CACAO + KIRTAN: Heart Song Sharing Circle
When we work with the plant medicine cacao and sing Kirtan music - we are working with the energy of the heart.This epic energy center is one of the seven chakras and also recognized amongst all as something more than just a physical organ in the body. To live from the heart is to authentically be yourself in every moment. Using cacao and devotional singing, we will move stuck energy and let go of the negative narratives buried in the subconscious, making room for the REAL you. Come sing your heart open. You are welcome to bring instruments and share your own songs.
WHAT IS KIRTAN?
Sankirtana (literally means "collective performance") This sacred practice is a call-and-response yogic chanting. This is devotional music to open the heart! Kirtan is the calling, the crying out to, our vibration reaching across infinite space — digging into the heart’s deepest well to touch and be touched by the Divine Presence.
Kirtan is singing over and over the many names of God and the Goddess, the multi-colored rainbow manifestations of the One. It is said that there is no difference between the name and that which is being named, and as the words roll off our lips in song, the Infinite is invoked, invited, made manifest in our hearts. This is not reserved to any one religion - all our welcome to pray through song!
WHAT IS CACAO?
Pure ceremonial cacao is a powerful heart opener that paves the way to transformation through self-love. Cacao has been used by indigenous cultures for 3,500 years! To unlock euphoric states, release negative emotions, and connect to pure heart energy.
Cacao is not Cocoa or Chocolate. Ceremonial cacao is not roasted nor processed with sugar or dairy.
Cacao is a non-psychoactive superfood that is extremely bitter in taste which detoxifies the body. It contains high amounts of magnesium (for brain functioning) more calcium than cows milk, and releases neural chemicals like norepinephrine (joy molecule), serotonin (essential for well-being), dopamine (vital for experiencing pleasure) and anandamide (the bliss molecule). Cacao not only physically opens the heart by relaxing blood vessels allowing more blood circulation, but also opens the heart on an emotional and spiritual level too. The experience is deepest when you “meet it halfway”, combining cacao with music, singing, light yoga, & meditation.
WHAT TO BRING? Feel free to come prepared with your own song to share + Flower(s) for our community alter!
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