Join us Sat, Aug 24 for this Ceremonial Cacao Ecstatic Dance; Preview the BEAUTIFUL NEW LOCATION for ECSTATIC DANCE TORONTO...918 BATHURST

We will be sipping raw cacao in a heart expanding ritual to harmonize & connect as a community ...and to celebrate the long awaited discovery & announcement of our new home.

This special evening will be lead by Malaika MaVeena Darville...1 more Hoorah before she returns to Bali.

Malaika, having married the Cacao ceremony to Ecstatic Dance 10 years ago, is the founding mother of Cacao Ecstatic Dance. She has been leading them in Bali & throughout the world since then and they have grown in popularity.

Cacao, literally translates as the ‘Elixir of the Gods’ from the South American ancestors. It is a powerful medicinal plant for expanding consciousness without the hallucinogenic properties of other powerful plant medicines from the jungle.

An Indigenous myth recalls that when the earth and its people are out of balance, the cacao or raw chocolate will come out of the rainforest to open people’s hearts and return the planet to a state of harmony and balance. We are now living in that time.

The ceremony is an experience in multi-dimensional group energy and is ritualistically sipped in conjunction with other heart expanding processes such as breath work, dance and meditation.

Cacao in its raw and natural state contains over 300 compounds and the bliss chemicals anadamide and phenylethylamine and theobromide. These chemicals are naturally released when we fall in love which is why we still give chocolates to loved ones on special occasions - although 90% of processed chocolate is full of sugar and contains little or none of the health properties found in raw cacao.

This can be a deeply healing ritual. It is recommended to fast or eat lightly the day of the ceremony for best results.

FLOW OF THE EVENING:

7:00pm-9:00pm | Sacred Cacao Ceremony

9:00pm-11:00pm | Ecstatic Dance with Closing Circle Shares

*NOTE: You may attend the Cacao Ceremony, the Ecstatic Dance, or both (tickets priced below accordingly).

If attending the Cacao Ceremony, please arrive before 8pm. DOORS WILL CLOSE AT 8PM ONCE THE CEREMONY BEGINS, AND WILL RE-OPEN AT 9:30pm.

If attending just the Ecstatic Dance, please arrive at 9:30pm.

This is a Drug & Alcohol Free Event ...as always

TICKETS:

Cacao Ceremony - $30

Ecstatic Dance - $25

Cacao Ceremony & Ecstatic Dance - $45

PAYMENT may be made on the Facebook or Eventbrite Event page, in cash at Ecstatic Dance Toronto, or by Interac Transfer (to hub@ecstaticdancetoronto.com)

LOCATION

This event will take place at the

UPCOMING NEW LOCATION for Ecstatic Dance Toronto:

918 Bathurst St Toronto, ON M5R 3G5