Surrendering in Love
To the beauty of who You Are
Time for some Self-love and pampering with delicious Cacao & Rose!
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I love holding space for deep and authentic sharing, to be open to embrace both light and dark raw emotions in me and other women. During sessions, I notice sometimes the arising of contrasting feelings: jealousy, comparison vs. love, appreciation, admiration. The art of self-love is to be able to contain all different aspects of ourselves without shame and without repressing. There is beauty in raw emotions - they are real and it takes love to accept that it is ok to feel all of it. This is what awakening of the heart to true feeling is:
"Emotions still appear, but they flow to the heart and are related more to the essence of the heart than to any content generated by the mind [...]. After a while, we have a pure experience of the heart, unaffected by absolutely no external factors. We finally manage to get to know the part of us that goes beyond all feelings” - Anadi, Book of Enlightenment.
We will do some practices solo and in pairs to open you to the power of the heart. When the heart stops defending itself, when we become ready to fully experience everything - every sensation and every emotion - we begin to realise how truly and deeply the heart can feel.
EVENING LAYOUT:
Opening Circle
*Cacao&Rose Ceremony & Self - Love meditation
Tantric practises - loving touch, authentic sharing
Shakti Awakening - Open Heart Embodied movement
Sound Bath
Closing circle - sharing
Rose Cacao to open your Heart
* I will add Rose oil to the Cacao on this occasion as it is known to have many beneficial properties. One of them is to open the heart chakra to loving the self and others. Its nurturing fragrance relieves grief and sadness, enabling us to let go of the past and embrace love.
Shakti Awakening is a series of workshops for women focusing on awakening life-giving Shakti energy - the creative feminine power dormant in the hips. It is a practice of embodiment, a return to Mother Earth, a return to your power. Through the Intuitive Dance we awake our sexual energy - source of creativity and vitality through conscious breathing and movements.
What is the Cacao Ceremony and why do I use it at my workshops?
Cacao was used by the Maya and Aztecs as a sacred plant supporting inner journeys to the spiritual worlds. They believed that cocoa harmonises the imbalance between the mind and the heart, helps to fully open the heart and feel unconditional love.
Ceremonial cacao is different from confectionery chocolate or even cocoa or cacao powder. What makes ceremonial cacao different is its active ingredients and how the cacao butter is preserved. The bean is gently fermented and ground into a rich paste. Cacao is deeply nourishing for our physical bodies. It's full of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and neurotransmitters. Cacao increases blood flow to the brain and heart, creating heightened mental agility, awareness, and focus. It’s also an aphrodisiac and energy-enhancer.
I prepare this delicious nectar from raw, unprocessed cacao beans adding plant milk and plant syrup for a milder taste so we can enjoy the drink that stimulates our senses. I suggest drinking it mindfully, holding an intention or just enjoy in your own way.