Raw Cacao has been honored and worshiped by indigenous people for thousands of years. Up until the 18th century they were using cacao as a sort of currency equal to gold and they refer to cacao as “food of the gods”. It was and still today is held sacred not only for its amazing health benefits but also as a “medicine of the heart”. They call it “Mama Cacao” because of the loving and nurturing feeling that arises when a ceremonial cup of cacao has been savoured. Mayan elders and other indigenous tribes from around the globe believe that the plant is alive and has a spirit that is here with the intention to help us to open our hearts and to be more loving and gentle and to remind us of our connection to nature and spirit and the sacredness of life. There is a legend among them , like a prophecy that says “Whenever the earth and humanity are going through great shifts and transformations the spirit of cacao will emerge to support and assist by guiding the people back into their hearts to know the truth within and to heal confusion and trauma caused by false beliefs and disconnection from source and our essence. Everyone who has experienced a cacao ceremony has gotten a sense of the gentle and loving energy and spirit of “Mama Cacao” and the joy and healing she brings to the world.

The NUMA tribe loves this plant so much and we are so infinitely grateful for all the hearts that have been opened, wounds and traumas that have been healed, dances that have been danced, and love and connection that has been shared thanks to the magical weavings of this beautiful plant medicine.

THEA HANN who is part of the LUCID tribe – a collective for conscious and sacred gatherings in Berlin - has her own story and love affair with the sacred medicine and expressed her gratitude in the form of a wonderful song. When she reached out to us to share this beautiful offering we were instantly enchanted and truly excited and grateful that this prayer song has found its way to us because Cacao is such an integral part of our life and has been and keeps supporting and nourishing us on so many levels.

In addition to the acoustic and pure original version of the song the EP features 2 remixes.

Intiche created a sonic reflection of his own personal connection and experiences with the sacred plant. To honor the different heritages of Cacao around the world Intiche used traditional instruments from countries where cacao is growing like Indonesian bamboos and gamelan, percussion maracas from Peru and Ecuador and rainmakers from Bolivia. By changing the tempo into double time halfway through the track Intiche wants to make us feel the playful atmosphere that the medicine can bring to us “ and make us going deep and at the same time dance and let it go wild...”

Me and Maywa were also invited to rework Thea's Song and with great joy we created our sweet magical journey guided by the Mama herself (we drank plenty of cacao in the process ;)
Maywa added her powerful shamanic icaro medicine, our friend and dear brother Daniel Mora from Costa Rica is playing native costa rican flutes and I painted a colorful tapestry of sonic bloom to express the joy, aliveness and love that mama cacao has shown me within myself and that I can now experience every day all around me in the costa rican jungle.

We hope that this release will serve as a prayer and gift to honor this wonderful medicine. May it support to strengthen our connection to nature and compassion for others and ourselves. May it be a soundtrack to our ceremonies, ecstatic dances, breath work sessions and celebrations of all kinds.

Pura Vida from Costa Rica!

<3

Steffen & Maywa

Mastered by Tom Loescher at New Earth Mastering
Cover Art by THEA HANN

Mama Cacao

Icaro de Awakolla. Santiago Andrade Leon. Comunidad Ayapuma Samay

Aguacollita Profunda

The feminine spirit of Cacao is a wonderful teacher and heart-opener to me. This is why I like to call her Cacaocita. 
While brewing a cup of cacao this song entered my heart and since then I love to sing it to the Cacao.

Cacaocita (cura me)

This is a cacao song that was birthed in Lago Atitlán as an Acapella/Drum song. Jahendo added chords to it and made it a guitar song. this song is always sung at MYF when we are pouring the cacao and opening up a cacao ceremony. Please enjoy the song while you bless your delicious heart-opening cacao brew. enjoy the sweet sensations that cacao brings to sing, dance, pray, create, meditate, or process emotions. enjoy. 

here's a cacao invokation, prayer:

Sweet spirit of Cacao, Ix Cacao, come be with us. help us to open our hearts and experience the divine nectar of life. Help us to release what's not serving, and welcome in new found abundance, life, beauty, creativity and Magick!

we give thanks to the beautiful farmers who tended these sacred trees, and the beautiful Mayan women who roasted, peeled and put their love into this medicine. we give thanks for the Earth and all of her sweet plants and loving medicines. May we always strive to give thanks, praise and offerings for your abundance. 

And so it is!

you can buy cacao directly from MYF, and the beautiful women's collective, Finca Nueva Amanecer. We ship worldwide!

www.etsy.com/shop/mysticalcacaosource

This epic song can be found on page 187 in our MYF Sacred Songbook, which has over 300 songs from around the world w/ lyrics and chords! FREE download at the link below to learn all the songs on our soundcloud. Stay tuned as we add every song from the book to our SC!!

Wanna sing with us in person?? That’d be EPIC!! We have Singing Festivals and Plant Medicine Retreats every August and January and the Spaceholding Training every May! For more info check here:
https://www.mysticalyogafarm.com/heartsong/

We have a free songbook available for download at the link below with over 300 songs!
https://linktr.ee/mysticalyogafarm

MYF is an eclectic transformational healing community in Lake Atitlan. We practice shamanism, permaculture, yoga and more in all their forms. We have a beautiful volunteer program and host a variety of magical events, retreats and gatherings. Reach out for more info!!

Cacaocito (la medicina) ~ Jahendo Studio Version ~ Cacao invocation

Welcome to the journey with the spirit of cacao, let´s travel with cacao medicine to your heart chakra.

11. Mama Cacao (rattle)

Cacaosito La Medicina

Cacaosito Medicina Sagrada

Tabacito Abuelito Maririri
Medicina de la tiera Maririri
Mariririri Maririri

Tabacito Abuelito Maririri
Medicina de la selva Maririri
Mariririri Maririri


Maririri

Cielo Que Pinta Irina Florez

Llamado al poder de la medicina

Traditional medicine song I sing during cacao ceremony's to help guide people on the journey within to help heal their mind body and spirit.

Maririri

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