Welcome beautiful souls.
Thank you for being here.
I'm going to do something a little bit different tonight.
I'm going to invite you to hold your cacao gently against your heart.
Feeling its warmth resting against your chest.
As we open tonight's ceremony.
Closing our eyes.
Taking a slow,
Nourishing breath in.
And a long,
Gentle breath out.
And again,
In.
And out.
Allow your breath.
To soften your shoulders,
Your jaw.
Your body.
As you arrive here exactly as you are.
Beautiful Goddess,
Walk beside us as we open our hearts.
Guide my words,
Steady my spirit.
And let this gathering be filled with kindness,
Wisdom and grace.
May your light shine gently within each of us.
A quiet flame that cannot be dimmed.
As we journey inward today.
May we have the courage to meet every part of ourselves with honesty and compassion.
May love be our compass,
Peace be our path,
And self-acceptance be the gift we carry home.
May the universe wrap our circle with love and light.
As we come together here.
May we feel supported.
Held.
And safe to meet ourselves exactly as we are.
Breathing in that beautiful energy.
That beautiful light.
Breathing in that love that is all around us.
Feeling that warmth of cacao in your hands.
The warmth against your heart.
With gratitude.
We honour Mama Kakao and the sacred medicine she offers us.
We give thanks to the wisdom keepers,
The ancestors,
And the traditional custodians of the lands from which this cacao first grew.
We honour the farmers and families whose hands lovingly planted,
Nurtured,
Harvested and shared this gift with the world.
As we receive this cacao,
May we do so with open hearts and deep respect.
As Mama Cacao supports us to come as we are and meet ourself with honesty.
Tonight,
We take our first three sips together.
Three intentional sips.
Three invitations to connect deeper within.
And with our first sip together.
We acknowledge that enough is enough and we choose.
We choose to step out of the story and towards healing.
We sip.
We choose.
Breathing into that first sip as it enters your body.
Feeling the power of that choice.
Choice to step in to your healing.
As you say to yourself,
I choose you.
I choose you.
With our second sip together.
We find the courage to truly see ourselves.
We give ourselves permission to be vulnerable,
To meet every part of ourselves with honesty and compassion.
We sip with courage.
Breathing into that sip.
Holding space for ourselves and all of our parts.
As we say to ourself,
I see you.
I see you.
With our third sip together.
We remember that our power has been within us all along.
We sip and we acknowledge our power.
Breathing into that sip.
Remembering that no one is coming to save you.
No one can do this work for you.
And they don't have to.
Because you are the one you've been waiting for.
Hand over your heart as you say to yourself,
I am the one I've been waiting for.
I am the one I've been waiting for.
I invite you to continue sipping your cacao as tonight's song plays.
And that is enough.
I'm ready,
It's time To choose this life This life is mine No longer playing victim I'll trust my inner wisdom No more living in the story Cause no one can do it for me Here I stand afraid no more For I am the one I've been waiting for I am ready to fly,
To soar For I am the one I've been waiting for Here I stand afraid no more For I am the one I've been waiting for I'm ready to fly,
I'm too sore I am the one I've been waiting for Here I stand afraid no more.
For I am the one I've been waiting for I am ready to fight to soar For I am the one I've been waiting for Wow.
I am the one Ooh,
I I've been waiting for Hey in the world I've been waiting breathing into that energy.
I choose you.
I see you.
I am the one I've been waiting for.
Cacao flowing gently through you.
Opening your heart.
Softening your body.
I invite you to imagine standing before a mirror.
There is nothing else to notice,
Just the mirror and you.
As you gaze into your own eyes,
The rest of the world slowly fades away.
At first,
You notice only your reflection.
That as you soften your gaze.
And open your heart.
You begin to see something more.
The version of you who has carried the pain.
The version who has learned to hide.
The version of you who has waiting.
To be seen.
Not judged.
Not fixed.
Simply witnessed.
Look into your own eyes.
Notice what arises.
You don't need to change anything.
You don't need to have all the answers.
Simply stay.
Breathe.
Witness yourself.
Without judgment.
Without expectation.
Placing a hand over your heart.
Taking a slow,
Nourishing breath in.
And whisper to yourself.
I choose you.
I see you.
I am the one I've been waiting for.
I choose you.
I see you.
I am the one I've been waiting for.
As the image of the mirror begins to soften and fade.
Notice that what you discovered there does not disappear.
The honesty.
The courage.
The willingness to meet yourself with compassion.
Carry that with you.
As you remember that you are the one you've been waiting for.
Thank you,
And blessed be.
