The healing effects of the cocoa ceremony

With a ceremony, you can celebrate an important moment, but a cacao ceremony can even have a healing effect. We know ceremonies mainly as ritual gatherings that are of great importance to traditional peoples. However, such rituals can also have a place in your own life. Get to know the cacao ceremony.

The origin of cocoa

Chocolate is held in high regard within various cultures, especially in Central and South America. Among the Maya, for example, the cocoa ceremony is celebrated with both family and outsiders. This ceremony is also called Heart Healing, healing for the heart. But to properly fathom the significance of cocoa in ceremony, let’s first delve deeper into what cocoa actually is.

Cacao is considered sacred in South American cultures. It is a tropical fruit that naturally occurs on the South American continent. It prefers tropical climates and is therefore cultivated in these warm areas. To make chocolate from cacao, the seeds are ground and then fermented. This is how a paste is made.

Here in the West, we know cacao as a sweet treat, but the indigenous peoples drank it as a bitter, frothy drink called xocolatl. It was drunk as a kind of coffee as part of the cacao ceremony. Cacao was seen as a gift from the gods. The only bitter chocolate we know is raw cacao or dark chocolate.

So there are clear differences between our tasty sweet chocolate and the cacao used by indigenous peoples. Ceremonial cacao is really only used for ceremonial purposes. It is not processed in the same way as the cacao used to make regular chocolate. It is kept as pure as possible, preserving all the valuable nutrients, such as antioxidants (flavonoids), phenylalanine, theobromine, tryptophan, and minerals.

The healing effects of the cocoa ceremony

What exactly does the cacao ceremony entail? It’s a sacred ritual, for which ample time is taken. You drink the pure cacao drink and meditate with it. The cacao is central, as it is believed to contain a spirit that helps you enter a meditative state and open your heart. You can do a cacao ceremony alone, but traditionally it is done with multiple people at the same time.

A healing cacao ceremony is led by a Maya Wisdom Keeper (or someone trained by a Wisdom Keeper). The participants sit together in a quiet space and drink the cacao drink. Then the meditative process begins, where you open yourself to everything the cacao has to offer.

Cacao is seen as the medicine of the heart. During the ceremony, you can feel your heart opening and gaining access to feelings of happiness and connection. The sacred cacao also contains large amounts of magnesium and theobromine. These promote blood circulation, which stimulates the heartbeat. Theobromine is known to have a positive effect on your mood. It also contains tryptophan, which can boost your serotonin levels.

Because you feel cheerful and euphoric, it’s only logical that you connect with your inner child during the ceremony. This gives you the opportunity to heal old wounds from the past.

Harnessing the power of cocoa

It can be very valuable to attend such a cocoa ceremony once. It can be a good way to connect more deeply with yourself and gain insight into what is going on deep inside. The healing effect of the cacao ceremony revolves around gentle, loving energy and helps to heal the bonds with yourself and others and more self-love experience. If you want to try this yourself, look for reliable facilitators who organize such a ceremony. Keep in mind that the cocoa drink you will be drinking is nothing like the familiar chocolate or chocolate milk. The drink is very bitter.

Your own cacao ceremony with healing effects

If you want to benefit from the power of cacao, you can do so in other ways as well. You can make your own magical cacao drink. Take the time to prepare your ritual and use real raw cacao. This is not heated above 42 degrees, so it still contains all the valuable nutrients. Use between 35 and 40 grams of cacao. Heat water to 70 degrees and add the cacao and possibly some spices (such as cayenne pepper, cinnamon, or ginger). Then shape your ritual in your own way.

With microdosing you can likewise support your mental and physical health. In this, you take a very low dose of magic truffles. Cocoa and microdosing form a powerful combination that synergistically enhance each other’s effects. In our shop you will find Wize Roots Synergy, where you take your microdose of truffles together with raw cacao. Wize Roots Full Focus combines magic truffles with cocoa, Lion’s Mane and Ginkgo Biloba.

In our society, chocolate is nothing more than a tasty sweet and creamy snack. Because regular chocolate is heavily processed and all kinds of unhealthy substances are added to it, this is not comparable to real cacao. Cacao can be so much more. Are you open to the power and healing effects of the cacao ceremony? Then get started with this and perform a ritual yourself or find someone who organizes the ceremony.