My journey with Cacao started back in 2018 after my first ever women’s holistic retreat in Spain after having gone through quite a difficult period in my life. At the end of 2017 I had been diagnosed Type 1 diabetic after years of chronic stress, burnout and not listening to my body. I was living on complete autopilot using any form of external substances and activities to numb how I felt about myself inside.

My husband had met a lady who was a Cacao practitioner on his retreat a month earlier than mine in 2018 who suggested we try some Cacao and that it would be beneficial on this new path we were embarking on.

We had it a few times together, but I wasn’t fully connected and still quite closed. I didn’t understand the history, the benefits and how to treat this beautiful medicine with respect and reverence.

Over the next few years attending multiple retreats/workshops and courses I began to open up and started to encounter Cacao more and more. Sitting in circles, learning and understanding all about the spirit of cacao, its history and its amazing qualities. Learning to connect properly with her each time feeling the connection grow and learning about myself along the way. Even heading to Peru in 2023 to connect with the lands Cacao is from. It felt like home.  I felt I had been doing this before. I felt at peace. So, in March 2024 I completed my Cacao facilitator training with Saoró.  With the 30-day Dieta being the most profound part cementing my love and connection with this beautiful heart opening medicine.

Presently, Cacao is a massive part of my life.  I share my love for Cacao with my husband having our special Sunday morning Cacao time.  I have my own practice most days or when drawn too.

When the sun is shining, I love to sit outside on the grass listening to nature, sometimes I lie down inside with my alter and listen to some beautiful music, sometimes I do my bon or yin yoga or, I love to put on some music that speaks to me and dance and shake It out.    Having this practice helps me ground, to keep me connected to myself and my body that I don’t let my old habitual patterns and ways sneak in.

I also love to share Cacao in my space as a fitness, health & wellbeing coach and an intuitive holistic massage therapist. For me I just want to make others aware of how Cacao has helped me and to provide and hold space for others who might be interested in doing the same.

Cacao has been a very gentle and subtle teacher, however when needed, packs a punch!  It has been extremely emotional.   Sitting with Cacao has helped me give myself permission to stop. To listen. To feel. To learn. To trust and to love… myself. To help me to become calmer in the sea of endless negative thoughts and self-doubts in my mind.  To learn to come back to my body, to love, heal and care for it and to treat it with respect which is still a big part of my ongoing practice today.

Mama Cacao has been one of my biggest allies and constant companion on this journey to finding out who I am, in learning to love myself, in finding my inner strength and reconnecting me back to my innate creativity exploring new ways of self-expression.

I’m just incredibly grateful for this journey, the people I’ve met and the experiences I have had along the way. It has opened a whole new world for me, and I am so excited to see where it continues to inspire me to follow the subtle signs.

Aho.

Cacao & Me is a series where we’ve asked people to tell us about their relationship with cacao, how they work with it, what impact it’s had on their lives & so on.
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