# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm (-08:00)
- **Event Description**: Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance
Fridays, 7 - 11 PM
March 20 & April 17

On Cacao
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 9+ 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.
Explore practices to generate the intoxicating feeling of being “in love” and experience the deep knowing that you always have that love within yourself.

Build your personal resilience to move through the world as your higher self, maintaining your conscious center and creating space for others to do the same.

**Other notes and common questions answered

On Sipping, Ceremony & Dance

-Stay OPEN. Come through our door with your doors open and invite yourself to experience the circle free of judgement or expectations.
-Bring your own mug (or we will have paper cups to use) and a water bottle. Cacao is a strong diuretic and can trigger a detox response, so lots of hydration before, during, and the next day can help.
-Drinking the cacao is optional; it is totally fine to participate in the ceremonial experience without any cacao.
-You may bring a sacred object to place on our ceremonial altar if you choose.
-Wear comfortable clothes for moving. Ecstatic dance is a free form dance that is highly meditative, which includes no talking and no touch among dancers. Please arrive for the ceremony on time and plan to stay the entire time.

On Registration
Registration fee includes the four - hour ceremony, a ceremonial dose of single-origin cacao prepared using modern shamanic technique, live EDM DJ set and snacks at the closing circle.

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2 Dances: $100

1 Dance: $60

Ticketing + additional info at the link below!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/anchorage/cacao-ceremony-with-ecstatic-dance/200029680545422
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, meditation
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 47

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Anchorage
- **state**: AK
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 630 E 57th Pl, Anchorage, AK, United States, Alaska 99518
- **lat**: 61.16869
- **long**: -149.87055
- **full address**: 630 E 57th Pl, Anchorage, AK, United States, Alaska 99518

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance being held?
  - **A:** Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance takes place on Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 pm at 630 E 57th Pl, Anchorage, AK, United States, Alaska 99518.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance?
  - **A:** Cacao Ceremony with Ecstatic Dance is organized by Open Space Alaska.

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