Cacao Ceremony Facilitation Course
Feeling ready to share the profound medicine of cacao with others?
This course teaches the in-depth knowledge, practical skills, and embodied wisdom you need to facilitate cacao ceremony in a good way.
Over 12 weeks, you'll receive intensive training that includes:
- In-depth education on cacao and cultural nuan...
Feeling ready to share the profound medicine of cacao with others?
This course teaches the in-depth knowledge, practical skills, and embodied wisdom you need to facilitate cacao ceremony in a good way.
Over 12 weeks, you'll receive intensive training that includes:
- In-depth education on cacao and cultural nuances
- Foundational ceremony facilitation skills
- Opportunities to practice hosting cacao ceremonies and receiving feedback
- Live Q&A calls for support
- Connection to a network of like-minded cacao ceremony facilitators
Check out the course curriculum with an overview of each module here.
Our next cohort begins January 2025 and enrollment will open at the end of this year.
In the meantime, you can sign up for the course waitlist below and be the first to know when enrollment opens.
*There is a payment plan option using ShopPay at checkout
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This Course Is For You If...
- You've been feeling the call to facilitate cacao ceremonies but need foundational knowledge and practical experience to feel in integrity doing so
- You're already holding cacao ceremonies but you’re craving in-depth learning about how cacao is made, where cacao ceremony comes from, and how to address questions on cultural appropriation
- You're looking for a community of cacao ceremonialists to learn from and grow with
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What To Expect From This Course
This course is a comprehensive learning journey so that you feel well prepared to facilitate cacao ceremony in a good way. We include:
- Practical need-to-know information about how cacao is made and where it comes from
- Practices to deepen your relationship with this plant spirit so that you can facilitate from your own embodied wisdom
- Guidelines for creating and holding safe and potent ceremonial containers
- Practical experience - by the end of the course, you will have facilitated three practice cacao ceremonies of different sizes and received feedback
- Live Q&A calls throughout the course so you can get the support you need.
You won’t be doing this alone. You will have a designated learning pod (pun intended 😉) to meet with, practice with, and receive feedback from. You will also have access to a community platform to connect with this network of like-minded cacao stewards from all over the world.
The course is designed to be a living ceremony in itself - deepening your relationship with the spirit of cacao, with the Earth, and with yourself. Because you can only hold space for others as deeply as you have come into intimacy with yourself.
Course Content Overview
Module 1: How Cacao is alchemized from farm to cup
Module 1: How Cacao is alchemized from farm to cup
Learn step-by-step how cacao is made from cacao tree, to fermentation, to cacao factory, to disc in your cup. By understanding the process, with the overlay of elemental alchemy, you'll be able to explain why ceremonial cacao is the medicine that it is.
Module 2: Designing for magic: Ceremony structure
Module 2: Designing for magic: Ceremony structure
Learn a tried and true cacao ceremony structure and then adapt it to your own practice. You will begin a daily cacao ceremony practice to cultivate your deepest-ever relationship with cacao.
Module 3: activation of your ceremonial ritual artistry
Module 3: activation of your ceremonial ritual artistry
In this module we discuss the artistry of ceremony and the nuances of connecting with cacao powerfully. Working with cacao is a living relationship and we go into how to observe and tend to the relationship.
module 4: neurochemistry & contraindications
module 4: neurochemistry & contraindications
The moment you begin sharing cacao with others, you'll want to have as in depth of an understanding of how it may affect them. Learn about cacao's impact on your neurochemistry, how cacao interacts with other medicines, and important contraindications and side effects that people may encounter when drinking cacao.
module 5: fundamentals of skillful facilitation
module 5: fundamentals of skillful facilitation
Learn foundational skills for effective group facilitation that build trust & credibility in you as a facilitator.
module 6: creating a safe container
module 6: creating a safe container
Learn to create an emotionally safe group container so that you can facilitate a truly deep and meaningful ceremonial experience.
module 7: facilitator self-care and self-assessment
module 7: facilitator self-care and self-assessment
Learn key tools and practices to tend to yourself as a facilitator. Learn how to approach cacao for guidance to see if you are ready to hold sacred space.
module 8: skillfully navigating cultural appropriation
module 8: skillfully navigating cultural appropriation
There is a lot of confusion around the origin of cacao ceremony and a lot of hurt around the colonization of the Americas and the ensuing genocide of indigenous peoples that continues to this day. As a ceremonial practitioner you will be challenged on these topics. This module gives you the tools needed to address the issue of cultural appropriation with humility, awareness, and competency.
Module 9: easefuly Making cacao for groups of all sizes
Module 9: easefuly Making cacao for groups of all sizes
Feel fully competent with the tools and methods needed to prepare cacao for groups large and small.
module 10: public offerings - money, marketing, and education
module 10: public offerings - money, marketing, and education
Get clear on how to market and communicate your cacao offering and how to feel good charging for your offering.
Module 11: Taking it back to mama earth
Module 11: Taking it back to mama earth
We remember that cacao is an invitation to connect back with life itself, to weave ourselves back into the web of life. This closing module reminds us how to work with cacao in right relationship and sacred reciprocity with the natural, living world around us.
Course Structure
This course is a mix of live Zoom calls, pre-recorded modules, and experiential learning assignments. Key course dates will be shared a few months before our next cohort opens in January.
You can expect 6 live calls over the course of 3 months including an opening and closing ceremony, a grief ceremony, and Q&A sessions.
Course FAQs
How Long Is The Course and What is the Cost?
How Long Is The Course and What is the Cost?
This course runs for 12 weeks. Tuition is $499.
is there a payment plan?
is there a payment plan?
If you use the ShopPay option at checkout, you will have the option to split the payment into four installments, paid every 2 weeks. This option is only available for people based in the US at this time.
How much time per week will I need for this course?
How much time per week will I need for this course?
You will need to set aside 2-3 hours each week for the lessons, assignments, and cacao ceremonies.
Is the course pre-recorded or live?
Is the course pre-recorded or live?
This course is a mix of pre-recorded lessons and live all-course calls. You will also have a peer learning group for the course that you will practice cacao ceremony facilitation with.
Should I take the cacao 101 course first if I’m fairly new to cacao?
Should I take the cacao 101 course first if I’m fairly new to cacao?
Yes! We’re recommending that everyone joining the facilitation course who is still fairly entry level with cacao take the 101 course to prepare. The material doesn’t overlap much if at all. You can find our Cacao Foundations 101 Course here.
Will I Receive a Certification?
Will I Receive a Certification?
We offer a certificate of completion once you have successfully completed the course. We don’t certify cacao ceremony facilitators because it isn’t our place to determine your readiness to facilitate. That depends on your relationship with cacao, your relationship with yourself, and your relationship with your community. There are many stages of facilitation and your relationship with cacao will evolve over time. We will teach you how to honestly and accurately check in with cacao to assess readiness to facilitate cacao ceremony. The course is open to people in many stages of life, from complete newcomers and seasoned facilitators, so of course your readiness to facilitate will vary upon completing the course.
We also don’t believe in commodifying ceremony facilitation - it’s not something you can pay for. Of course, you will receive from this course the education, skills, and tools necessary to facilitate cacao ceremony. But ultimately it is up to the spirit of cacao and your authentic relating with cacao to determine if you’re ready to hold ceremony.
Get To Know Your Instructor
Jonas, founder of Ora Cacao, will be guiding you through this learning journey.
Jonas has been steeped in the world of cacao for 10 years: creating relationships with the farmers Ora sources from, building the Ora Cacao factory from the ground up, and facilitating countless cacao ceremonies for thousands of people.
