Inner Child Healing Cacao Circle: Returning to a Sense of Awe & Wonder

Friday 11 April 2025
6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Vesna Vavladellis 437A Centre Road Bentleigh, VIC, 3204 Australia (map)

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Join Vesna Vavladellis on an inner journey of liberation, healing and reconnection to your innate sense of childlike wonder as we invoke the guidance of Hawaiian Ceremonial Cacao through sacred practices of sound alchemy, indigenous storytelling, meditation and deep personal inquiry, with the blessing and permission of lineage-holder One Who Catches Lightning and the Keeper of the Thunderstone.

Returning to a Sense of Awe and Wonder

Over recent years there has been an increase in individuals seeking to release childhood wounds in an effort to heal their inner child, yet the path to true healing isn’t necessarily about the absence of trauma or “getting rid” of anything – it is about a return to the balance and innate connection with our unconditioned nature of being that can so easily become forgotten amidst the layers we’ve accumulated in navigating the human experience.

From an indigenous perspective, it is understood that finding our way back to this space of being and rediscovering balance in our relationship with self and others primarily involves deepening the reciprocal connection with Earth as our Mother – and one way to begin this journey Home is to rekindle the pure sense of childlike awe and wonder ever-inherent in our truest Self.

Hawaiian Ceremonial Cacao

Ceremonial Cacao has played a central role in the traditions and ritual practices of the Olmecs, Mayans and the Aztecs for well over 4000 years, with Hawaiian Cacao being one of the rarest and most expensive cacaos in the world.

Also known as “the food of the Gods”, in its purest form Cacao is an ancient medicine that offers access to the rich wisdom that resides within the uncharted landscape of our inner world. When we sit with the energy of cacao, we connect back into universal consciousness, unconditional love and allow ourselves to experience cohesiveness in mind-body-essence. Leading us on a journey of self-discovery, evolution and change, it acts as a gentle yet powerful catalyst for rewriting the narratives that have held us back from showing up as our true, authentic selves.

For this circle we will be drinking Kumu Hōkū (Star Root/Teacher), a special blend of Hawaiian cacao combined with Awa from Cuatro Manos y Cinco Volcanes farms. Awa connects to the sky root above and the root from Mother Earth below, and can support our integration of higher frequencies and energies in the ongoing journey of awakening on this physical plane. Native to the South Pacific Islands, it has always been part of prestigious ceremonial occasions and particularly in facilitating open communication in conflict resolution due to its relaxing, calming and grounding qualities.

Cuatro Manos y Cinco Volcanes Cacao is grown and produced in the Hawaiian way of “E hele me ka pu’olo”, the way of abundant flow honouring creator and universe by always offering back – lovingly prepared from tree to disk through ceremony and prayer with zero slave or child labour, proceeds are donated back to support reparations of the land and community in Hawaii as well as the indigenous elders and wisdom carriers of this medicine.