In this conversation, Dia from Cacao Amor shares her journey with cacao, the significance of ceremonial grade cacao, and the importance of serving and facilitating cacao with respect and intention. She emphasizes the need to honor the rawness and authenticity of cacao as a plant ally and a healing medicine. The conversation explores the connection between cacao, nature, and human well-being, emphasizing the importance of gratitude, privilege, and the need to return to nature. It delves into the role of cacao in supporting human health and the significance of cacao ceremonies. The discussion also touches on the facilitation of cacao ceremonies and the upcoming retreats and online courses led by Dia CacaoAmor.
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“I strongly believe that to serve cacao and to call it ceremony, we need to decolonize it and we need to take away all the ingredients from the blends. We need to take away the agave, we need to take away the tahini, we need to take away all the things that we’re adding to it so that it will be palatable and more delightful. Because cacao is not here to serve that. Cacao is here to remind us of the bitter sweetness of life, to remind us that it’s important to grieve and to be in the difficult just as much as we celebrate. It’s like the whole human spectrum experience.” ~ Deya
Takeaways:
- Cacao has been a staple in Dia’s life since childhood, and she emphasizes the importance of honoring the authenticity and rawness of cacao as a healing medicine.
- The concept of ceremonial grade cacao is discussed, highlighting the significance of cacao that is grown and processed with intention, respect, and care.
- The facilitation of cacao ceremonies is explored, emphasizing the need to decolonize cacao and serve it in its raw, authentic form, honoring its medicinal and spiritual properties. Cacao’s role in reconnecting humans with nature and promoting gratitude
- The privilege of being able to connect with nature and the importance of acknowledging it
- The significance of cacao in supporting human health and well-being
- The distinction between cacao ceremonies and cacao activations
- The importance of vulnerability and authenticity in being a brave woman
Chapters
00:00 The Journey of Cacao: From Childhood to Healing Medicine
10:27 Understanding Ceremonial Grade Cacao: Intention, Respect, and Tradition
25:52 Cacao, Nature, and Human Well-being
28:22 Gratitude, Privilege, and Returning to Nature
34:29 The Role of Cacao in Human Health
37:11 Facilitating Cacao Ceremonies and Retreats
42:36 Embracing Vulnerability and Authenticity
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About Deya
‘Cacao Sorceress’ & ‘Heart Opener’
Deya. It can be pronounced in many ways, the way she pronounces it is like day in Spanish; Dia.
Like Cacao, she was born in Ecuador and is of mestizo heritage. Deya grew up drinking Cacao prepared by grandma in the mornings to give her incentive to go to school and in the evenings for a good night sleep. Chocolate was part of her daily life yet it wasn’t until she traveled to Palenque, Mexico in 2012 that she learned about its use in ceremony.
She now travels around the world guiding cacao ceremonies and has her own ceremonial paste.
CacaoAmor’s Ceremonial Grade Cacao Paste is fermented in wooden boxes, then dried in green houses with the sun.
The Cacao beans are then gently toasted for a temperature and time, that ensures any pathogens are killed, whilst waking up the bio-active compounds in the cacao to more easily assimilate them in the body. We never heat above 70 celcius and we make sure it is optimum for ceremony.
