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Do you feel the heart song of Mama Cacao calling you?
Cacao is a beautyfull plant medicine that is here to open the hearts of humanity.
Our heart is a powerfull guide. It always knows the most aligned way for us to live our life in resonance with the highest vibration of love. The more often we return to love, the more we will live in peace, joy, and mutual honour of all our relations.
We sit in circle, drinking pure cacao, the source of chocolate. We open in gratitude for the heart expanding properties that this medicine evokes, whilst meditating on our intentions for this ceremony.
A cacao ceremony offers the participant the experience of connecting with what really matters, evoking more love toward self, others, and our human experience. The ceremony provides an opportunity to tune inwards, whilst also connecting with others in more depth and intimacy.
The way Astaria leads cacao ceremony is with deep reverence and with the weaving in of sound and music medicine. Music is always what carries us through the ceremony of life, through the ups and downs that we inevitably encounter as humans. Her carefully curated sound journeys are sure to evoke a variety of sensations and emotional experiences, all with the intention to support our liberation… letting go of what no longer serves and calling in our hearts desires.
your heart always knows the way
“Cacao is a natural food with a wide range of health benefits. Cacao can enhance cognitive function, boost mental health and reduce oxidative stress with antioxidants. It supports cardiovascular health, metabolic health, and mediates the natural inflammatory response. Cacao can also boost one’s energy levels, strengthen bone and skin health, and even reduce the risk of cancer. It also contains many essential minerals for overall health, such as magnesium, calcium, and iron. The broad array of bio-actives makes it a complete healthy superfood for long-term wellbeing and happiness.”
Astaria has been working with Cacao since 2008. Her journey began when she moved to a small surf village, known as Tofino, located in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. She had no prior experience as a pastry chef, and was honoured to be given the role of chocolatier for a family run chocolate shop. The owners trained her and showed her how to make chocolate. She learned all about the origins of Cacao and how to process it into delightfull truffles, chocolates, and delicious treats.
She experienced her first cacao ceremony in 2014, which changed the trajectory of her life path. She began working with a lovely couple who had brought ceremonial cacao back from Guatemala, and was offering sound healing during their ceremonies.
In 2016 she answered the call to make the pilgrimage to Costa Rica, to study with a cacao expert, and then to Guatemala to connect even deeper with this sacred heart medicine.
It was here she connected with a community of women, who were growing cacao trees and processing the cacao from bean to ceremonial paste.
Astaria has been weaving cacao with her sound journey experiences since 2015, which always adds a special element of vibrational heart opening to her ceremonies.
Costa Rica Sound Healing Ceremony Voice Coaching Astaria Light of Sound
Astaria offered her 3 hour voice activation workshop as a guest facilitator during my Costa Rica women’s retreat.
She exudes radiance, confidence, and deep embodiment of her work and shares it in a way that is professional, relatable and yet very intuitive.
She set a safe foundation through warming exercises that allowed my group to access really deep healing during the more ritual based aspect of the workshop.
This guided voice journey was a highlight for all retreat guests because it invited them, and gave them permission to connect with a part of their voice that has been forgotten or silenced for so long.
Astaria added so much depth and healing to our retreat and I would highly recommend working with her to dive deeper into exploring your voice.
Lacey Budge | Costa Rica | women’s retreat leader
