Ceremonial Cacao Dieta

A plant dieta (Spanish for diet) is an essential initiation process for everyone wanting to work with plant medicine. Cacao is not a psychedelic master plant teacher like ayahuasca or wachuma and therefore there are no strict or traditional requirements for a specific Cacao Dieta – however a Dieta consist of a few basic understandings: 

You commit to ingesting the given plant daily for a period of time from 8 days up to several months (I chose 15 days for this offering as it is suitable for the lives we lead without needing to take breaks or go deep within the jungle to still keep our focus on the endeavour) with a personal intention of CONNECTION TO THE PLANT SPIRIT.

This usually involves a restricted food diet in order to attune your body to the plant in question without other plants interfering too much. These restrictions may vary depending on your diet and can be adjusted to your lifestyle and commitment choices. Most often you will be asked to renounce alcohol, coffee, nicotine, mind altering substances, (processed) sugar, dairy or animal products and even sexual stimulation (with yourself or a partner). These are however guidelines and usually more important when working with a master plant teacher, Cacao as I know her Spirit is way more flexible and only wants you to restrict yourself if it is your intention to practice discipline and devotion. 

A Dieta has a formal opening and closing in the form of ceremonies, in which the Spirit of the Plant is invited and thanked and the Intention is presented – as well as to establish sacred space. This is important to mark this time as a special phase of initiation into the plant mysteries and become aware of everything that is happening during the Dieta. You are asked to commune daily with the Plant Spirit and take note of what is happening in your life beyond the rituals.

Why is the Cacao Dieta called “JOINING ROOTS”?

Well, I believe that it is crucial in our modern world of airplanes and internet and fast intermingling of cultures and quick distribution of information without integration – to return to our own roots, plant them firmly in the ground and from there reach up in integrity with where we are. 

More patience, more embodied living of spiritual values and appropriate use of plants and knowledge, without cultural appropriation but an honouring of all of our ROOTS: This includes the roots of the Cacao Spirit of course, as we intake the plant, we allow this sacred tree to remind of the importance of interdependence as she is grown in multicoloured soil alongside other plant spirits and in symbiosis with creatures and mycelia! (yes I will share more about her biology, history and culture in the beginning of the Cacao Dieta!).

In the Western world we often look outside of our culture to find spirituality and meaning as we often don’t resonate with the christian heritage, however our own roots are so much deeper and still alive in the land and stories we live in. But often they are tainted with pain, suffering or forgotten. This is where the willingness to do inner work comes in, we allow the Cacao Spirit to guide us home into our hearts instead of getting lost in our heads. We hold all we need within ourselves and simply (not always easily) need to be reminded to re-member what we are capable of being. Cacao is the perfect ally to descend and uncover our roots, go deep and embrace shadow aspects and even traumatic experiences to become alive in our essence, our birthright of sovereignty. 

What does the Joining Roots Cacao Dieta consist of?

• 15 days of intaking Cacao.

   

• Daily Cacao invocations spoken by me in the group chat together with transmissions, assignments, rituals, meditations and practices.
• Plenty of information about the Cacao Plant, its origin, history and usage, spiced with some nutritional and scientific insight.
• Recipes and different preparation instructions to experiment with throughout the Dieta.
• Opening INTENTION SETTING Ceremony (Recorded)
• Closing Ceremony and guided practice
• AND most importantly: Integration Ideas and Accountability to integrate Cacaos teachings into your day-to-day! You will not keep them caged in your daily rituals but take them out into your world!