☮️ Have you mastered the fine art of reducing stress, naturally? Without side effects?
🎻 Have you experienced the universal and ancient art of sound healing?
🌎 Have you ever been taken on a sonic journey around the world, bathed in soothing sounds from over a dozen different instruments, and countries?
♨️ And have you ever experienced all of that, with a heart blown wide open, following a sacred Mayan cacao ceremony?
Sound healing is one of the best ways to quickly put yourself in a deeply relaxed state, and engage the para-sympathetic nervous system, which is ideal for digestion and stress reduction.
And when combined with an alchemically brewed, ceremonial-grade cacao, inside a sacred and safe ceremonial container, remarkable transformation, release and healing are possible.
Come and join Rufus and Dinora, a remarkable and talented couple who work with sound and Spirit, to celebrate the Gemini new moon, an auspicious time to explore new ways of communicating, and pondering life's challenges, by being open to considering things from a variety of perspectives.
It's a good time to open ourselves to connecting and sharing with others, and being open to guidance and curious about deeper truths, especially those that initially feel a bit foreign.
It's also an excellent time to explore new ways to bring more calm into our lives, so we can be more composed. It's also important at this time to open ourselves to being surprised, and to serendipity.
Gift yourself some extra self-care, and some time to release, and to be guided and supported.
Join us and open your heart, and be guided on a deeply relaxing journey to connect to your inner world. And allow your heart to open further by giving yourself the gift of medicinal cacao, "the medicine of the heart”, and open a doorway to your own healing, to your Spirit, and to deeper connections with others.
We will be creating a ceremonial cacao altar, so if you feel called to, please bring a crystal, a candle, a flower or a special object to be blessed on the altar.
💨 OPENING THE CEREMONY
After we welcoming everyone and introduce ourselves, we will cleanse energetically in a sacred smudging ritual. We will honour the traditional peoples of the land, and open the ceremonial space by honouring and calling in the energies of the sacred seven directions.
☕️ SACRED MAYAN CACAO CEREMONY
Alchemically brewed, ceremonial-grade cacao is passed around the circle, and before we drink it, we connect to it with our senses, with our gratitude for all those who brought it to us, and for ourselves for coming to receive it. We then infuse it with intention for that which we wish to let go of, and to receive, during the rest of the ceremony.
🎶 SOUND BATH MEDITATION
We will begin with chanting some medicine songs with the frame drum, another tool to assist in the opening of our hearts. We will then help to oxygenate the blood even more through some powerful breathwork and heart opening exercises. This will put us in the perfect condition to be led into the soundbath with a heart healing meditation, followed by a sound bath meditation that will create from weaving many powerful and ancient sound healing instruments together into a deeply relaxing soundscape.
We will conclude the evening with a reflection circle before closing the ceremonial space by honouring and thanking the 7 directions.
👨🏫 THE FACILITATORS 👩🏻🏫
Rufus is delighted to be collaborating again with his wife and sound healing colleague Dinora Garcia Guillen. They met on a beach in Oaxaca in 1994 and have been in love with this mystical and magical part of Mexico, and each other, ever since. She was taking a break from her busy legal practice in Mexico City, and he had moved to Mexico from Canada to make documentaries.
They return frequently to Oaxaca, a place that constantly inspires them to live a simpler, fuller and more meaningful life.
They love to discover, make and share artisanal and healing products and practices with their friends, family, and clients.
Dinora is a natural nutritionist, a Nia Dance instructor, and a yoga teacher.
Rufus is a health & wellness and shamanic drum circle facilitator, a singer-songwriter, a community choir leader, and a shamanic practitioner. Both Rufus and Dinora have been trained to lead Mesoamerican temazcal sweat lodge ceremonies, and are both sound healing practitioners.
They run Swan’s Nest Holistic Wellness and Nature Retreat, located just North of Toronto, from late Spring to early Autumn, and live in Toronto with their 2 sons the rest of the time. They spend as much time as possible in Oaxaca, and plan to move there in the winter to facilitate workshops, run their import business, La Botica, and host culinary, historical and shamanic tour groups.
⛪️ THE LOCATION
Grateful Den is equipped a selection of pillows - feel free to bring your own if you prefer. Please bring a yoga mat for the sound bath meditation - a few extras will be available on a first come, first served basis. If you feel like wearing a mask, this is of course permitted, but not required, of our participants.
🎟 TICKETS
Early Bird (Limited number avail. until May 9th): $35
In Advance: $39
At the door (if available): $50
If funds are an issue for you at this time, we can exchange the experience for help volunteering, although we require you to come 30 minutes before, and stay 30 minutes afterwards.
🔗 Ticket Link:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sacred-cacao-sound-healing-ceremony-tickets-1349757082769?aff=oddtdtcreator
E-transfers can also be sent to
cnVmdXNnbGFzc2NvIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=, or funds can also be sent through PayPal: paypal.me/RufusGlassco.
🍫 THE MANY BENEFITS OF CACAO
Drinking high-vibrational cacao that is ethically sourced and ceremonially prepared helps us to nurture our bodies, stimulate our minds, open and heal our hearts, and help us connect with the deeper parts of ourselves, and with our Spirit.
Aa a powerful superfood, cacao has many physical benefits - it increases blood flow of oxygen and nutrients to the brain, while lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. Cacao induces the release of feel-good endorphins, which boost our mood and lift our Spirits. It also strengthens the immune system, reduces inflammation and enhances cardiovascular and nerve function.
Cacao has many other benefits that help to bring us into balance, as it is known to be a powerful ally for our inner work. It is known as the “Medicine of the Heart”, not just because of it’s high magnesium levels, but because it helps us connect more deeply with our inner world, our intuitive selves and others around us.
As an adaptogen, Cacao brings us what we most need at the moment, honouring our individuality and where we are at, and gifting us with an experience that is uniquely our own.
🎻 THE MANY BENEFITS OF SOUND HEALING
Sound bath meditations can help bring harmony back to the body, by releasing dissonance, which can manifest as stuck energy releasing suddenly as physical twitching or unleashed emotions.
Low frequency sounds, such as binaural beats, can assist our brains in downshifting to lower brainwave vibrations, producing an altered state of consciousness, or a deep trance-like state.
People who have been meditating for many years can sometimes get into that deep state of relaxation for a prolonged period, but it takes years of practice for most to go, and stay, that deep. It’s much easier to just come to a sound bath! You don't need any experience, and there are no side effects, although sound baths have been known to be habit forming!
The best news? Slowing down your brain wave vibrations to a deeply meditative state is not only an antidote to stress, it is also
one of the best ways to supercharge your immune system!
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