as the “Food of the Gods” or “heart blood” due to its active ingredient called theobromine, Cacao releases dopamine and increases oxygen allowing the body to expand, the heart to open and the feelings of being in love are aroused to help move unwanted energy and awaken true possibility. It is a gentle yet powerful heart opening sacred plant medicine that anyone looking to open their hearts and know themselves deeper, could explore.

After drinking “Medicine of the heart” Völva will assist you in deeper dive into the communication with the spirits of nature supporting you to establish contact with your ancestors in a spirit world using rock as a communication tool which is an ancient divination practice of Siberian shamans. You will set the intention, ask the question and surrender to the spirits that will communicate through your higher self.

By learning from the plants and animals, from the rocks and mountains, from the winds and waters, and from the sun, moon, and stars, ancient shamans supported their people to live in harmony with the universe.

Please Bring:
- Personal journal + pen
- A Power Item (something special you want to put on an altar or just flowers from your garden as we are in this creation together)

- Water or tea to nourish yourself during the ceremony

Please come on time as we will close the door at 4.00 straight to allow the group to consolidate.

Thank you for your trust.

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Your facilitators:

Te-Awa Taputoro is a Trauma Applied Yoga Therapist and Personal Trainer and has held space in women's health and wellbeing for over 15 years in the areas of weight loss, overeating and body image. What become apparent to Te-Awa was as women we are out of tune with basic instincts of hunger and satiation. What grew from this observation was a conclusion that women must return to the present moment where our power resides. The present moment can never be known. To rest in the present we must deeply rest in our body and surrender ourselves to a depth of intelligence that governs our Earth, an impulse of creation. Ceremonial Cacao is one aspect of our journey back into the intelligence that lives and permeates our body and this moment.

Völva - as a trained shamanic practitioner by The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Völva is offering “soul retrieval” practice also named as “guardian spirit retrieval” or “power animal retrieval”. Through “omens” and signs Völva is practicing communication with the spirits of nature. Völva has been journeying to the spirits of specific location asking for guidance, merged with various animals to hear their observation and journeyed to the celestial bodies that offered her their gifts. Völva is equipped for divination journeys (shamanic diagnosis) using various shamanic divination techniques. Völva is practicing drum divination, sound divination, quartz crystal divination, dream divination, stone divination and divination using her own casting set made from the objects collected from Nature.