About this Event
Join us for a special Thanksgiving cacao ceremony, a night of warmth and celebration where friends gather as family. Beneath the gentle glow of evening, we come together to honor the bonds that unite us, inviting the sacred medicine of cacao to open our hearts and deepen our connections. This evening is more than gratitude; it’s an embrace of friendship as kinship, weaving us into a tapestry of shared love, connection, and presence.
Through the rich, earthy spirit of cacao, we enter a space of openness and tenderness, allowing its gentle guidance to melt away boundaries and bring us closer together. Let each sip be a reminder of the love that surrounds us, the friendships that uplift us, and the family we find in each other. Together, we create a circle of belonging—a family woven with threads of compassion, joy, and gratitude.
How to prepare for an optimal experience:
-Avoid coffee and alcohol up to 6 hours before; avoid heavy foods the day of, eat a light meal up to 3,5 hours before; and keep yourself very hydrated during the day.
Some of Health benefits: The ceremonial grade Cacao contains a high quantity of Magnesium, which is a catalyst for most important brain functions specially memory and concentration. It is highly beneficial for heart function, helping to relax the blood vessels. This Cacao Contains very unique molecule name Theobroma, that Stimulates the cardiac system resulting to a longest lasting cycle of energy while simultaneously stimulating the heart and a sensation of relaxation
What you could feel with Sacred Cacao Feeling grounding - Lifting energy - An open heart sensation - Pure happiness and bliss - A deeper connection with life - A feeling of belonging and love toward others -A desire to be kind - An ease to speak your Truth -A remembrance of ancestral practices
Other benefits include
- Reduces appetite and helps in weight loss
- Helps with cardiovascular health
- Dilates blood vessels and reduces blood clotting
- Assists in regulating heartbeat and blood pressure
- Reduces the risk of stroke and risk of heart attacks
- Helps to protect from environmental and metabolic toxins
- Acts as an antidepressant and balances the mood
- Balances the brain chemistry
- Builds strong bones
- Helps to reduce PMS symptoms and regulates it
- Helps to increase focus and alertness
- Detoxifies the liver
- Helps with healthy pancreas function
- Facilitates anti-aging and rejuvenation
* All tickets are non-refundable*
Jeffrey Connors,Jeffrey Connors, also known as as eljeffre, is a multi-instrumentalist musical artist primarily active in New York City. He focuses both in the wildly expressive nightlife scene and also in areas where the focus is more so oriented toward healing, focus and integration. Despite these areas being seemingly opposed, he brings a common energy of ingenuity, artistry and connection to every circumstance - continuously finding that the shadow work at night informs the light work during the day.
His work with Cacao has taught him much over the years, namely that one must quiet the mind in order to listen better to the subtleties of the heart. Every Cacao ceremony ends up being a ritual into the exploration of these subtleties, and he expresses this in the way he plays music during ceremony. Attention to the slightest sonic sensations seems to stimulate the strongest sense of musical wonder in such scenarios.
Within the context of ceremony you will most likely find him playing guitar, flute, drum and synthesizer - as well as prepared soundscapes & samples. He strives toward the evocation of a sense of ancient future, combining timeless traditions with the latest technological capabilities. Doing so allows one to acknowledge the ways of the elders before our time, while also taking up their example of forging forward into new understandings using the means and tools of the current zeitgeist.
SARA LOAIZA
Artist, Singer, Sacred Song Carrier, Ceremonialist, Moon Dancer & Vision Quester
Sara Loaiza is a soulful alchemist of the heart, guardian of the Earth, and nurturing community builder from Medellín, Colombia. A multifaceted artist, singer, songwriter, vocalist, performer, and ceremonialist, Sara weaves music, ancestral wisdom, and sacred practices into transformative experiences that invite people back into connection with themselves, one another, and the natural world.
Rooted in her Colombian heritage and a deep reverence for the wisdom of the Earth, Sara is a sacred song carrier and sound alchemist devoted to the healing power of music, cacao, yoga, breath, and ritual. Through cacao ceremonies, yoga, breath,and medicine music, she creates spaces for remembrance, self-discovery, and heart expansion.
As a moon dancer and vision quester, Sara walks a path of devotion, continually deepening her relationship with the rhythms of nature, the mysteries of life, and the wisdom that emerges through embodied experience. Her work bridges ancient traditions with the modern world, inviting others to reconnect with their inner teacher and embrace their authentic, radiant, and multidimensional selves.
For Sara, art is a conduit for communion with the sacred, music is medicine, and ceremony is an offering of love and service. Through her artistry and the spaces she holds, she honors ancestral teachings while creating meaningful opportunities for transformation, connection, and collective remembering. "We are all flawsome"
Sara is the creatrix behind HearthbySARA and the co-creator and co-founder of Gaia Nomaya, a wellness and community space she helped bring to life. Whether through song, ceremony, or the practice of holding space, her work is an invitation to expand the heart, let pur multidimentionalselve be expressed and honor our humanity, and remember the sacredness of being alive.
* All tickets are non-refundable*
Event venue & nearby stays
Gospel, 281 Lafayette Street, New York, United States
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