Fire & Cacao Ceremony
About this Event
Please arrive at the play park entrance opposite the cafe at the main entrance of Stanmer Park by 12.30pm where we will walk together to the site of the fallen tree.
Life is a Ceremony when you live life with a purpose. Our Ceremonies are a space where you can pray in a sacred way, inviting your feelings to be felt and connecting with your Self. In this space your fears, pain and struggle are also welcome as an offering to the sacred fire, where they will be potentially transmuted into happiness, health, harmony, peace, love and unity.
In a Mayan Sacred Fire and Cacao Ceremony you might receive a short description of your sacred Nahual (Mayan Energy) according to the your date of birth. This is a gift of ancient wisdom, guidance, inspiration, the experience and years practicing ancient knowledge and daily energy work in a sacred life path.
Come and pray together for yourself and for your loved ones, to release what it’s no longer needed, to show gratitude, welcoming or seeding good things in the heart of the sacred fire.
We welcome all beings as we all are children of the Father Sky and Mother Earth.
Utz A Petik – Welcome
Let's talk to the Spirit of life, communicate our feelings and give back through prayers.
Fire is a Sacred and ancient element, we believe that it is the Ear of The Creator (Toj) to listen our offerings to pay with our flowers, special wood, seeds and herbs as a way of giving back to the sacred spirit. The Ear of Ajaw, it is pure presence and hears the prayers that come from the heart.
According to the Nahual (Spirit of that day) every ceremony has a purpose and before it starts we put our intentions towards it so it.
We follow the Sacred Mayan calendar Tz’olkin an ancient calendar has been alive and used for thousands of hundreds of years as an ancient guide for the spiritual life to give thanks for our existence. It is an ancient way to ask to all the Spirits to receive and pass on our offering to the creator, in the names of the 20 Nahuales (energies of 20 calendar)
In the sacred fire, We give special offerings as ocote, copal, incenses, herbs and barks, resins, seeds, flowers of different colors etc. to ask the Great Spirit Ajaw to protect our people, bring us abundance, well-being of the family and the community. We invoke the spirit of nature through words, elements, colors, shapes, and intentions to receive what we are asking for.
In this ceremony we pray to all the elements of Mother Earth to support us in our lives and honor them with our offerings.
We invite them to transform what no longer serves, to bring blessings into our lives and to all our relatives.
What to Bring
- Comfortable clothing suitable for sitting and moving with ease.
- If the weather is cold, bring extra layers to stay warm.
- A reusable water bottle.
- The ceremony is outdoors, so bring a hat or scarf for sun protection.
- A yoga mat, something to sit on, blanket.
- A light snack or food to share with the group after the ceremony, if you wish.
Before the Ceremony
- Avoid drinking large amounts of coffee on the morning of the ceremony, as it may interfere with your experience of cacao.
- Please arrive having eaten a light meal about 1–2 hours beforehand. Do not come on an empty stomach or immediately after a heavy meal.
- If you are taking antidepressant Medic*tion, have a heart condition, or are pregnant (especially during the first three months), please let us know before the ceremony so we can determine whether ceremonial cacao is appropriate for you and, if so, the amount that can be safely served.
- No alcohol or drugs a day before and neither after.
Practicals
This is ceremony and we will be sharing prayers and intentions around the sacred altar. Please do not step over or on the altar.
Dress for ceremony respectfully and comfortably.
Feel welcomed to bring offerings for the altar like flowers, seeds and candles as above, for instance. You are also invited to bring any significant objects to place on the altar to be charged and taken home afterwards.
Bring a note book in case you would like to record any reflections and insights.
Dont forget your special cup for Cacao. Be thoughtful with what you would like to drink from and what it represents. Let it hold meaning for you.
You will be drinking organic, ceremonial cacao ethically sourced from Guatemala. Ceremonial Cacao in her pure form like this is full of super nutrients, antioxidants and minerals.
Ceremonial Cacao does contain around 0.2% caffeine which equates to about 6-10mg per cup. Ceremonial Cacao also contains an amazing amount of healthy fat, around 50% which means the small amount of caffeine it contains is released differently into the bloodstream. Much more slowly.
If you are caffeine sensitive or are taking any medications that could be affected, you can drink just half a cup. Please reach out to clarify or check with your physician if needed.
Please no phones during the ceremony. Pictures can be taken at the beginning before we start and after we have finished. Please switch off your phone during the ceremony. We may have a professional photographer respectfully taking photos during the event, if you prefer not to be included in these, please let us know.
Please allow enough time to arrive at the meeting point, unless you know your way to the fallen tree spot. Also allow for enough time afterwards so as not to leave immediately.
Izaias Sajvin Mendoza
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Izaias Sajvin Mendoza was born and raised to an indigenous family in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala. At the age of 14 he started working for Keith Wilson (Keith’s Cacao) as a gardener. Although he studied computers and accounting, he developed an increasing interest in religions and cultures other than the Christian background he was raised to.
Through a dream in his teenagerhood he was guided to look for “the lost path”, a local spiritual practice, which led him to find out his grandfather was a Shaman.
Izaias had to wait until he was ready and after years of search for his path and purpose, and being strongly called to work serving as a Shaman, he was invited to a ceremony to join the elder circles. He found out more about his grandfather story and how he was meant to become a healer, however having to meet the requirements: getting married.
At the age of 21 he married to Izabel, his wife and mother of their 2 children, Jason and Leo, and only then he was initiated in the path of the Fire Shaman. Since then he has been a practitioner and facilitator holding Cacao and Fire Ceremonies as well as Mayan calendar readings through the Nahuales, following the tradition of his ancestors and his inherited lineage.
Ana Izabel Pérez
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Izabel spent her early years working in the Pacific Coast of Guatemala helping her mother in her job as a harvester.
From a very early age she had to work in humble jobs to contribute in supporting her big family, travelling to San Juan La Laguna and leaving her loved ones behind to take on this responsibilities as she lost her father at the age of 6. She learned the native Mayan language Tzutujil at the age of 15 and met Izaias later in San Marcos.
This relationship prompted the beginning of her healing journey, where she could attend to Cacao Ceremonies releasing ancestral suffering attached to her.
Thanks to cacao they grew together stronger in their relationship, this helped them release suffering and helped them to connect more profoundly with each other.
After being a mother of 2 and supporting her husband in her journey towards becoming a Fire Shaman, Izabel was initiated a year later by her teacher Nan Candelaria Xitamul as a Shamaness. Her calling to work with pregnancies, empowering women and growing her knowledge with herbs started to bloom in these years. She is now established as a healer focusing her work in traditional abdominal massage, Temazcal baths and and as a herbalist.
Where is it happening?
GBP 68.96
