Chill out with soothing sounds and delicious cacao in a cosy 2-hour vibe session on the second Monday of the month.

MINISTRY OF HEART & SOUND HEALING

EVENT: 1-hour CACAO CEREMONY followed by a 1-hour SOUNDBATH

TIME: 7.30-9.30 pm on every second Monday of the month

LOCATION: The Crystal Company London Oakwood Station Parade 117 Bramley Rd N14 4UT

BY: Jason Wakefield of Holistic J

WHAT TO BRING AND WEAR: Warm & Comfortable Clothing Eye mask (if you want your personal one) Pillows and Blanket (there are some also available at the venue)

MINISTRY OF HEART HEALING - CACAO CEREMONY:

Connect with this amazing and gentle heart-opening plant medicine with unconditional love and gratitude. Mama Cacao provides a safe space for looking into your intention helping with questions or providing insight guidance and healing. How we are going to connect with the spirit of Mama Cacao:

- Gratitude check-in

- Meditation

- Opening of the Cacao ceremony

- Directions of the medicine wheel

- Intention and drinking the Cacao Elixir

- Shamanic Drumming Journey to meet Mama Cacao

- Going through the feedback of the session and journey

- Mama Cacao Goddess Oracle card reading

- Manifestation & blessing Ceremony to Mother Earth for your intention and what you would like to release

- Closing the ceremony

MINISTRY OF SOUND HEALING - SOUNDBATH:

Experience a blissful Soundbath journey with an acoustic mix of various healing sounds: ​

- 9 Chakra Crystal Quartz Singing Bowls - 432Hz*

- Unique Earth Star & Soul Star Chakra Crystal Quartz Singing Bowls - 432Hz

- Crystal Harp - 8 Chakras

- Tibetan Healing Gong bath

- Tibetan Chakra Bowls

- Tibetan Tingsha Bells

- Tibetan Temple bell "Ghanta” and Dorje “Vajra”

- Golden bliss balls from Bali

- Chinese baoding balls

- Koshi Bells - 5 Elements

- Tuning Forks

- Double wind OM wand

- ⁠Handpan

- Sacred Ancestral Percussion Instruments (Shipibo Peruvian rattle, shamanic shell rattles, shakers, rain sticks, chakapa, cabasa, didgeridoo, Guiro - wooden frog, Ala Makana Hawaiian Conch-shell Horn, and native american Navajo flute)

- ⁠Ocean wave drum

- Shamanic Drumming Journey

*2 sets of bowls are placed at opposite ends of the room/venue and played simultaneously in synchronicity. Producing a unique harmonic surround sound experience. So you can be taken on a journey to escape your busy lifestyle and worries. Indulge in holistic healing happiness and inner peace while relaxing your mind and body.

A JOURNEY OF SOUND WITH GUIDED MEDITATIONS Soundbaths have many holistic benefits – physical mental emotional and spiritual. Cymatic studies have shown how intention sound and different vibrational frequencies affect water with many positive outcomes. As we are 70-80% water soundbaths can have similar positive benefits. Whether it is to balance your chakras or have more inner peace stillness and calmness. Experience natural binaural beats that alter your brainwaves to a theta-healing state improving your meditation and present-moment awareness or simply come along to have a deeply relaxing experience.

1) Cacao Ceremony Facilitator and 2) Sounbath/Soundhealing mentorship training available for £333 each or £555 for both. No experience or equipment required. Courses accredited by the IPHM

**Cacao Contraindications**

Generally, cacao is safe and for my ceremonies I only use a small dose of 25g per serving 

Some people may develop a headache or nausea, particularly at higher doses of over 25g, in part because cacao can be dehydrating. Drinking plenty of water will help.

Anti-depressants

Certain anti-depressants are worth extra consideration. MAOI based anti-depressants are contraindicated with the tyramine in chocolate.

There has been some concern with larger doses of cacao and SSRI type anti-depressants, because of the MAOI's in cacao, specifically, tryptophan. Lower doses of cacao like 25g and less regularly are more likely to be tolerated without issue.

Usually, patients taking relevant meds will have been given specific advice on foods to avoid or limit.

Heart conditions or blood pressure challenges

The theobromine in cacao can increase heart rate significantly and is a vasodilator, lowering blood pressure. If you have such a condition, consider consulting a physician and certainly go lighter on amounts.

Water retention medication

It should be noted at this point as something to be aware of. Cacao can act to dehydrate the body and so this can interact with water retention medications. Start with a lower dose of perhaps 10g and carefully observe how it affects you.

Sensible advice for everyone when consuming cacao is to keep hydrated.

Pregnancy & breastfeeding

Like coffee or tea, it is important to reduce the intake of stimulating foods. The theobromine in cacao, which is similar to caffeine, has a stimulating effect although much milder than caffeine. A lower dosage or 10-25g is suggested.

If in doubt, check...

Obviously, none of this is to be considered medical advice. If in doubt, check with your physician