Hapé & Cacao Ceremony
With Kat & Francisco
Sliding Scale $35-65
The Hapé and Cacao Ceremony is a grounding and heart opening experience rooted in self-connection and community celebration. It is a moment to pause, release, center, and connect in a loving and safe space.
We anchor and clear the energy by opening the space with the sacred plant ally hapé. Hapé is a powerful blend of medicinal plants and mapacho (Amazonian tobacco) prepared ceremonially in the Amazon rainforest. Used with intention, hapé clears stagnant energy and stuck emotions while rooting you to the Mother Nature and self. Mapacho is also a powerful plant of protection to guide us in our daily lives.
The hapé ritual is accompanied by chants and songs to call the energy of the plants.
When the energy is clear and open, we offer the heart opening elixir of cacao blended with specific herbs to support you to drop out of your head and into your heart. The cacao is prepared as a delicious drink that opens the heart chakra and connects you deeper to your innate wisdom and creativity. The energy of cacao flows deeply inwards activating a sense of warmth and contentment, then spreads outwards from heart to heart as we co-create a harmonious and joyful group dynamic with this beautiful plant ally.
Throughout the gathering we will celebrate life with uplifting music and encourage singing, dancing, and playing along with the energizing rhythms. We play the music designed for the activation of the plants, specifically songs and prayers from the Amazon rainforest.
What you can expect:
Clearing and grounding through hapé
Heart opening and self-connection with cacao
Community connection and a celebration of life
Guided meditation to anchor the energy of the cacao
Live music and song throughout the experience
Invitation to honor Mother Earth
Francisco and Kat are ceremonialists and sacred medicine carriers with over 14 years learning and working alongside Andean and Amazonian indigenous wisdom holders of Peru and Brazil. They work as bridges between the ancient and modern worlds, expanding joy and human consciousness. With the blessings of their teachers, their altar is a weaving of their studies with Brazilian wisdom holders (Huni Kuin, Yawanawa, Shanenawa) and the Shipibo tradition. Through their initiative, Alma y Tierra, they have worked closely with political and spiritual leaders in the Brazilian Amazon on initiatives from improving infrastructure in villages to restoring and practicing cultural traditions, with a focus on potentiating the youth.
Francisco is from Chile and has explored alternative healing and consciousness expanding practices for over a decade. He is dedicated to the facilitation of sacred medicine ceremonies and music. In his work as a multi-instrumental musician, Francisco is a holder of traditional chants and songs passed to him through the traditions of his teachers and friends in the Amazon. He weaves experience from his world travels and studies and works in partnerships with indigenous leaders and wisdom holders.
Kat is from California and is an herbalist, plant spirit guide and sacred ritual weaver who immerses herself in alternative wellness practices, nature based rituals, yogic philosophy, plant and human consciousness. Kat has lived and worked with sacred ancestral medicines in Peru for over a decade and now shares these learnings through sacred space and educational offerings in the western world. She is dedicated to learning from and sharing the ways of ancient wisdom holders.