"In the darkest of nights, the firebird's glow will guide you towards the light."

This is your invitation to connect with your divine essence and creative potential, as we embark on a inner voyage with the support of Cuatro Manos y Cinco Volcanes Cacao, Pōhala Esoteric Hawaiian Fern Medicine & Sound alchemy.

Cacao, Fern & Sound: Fury of the Firebird

Date: Sat May 25 2024

Time: 6:00 PM - 7.30 PM (Please arrive approximately 5-10 minutes before to settle in)

Location: MINDFUL AF - 3/333 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd, Emerald VIC.

Pricing: General admission $48 or bring a friend $80 for two general admission tickets.

Free entry for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people - please contact to book.

What to bring: Journal, pen, water bottle and any other supports you might need during the journey.

What to expect: Vesna will provide a supportive and nurturing space to guide you on a journey to explore your inner world. Each session runs for approximately 90 minutes and weaves elements of storytelling, meditation, somatic movement, breath practices, energy healing and sound alchemy. Each participant will recieve an energetic clearing upon entry and will be supported through the sound journey by Hawaiian ceremonial cacao and Hawaiian fern medicine. There will be an opportunity to share and be witnessed in circle if you choose and to assist with grounding, refreshments will be provided at the end of the circle.

For this ceremony we will be drinking ablend of Mā'ili cacao from Cuatro Manos y Cinco Volcanes Cacao with 'Ōhi'a Kū Fern Essence Edible Hydrosol (FURY/RHYTHM) from Pōhala.

10% of all proceeds from each event is donated back to support reparations of the land and community in Hawaii and to support indigenous elders and their teachings.

THE FIREBIRD

The firebird is a peacock like mythical creature with flaming red, orange and yellow feathers, often found in slavic mythology, with similar representations such as the pheonix seen across many other cultures around the world. The firebird is the embodiment of the element of fire, a representation of spirit and creation. In an ancient medieval Russian creation story, it was said that in the beginning in the primal chaos of the great ocean that the firebird laid the egg of life. When it hatched all things were born and there came purpose and order, there was Heaven, Earth, the Underworld, the circling stars and the four directions. The firebird holds the key to our existence, to life, for it knows the relationship between dark and light, chaos and order. It is revered but also feared, for the firebird will come to those who are willing and ready to embrace their shadows and be lead on a path of true transformation and liberation.

CEREMONIAL CACAO

It is no coincidence that cacao, this sacred medicine and manifestation of courage and divine love, was given to warriors before they were sent out to battle to face their own deaths. When we sit with the energy of cacao and we allow her spirit to guide us, we allow ourselves an opportunity to come into cohesiveness in mind-body-essence. Cacao connects us back to universal consciousness and love, that spark of creation that resonates in our hearts.

Mā'ili Cacao Bar

This small estate is young and the trees are producing beautiful beans with notes of blueberry, hibiscus, clove, and coffee. Coming from the Eastern Side of the island this gem is about 10 min from downtown Hilo.

Mā'ili : A stream situated nearby to the suburb Paukaa and the village Wainaku.

Energetics: Rediscovery

HAWAIIAN FERN MEDICINE

Pua’aehuehu, endemic and indigenous Hawaiian Ferns, hold the codes which correlate to specific human emotions. Fern botanicals allow humans to unravel stories wrapped around their perception of their reality that have been bound by western society. Fern botanicals allow us to connect back to a primordial experience of creation from which we can unfurl.

'Ōhi'a Kū Fern Essence Edible Hydrosol (FURY/RHYTHM)

The commanding ‘ōhi’a Kū Fern is the personification of Divine Fury, the principle of Rhythm.

Ōhi’a Kū (Mecodium) is a fern of intensity and whom prefers to attach itself to rocky cliffs, and preferably behind or in the vicinity of waterfalls. This fern enjoys the vibration created by the fury of the water impacting stone. Energetically masculine, ‘ōhi’a Kū is a pro-generator of movement, action, flow, and creator of results. Stoic, purposeful, and incredibly vibrational, he aligns us with the sacred rhythm of this very planet.

A thing about Fury...

Fury as the emotion is incredibly misunderstood, and many attribute FURY to violence and conflict. True FURY is all about RHYTHM and rhythmic patterns. Our very reality is determined by a sacred rhythm, and some call the genesis of this rhythm “The Big Bang.” From nothingness came the explosion of all - of matter, materials, light, sound, and possibility. From this place, all things are connected and maintained in harmony by a cord of rhythm. It is the fury of rhythm which allows us to materialize into this phenomenal world, and it is by this same rhythm which allow us to return the Source for spiritualization. It is the map, the blue-print, sacred doctrine, and the path.

SOUND

We have all heard it before, that emotions are “energy-in-motion”. Energy carries information and it is from this energy that we can connect to the guidance and wisdom of the unseen world and the wisdom and guidance of our inner landscape. When we are exposed to sound or music our bodies begin to tune to that sound. This resonance is what helps move stuck energy in the body.

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR

Vesna Vavladellis

Vesna is a mother, scientist, sound alchemist, teaching assistant & student at the Path of IX and Cuatro Manos y Cinco Volcanes Cacao School. Vesna invites us to go beyond the cognitive limitations of our mind with the support of Hawaiian cacao, Hawaiian fern medicine, sound, somatic movement, dreaming and meditation to access the wisdom that resides within the rich unchartered terrain of our inner world.

Vesna aims to create environments which are nurturing and supportive and that allow us to meet ourselves wherever we are at on our journey. Vesna believes that it is from this space of deep connection and reverence that we have the opportunity to explore, heal, evolve and rediscover our relationship with our body-mind-essence so that we may come into sacred union with all that we innately are.

Vesna walks in deep relationship alongside her teachers, ancestors and guides on her own journey to reclaim the traditions and magic of her lineage that support her path. It is through her own remembering that she aims to inspire and empower others to realise the innate wisdom they carry and to realise their true potential.