K r y s t e n | Cacao Ceremony Facilitator | Perth

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Valentines Day Women’s circle This morning we gathered in circle with Cacao in our hands. Ceremony. Rose magic. Rituals + practices. Cacao has a way of dissolving the armour. Rose has a way of softening the edges. Together they invite us back to self love. Not self love as a mantra. Self love as a felt sense. A hand on the heart. A breath that says, I am allowed to take up space. As we sipped, stories surfaced. Of family. Of lineage. Of the women who shaped us. Of the parts of us that learned to stay quiet, stay strong, stay busy. As the medicine @keithscacao facilitated by @innerwild_intuitive and @iammeganchandler we gave our attention and intention to a guided meditation. In stillness we could notice what appeared when we let our minds wander. The remembering: A vague yet detailed experience. The heart space. The stories. The little girl. The one who felt everything. The one who is creating her own safety. Family is who we choose to sit beside in vulnerability. It is the circle that holds you when your voice shakes and celebrates you when it steadies. Thank you to every woman who showed up this morning exactly as she is. Happy Valentines Day to all the lovers and to those who lead with love 💓

Krysten and Megan began sitting with cacao under a full moon 3 years ago. These little rituals quickly attracted friends to join in, and it was clear how each woman brought her own magic to the ceremony. Today, they are so passionate about inviting women to come together to experience this beautiful and powerful connection. 🙏🏻💓Krysten is a Cacao Practitioner and Reiki Therapist. Megan is a Kinesiologist and Lifestyle and Health Coach.💓🙏🏻

🌕 CHANGE 🌕 This Aries full moon has really lit a fire in me. The motivation 🔥 The yearning 🔥 The passion 🔥 The deep trust 🔥 I feel guided. I feel seen. I feel heard. Answers and opportunities are flowing into my space, and I am saying yes! Abundance! Newness! Money! Connection! The magical ✨️end goals✨️ are finally coming into focus. The 'how' is still unclear, but my heart is at peace. I deeply trust this flow. I know I am exactly where I need to be right now. This is the gift change brings. Letting go of control. Breathing through the moments when I feel the slightest panic at my recent decisions 😅 One month since I embarked on this flowing journey in my new home away from home. The Moon will remind me every month 🌕 There is so much to explore, so much to discover, so much to connect to, unravel, and heal. And it will all happen exactly when it is supposed to. I am so excited to take each next step as it appears. I have all the tools to continue moving through this beautiful unknown, leading from my heart. Grateful 🌹 Grateful 🌹 Grateful 🌹

🌹🩷 Finally feeling settled enough to lean back into my daily cacao practice!! I have not felt present enough to create this ritual with so much change over the last few weeks. Waking up today feeling a little more grounded and connected has been so calming 🥰✨️🙌 Grateful Grateful Grateful 🫧

🪻🌹 A beautiful achievement amidst the chaos ✨️ So beyond grateful to Lani from @heartofrest for leading and holding such a divine space for this facilitator immersion and Alejandra @vamfrequency for diving in with me. I will cherish this experience forever ♥️🩷

Day 5 // Cacao as medicine 🙌 Sound on for 🐦 🐦 at the beautiful @heartofrest in Treeby 🩷

Day 4 // Cacao + Intention ✨️ I had a different experience with cacao today. When preparing cacao, I have always infused my intentions and blessings into it. This was never really taught to me as such, I think after years of being guided to set intentions at the beginning of meditations, breathworks, and circles, it just felt like the right thing to do. After training and practising Reiki for years, it felt natural to work with energy and made sense to flow love through cacao before drinking it. However, as I embark on this journey of truly learning as much as I can about Plant Spirits, and the Spirit of Cacao, it suddenly felt counter intuitive to infuse my own intention through the physical representation of Mumma Cacao. My ritual and practice, the whole point, is to invite her in, ask for her wisdom and support, and listen to what she has to tell me. So why am I trying to tell her how to support me? Why am I not just open to listening and receiving? So, instead, I held my intentions for myself in *my* heart only. And to Spirit Cacao, I asked - what wisdom do I need to hear today? What experience do I need to feel today? What do I need to know? Magic. I felt her presence immediately reach out to me, curl around the back of my neck, and down the front of my body like my favourite scarf. She stayed with me while I sat and guided me to visit my own heart space and look around to see who was there. It was beautiful 🩷 Grateful Grateful Grateful Krysten 🩷🌹 #cacao #cacaoceremony #dailycacao #journal #musings #grainofsalt #energywork #reiki #plantspirit #spiritofcacao

Day 3 // Cacao + Circle ⭕️ Cyclical. Natural. Seasonal. Rose. Venus. Bloom. No beginning. No end. No leader. No hierarchy. Community. Connection. Contribution. No hiding. No ignoring. Support. Stories. Knowledge. Heart. Gratitude. Trinity. I see you. You see me. I hear you. You hear me. I love you. You love me. Sharing. Learning. Caring. Together. Flow. Ceremony. Krysten 🩷🌹 #cacao #cacaoceremony #dailycacao #journalling #musings #grainofsalt #sittingincircle #ceremony #ritual #connection

Day 2 // Cacao + Signs 🪽 I can recognise signs now. Far easier than I have ever been able to before. While I am sure this ability will continue to develop, I truly believe mumma cacao has been vital to my growth in this area. For me, it all started with feathers. Four years ago I saw them everywhere I went. They were extremely comforting during a difficult time. Symbols that assured me, although it absolutely didn't feel like it, I was on the right path. I couldn't see where the path was going. But with each step, there was a feather just ahead, a little breadcrumb, leading the way. At the time, it wasn't obvious. I noticed them, gave thanks for them, but ultimately still kind of wondered, 'What's up with all the feathers at the moment?'. My journey with cacao has grounded me. Planted my feet and plugged me into Mother Earth. Especially during times when my mermaid soul wants to swim off into the spirit world and ignore the reality of this human life I have chosen. Cacao has also expanded my heart. Not through 'cracking it open', but through filling it up. Nourishing me over and over again. Overflowing with love and gratitude again and again until the space starts to expand to accommodate all the ✨️magic✨️. Suddenly, today I have realised how much sharper my senses have become. The clarity in which I notice and receive all the little signs. The nudges from spirit, the synchronicities, the little moments that make me smile. The immediate self-corrections when I say or think something limiting or untrue. All the tools I'm suddenly aware I have that help me stay calm through challenging times. To make decisions for what's best for me even when it goes against societal logic. To safely hold space for others when and where I can. The time I have that feels so abundant when I spend it with people I care about. It's all so much clearer now, and I am so intrigued to witness how this space continues to develop for me. With mumma cacao as my constant companion, diving deep into her wisdom, there seems to always be something new to learn. I am grateful for each and every sign. I am deeply committed to following each nudge. Noticing every feather. Krysten 🩷🌹

Day 1 // Cacao + Rose 🌹❤️ The energy of cacao and the energy of rose feel really similar to me. They both feel supportive, reverent, ancient, motherly, and wise. Strong Mother Earth vibes. Like they know more than you do about, well, everything, but especially the beautiful mysteries of life. Instead of telling you, though, they seem so happy to just wait patiently and hold you while you discover them out for yourself. That first sip of cacao releases the same sigh as when you smell a real rose [from nannas garden]. A moan of delight. A smile. Happiness. Pleasure. Magic that goes straight to your heart. A hug that doesn't let go until it's time. Your heart is blooming, your cup is overflowing, and your love is pouring out. It's the feeling of immense gratitude that comes after you spend time with both of them. A feeling like, if you made a wish right now, it would probably come true. Gentle, intuitive, trusting, guiding.... faith. Cyclical, like the seasons. Wavy, like a calm ocean. Both make you want to go sit in the garden and soak up the sun. The world feels more beautiful with them in it. You can't wait to share their magic with friends. Grateful ✨️ Grateful ✨️ Grateful ✨️ ❤️Krysten

✨️ C O L O U R ✨️ How do you use colour in your everyday life? Is there a colour that immediately makes you smile and lifts your mood? Puts that pep in your step? During a Deep Rest Reiki session, I often ask a client to close their eyes and imagine themselves happy, and already achieving their goal or intention. What colour is around them? What colour are they wearing? And that's the colour we use for the session 🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜 . . . . . #reiki #deeprest #colour #journey #wellness #alternativehealth #chromeotherapy

✨️Deep Rest Reiki✨️ After a few months of assisting so many beautiful clients to drop in and experience deep rest and releasing layers of stress, I noticed that a 45-minute session was just not long enough. To better support you through this precious time you are carving out for yourself, sessions will now go for 1hr 15 minutes with plenty of time to connect and check in first. 1 full hour on the table to ensure you are receiving everything you need and a little extra time to fill your cup!! 🙌 See you in the Zen Den soon! @add.goodness #selfcare #relaxationmode #chillvibes #unwindtime #restandrecharge