Cacao Facilitation Training

Follow your dream and become a certified Cacao Practitioner!

This is for all who hear the calling of the Heart to offer ceremonial cacao to their community and share the Love.

An in-depth, integrative training for Cacao practitioners in New Zealand, which includes:

- a 4 day in-person training in October

- guided preparation phase

- months of integration and opportunities to build and practice facilitation skills within the group

- supervised self-study

- one-on-one mentoring

- an amazing supportive community to learn and grow with

- all course materials and suggested reading

- a certificate upon completion

- a goodie bag to start you up on your cacao sharing journey

This non residential training consists of sessions held over 5 days held at Taruna College in Havelock North (Hawkes Bay). 

There will be daily cacao ceremonies (5 in total, including for training purposes), as well as 5+ hours of lectures and theory every day.

Dates of in-person training: 24-28th October 2024

Spaces are limited - a maximum of 10 people

Pricing & Registration:

- Early bird ~ $590 for all registrations before the 24th August

- Basic ~ $690

All prices include GST

A deposit of $100 is required with registration

Payment plans available - get in touch to discuss

To register, please send an email to radha.heartawakening@gmail.com or follow the registration process below

Program:

Thursday 24th - evening opening cacao circle (6pm start)

Friday 25th, Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th - training days:

9.30am-12.30pm - Morning session

2.30-4.30pm - Afternoon session

5.30-7pm - Cacao cricle facilitation

Monday 28th - morning closing cacao circle (1pm end)

By taking part in the Heart Awakening Cacao Facilitator Training, you will:

- take the rare opportunity for an in-person training and a fully embodied experience;

- become part of a diverse community of practitioners and a supportive tribe of people to bounce ideas of and co-create with;

- learn about Cacao as a medicinal plant - properties, mythology, history, mind-body-spirit benefits, full spectrum of use;

- learn from a person who has worked with it for over a decade, and has attained her experience over years working with shamans and practitioners from around the world;

- gain knowledge and experience on a personal level which you'd then be able to share;

- experience different ways to work and play with Ceremonial Cacao;

- explore creative ways to bring it into your own practice;

- understand ritual and ceremony and how to hold groups in sacred space;

- obtain facilitation skills for creating safe space, aligned with your authentic purpose;

- learn to think critically and engage with the reality of cultural appropriation and colonisation of ancient practices, helping you to find your own way of bringing this medicine to your community that feels authentic to you, your spiritual beleifs and your ancestry while honoring the anscestry and personal history of all those you are in community with;

- learn tools to hold space for a diverse group of people to be together in ritual, acknowledging trauma exists in our body and minds and communities in many complex ways;

- create an opportunity to grow in yourself and feel empowered;

- anchor your intentions as a facilitator;

- create an avenue for income and living in alignment with your deepest calling.

The training is open to people from all walks of life, cultural and ethnical background, spiritual and social beliefs and promotes radical love, radical acceptance and spiritual growth.

Even though we will share our personal preferences and experiences, we are not affiliated with any brand and do not promote any particular belief system.

In this in-depth training we aim to provide the best possible preparation for every individual who undertakes it. It has been created in a time when the work with Cacao gains more and more popularity, and we are facing a particular paradigm of multiplying unprepared and unexperienced space holders. Hence, the need for a true commitment, which will allow for the work to sink in, be truly embodied and safe to share.

The training is held by Radha Iveta and guest facilitators

Radha Iveta is a devoted cacao lover who's worked with cacao for close to 10 years. She is also among the first people to bring cacao ceremonies to New Zealand. Radha encountered Cacao served in ceremonial context while living in its native lands of Central America. It was love at first sight and her relationship with the spirit of this superfood grew as she learned how to prepare the drink from the tree to the cup. Radha has explored and participated in various ceremonies facilitated by shamans, healers and friends in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru, before she started facilitating ceremonies herself in 2014 in Europe. An experienced space holder being a yoga teacher and a retreat facilitator, she loves sharing her passion for community, authenticity and self-knowledge in combination with the cacao spirit.

Follow your dream and become a certified Cacao Practitioner!

This is for all who hear the calling of the Heart to offer ceremonial cacao to their community and share the Love.