Cacao Ceremony
With Emma Rose Lowe
Come and experience a centuries-old ritual and the ultimate heart-opening experience of Cacao in one of Ireland’s original and leading Cacao Ceremonies.
Cacao is a plant medicine that has been used for thousands of years for spiritual, medicinal and ceremonial purposes. It supports inner healing, awakening and connection to creative guidance and intuition.
Cacao is a superfood and is packed full of vitamins and minerals, supports the cardiovascular system and is a natural antioxidant and antidepressant.
Emma’s cacao ceremonies allow you to remember the wisdom of your own heart and the healing power of community. Cacao enables you to hear your true self, work through blockages and past traumas, dissolve pent up “negative” energy, and help you align with who you truly are.
Whoever you are, you are welcome to join, just as you are. There is no previous experience required. All you have to do is show up with openness (and a cup to drink from).
IMBOLC GATHERING
Friday 31st January 7 - 930pm.
Join us for an evening of enchantment and magic with this Cacao ceremony held on the traditional date of Imbolc in the Celtic Calendar.
Celebrate the beginnings of Spring with an enchanting candlelit and deeply nourishing evening to stoke your inner light as it gently begins to return in the natural world. Take a conscious pause to rest, replenish and align with your intentions for the season ahead.
Imbolc marks the the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. In the teachings of the Celtic Wheel of the Year, Imbolc is the festival that celebrates the beginnings of Spring. Goddess Brigid (and Persephone in the Greek tradition) return after her long Winter’s slumber and as she awakens, she returns fertility back to the land.
Learn the wisdoms and myths of the land underneath your feet and plant your heart seeds of intention for the cycle ahead as we awaken from Winter together.
The natural world reminds us at this time of year that it is now the time to prepare for change. From Imbolc onwards, while we are very much still in the deep feminine, Winter energy, the nature of our “wintering” changes. Imbolc invites you to start to bring closure to what has been lost, and turn your attention towards the space that has been created for new growth, your dreams and how you might birth them into a lived reality now.
This ceremony is designed to support you through this change and nurture you and your heat felt desires and hopes for 2024 as we gently (and still very slowly!) emerge from your months of introspection and begin to call in our intentions and make plans for the cycle ahead.
We will weave our intentions into Brigid crosses, a traditional ritual for this festival to evoke blessings and protection for yourself and your household. We will also work with native herbs and fire cleansing rituals and of course open our hearts with delicious ceremonial grade Cacao and meditation. Finishing the afternoon with kindred community, chats and traditional seasonal snacks around the fire.
You will learn the myths and traditions that underpin these ancients celebrations, honouring the ancient wisdom and how it can deepen and enrich your life today through story, ritual, meditation, music community connection and heart opening cacao.
The location, Mother of the Woods Reteat is 10 minutes from Temple/Carryduff, Saintfield and Ballynahinch,
10 minutes from Lisburn (8 minutes from the M1 junction at Lisburn)
and 20/25 minutes from Belfast City Centre, Northern Ireland
Full address is sent out on booking
What’s included:
Celtic wisdom teachings and Goddess Stories
Heart opening Ceremonial grade Cacao Ceremony
Women’s Circle
A craft ritual: Weaving Brigid crosses
Journalling, Meditation and deep relaxation
Live music and fire
Delicious seasonal treats
Community and craic!
Join the Imbolc Gathering
Friday 31st January, 7-930pm
Please note that spaces are limited and early booking is recommended to avoid regret as these ceremonies usually sell out
If you've been feeling:
You are in need of taking a few hours just for yourself and your own wellbeing
You feel a little lost or “all over place” (i've been hearing this a lot recently) and are in need of checking in with yourself and refocusing your energies for the remainder of the year
You want to connect to the indigenous wisdom of Ireland
Your heart is in need of some TLC
You'd like to connect to and trust your intuition
Or you just feel the call to connect with like minded people and have deeper conversations
Then these ceremonies are for you.
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What is Cacao and why do we drink it?
Cacao is essentially chocolate in its rawest and purest form but with even more magic than your average chocolately fix. It is produced from the seed of the Theobroma Cacao tree. Cacao is fermented and cold pressed into a paste which allows it to keep its super potent properties and active ingredients that provide spiritual and emotional healing.
Cacao has has many proven health benefits including:
Natural antidepressant
Natural antioxidant
Reduces blood pressure
Improves cardiovascular health
Reduces stress
Promotes the production of beneficial neurotransmitters such as the happy hormone serotonin and the bliss molecule anandamide.
Improve cognitive performance
Enhances creativity
Improves stress management, mood and wellbeing
Emma only sources only the finest quality, ethically sourced Ceremonial grade Cacao. It is 100% artisan which means it has been hand harvested, picked and selected from heirloom trees of wild heritage. This ensures there is no over harvesting or damage to the trees, and that the local, indigenous communities are well paid for their crops. As it is prepared, the Cacao is infused ritualistically with blessings and top secret (all vegan!) ingredients for a spectacular taste and the ultimate full body-mind-spirit nourishment.
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What is a Cacao Ceremony?
Cacao ceremonies have been around for thousands of years, dating back to the Mayan and Aztec traditions in Central and South America who used cacao in rituals for its spiritual and energetic healing properties and as a heart medicine.
In the ancient mythologies of these people, cacao was often said to be gifted from the heavens to the people and is known as ‘the food of the gods’.
In Emma’s cacao ceremonies you will sit in a circle with others either by candlelight or bonfire (depending on the seasons and the weather!) and be held with music, meditation and wisdom teachings. You will drink a cup of the most delicious cacao for the purpose of reflection, gaining clarity, intention setting and doing inner healing.
Emma is one of the most experienced Cacao facilitators in Ireland and her offerings are truly unique, sharing original medicine songs, ancestral music and mantra. Every Cacao Ceremony is different as they are guided by Emma’s depth of understanding of the cosmic alignments and cycles and rhythms of nature nature.
These healing ceremonies work with rebalancing energies in the body to regain holistic health. Unlike other shamanic experiences, drinking cacao will not make you hallucinate or give you an ‘out-of-body’ psychedelic experience. Cacao gently brings you back into your body and touches your heart.
It is a fun, uplifting experience in a safe and open community.
About Emma
Emma Rose Lowe is the founder of the Celtic School of Sacred Arts. Emma is a Ceremonialist, and one of Ireland’s most Senior Tantra Yoga Teachers, Teacher Trainers, as well as being a Yoga Alliance continuing Education provider and certified Sex, Cycles and Fertility Coach.
Currently based in the North of Ireland. Emma has spent most of the last decade teaching and learning around the world with leading experts in her fields. Living in plant medicine communities in Asia and South America, Emma has studied (and continues to learn) nature based wisdom teachings, plant lore and how to respectfully connect to and hold space with various plant medicines from shamans, botanists and healers.
Emma has a natural gift for sound healing and is a budding singer songwriter of songs that speak to your spirit while her dulcet Celtic tones will warm your heart.
Location:
This Belfast Cacao Ceremony is held near Saintfield on peaceful and idyllic private land. (20 minutes from Belfast, 8 minutes from the Saintfield road roundabout/Lisburn, 10 minutes from Saintfield, Ballynahinch and Carryduff).
Please check if not clearly specified whether the event is indoor by candlelight or an outdoor fire ceremony. This will be dependant on the seasons and the weather.
Please note the location is not on a public transport route. The closest bus stop is approximately a 2 mile walk to the studio/meadow.
On Booking:
The cacao is vegan and made with the finest ceremonial grade cacao and organic plant based ingredients. Please reach out if you have any specific food allergies.
Please note cacao does naturally contain caffeine.
*Possible Medical Contraindication*: Cacao helps you go from “stressed out” to “blissed out” but it is not advisable to drink ceremonial grade cacao whilst taking antidepressants, if you have a heart condition or are pregnant. If this is you and you wish to attend and receive a mirco dose, please let me know upon booking.
This booking is 100% non refundable. If you are unable to attend and your ticket can be resold, you may be eligible for a partial ticket transferral to a later ceremony date, minus an administration fee. Please note this is based on good will and availability.
You will receive the full location address after payment has been received.
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Join the Imbolc Gathering
January 31st, 7-930pm
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