Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance

Name: Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance
Start: 2024-11-15T19:00:00-09:00
End: 2024-11-15T23:00:00-09:00
Location: 630 E 57th Pl, Anchorage, AK

Schedule

Fri Nov 15 2024 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-09:00

Location

630 E 57th Pl, Anchorage, AK | Anchorage, AK

https://www.openspacealaska.com/happenings/2018/4/9/cacao-ceremony-and-ecstatic-dance
A modern twist on an ancient Mayan ritual which starts with drinking a potent cacao-based drink (not your grandma’s hot chocolate here!). Facilitated breathwork and meditation guide you into a deep state of presence and awareness. Feel the energy start to really flow as we transition into ecstatic dance fueled by electronic dance music (EDM) and a killer sound system. Each session will feature one of our celebrated local EDM DJs.
Drinking raw cacao, the primary ingredient of chocolate, facilitates natural altered states of consciousness. It is a good introduction to shamanic plant medicines and is considered appropriate regardless of other sobriety choices (after all, it’s chocolate!). It’s most potent on an empty stomach, so we recommend eating a small meal two hours or more before the event. We will close the ceremony with small snacks to help ground the energy and facilitate community sharing.
Betsi draws on 8+ years of working with cacao as medicine to craft a ceremony that moves through the pulses of release, returning to self, connection with community, oneness with life, and celebration.