'Cacao and Me Since 2023', It's been 2 years since I really began to connect with Mama Cacao. In that time my connection with her has ebbed and flowed. Ive had regular, daily doses that became part of my routine, I've had times where I've stepped back from her, and I've had times where she called me in to dive deep within myself.
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.
When I began holding Cacao ceremonies myself, I found that the guided meditations would pour through me effortlessly — as though her spirit was speaking through me, like a river of wisdom and story.
As a young man growing up in the west of Ireland I had shut down my feeling heart, it was too painful. Nothing dramatic but a consistent stream of “big boys don’t cry, get up and get on with it, don’t be a soft lad, toughen up...
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It’s not that men can’t and don’t experience compassion, love, kindness, grief, these qualities and emotions we associate with the heart. But it’s like how we talk about the mind, that we only use 10% of it.
I was introduced to Cacao less than a year ago as a byproduct of embarking on my healing journey. At first, I didn't see what all the fuss was about.
Cacao & I, rekindled our love affair in the summer of 2022 after a brief romance in early 2007. We were brought together on both occasions as I called out for support in relation to 1 of my children.
I started sitting with Cacao one year ago. At first, I treated it like a ritual just once or twice a week. Soon I noticed my day was different when I connected with Cacao versus when I didn’t.
I started to work with Cacao in a small way with tentative steps in 2019, and by 2020 it became a daily practice, a comfort and an integration tool.
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