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Seeing With the Heart

<< 2026 COHORT NOW FORMING FOR SEEING WITH THE HEART: CACAO CEREMONY SERIES >>

2026 In Person Ceremony Dates: 

Saturday, January 31
(Snow Date: Saturday, February 7)
Saturday, April 25
Saturday, July 25
Saturday, October 24

All in person ceremonies will be held from 5 - 9 PM at Pranayama Studio in Mystic, CT 

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Seeing With the Heart is a ceremonial immersion and energetic study of the transformative, heart expanding power of cacao. The ideal conditions are created to learn how to See With the Heart and move toward self-mastery and greater heart coherence with body, mind, and spirit. Seeing With the Heart serves as a portal to your own heart where you can explore the depth of your being and journey through your inner landscapes to understand and connect with yourself more deeply, authentically, and joyfully.

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<< Seeing With the Heart >>
A Pathway to Inner and Outer Transformation Guided by the Spirit of Cacao

Join Rebecca for a transformational cacao ceremony series where you will have the opportunity to experience the depth of cacao as a master plant supporting your heart opening, healing, and deepening journey through learning to See With the Heart, a nod to Shamanic teachings that show us true sight does not come from the eyes or mind, but from the heart. 

::NOTE:: This is unlike any cacao ceremony you’ve experienced before. Western culture has created cacao ceremonies based in outward connection through talking, singing, and dancing - you know...all the feel good components. In fact, many of my previous ceremonies and circles have been outward connection focused to help people experience the sweetness of love. This is all wonderful and feeling the euphoric and connective aspect of cacao is so important to your healing, but I want to be clear: This is not that. This cacao ceremony series is designed as a space to go inward and be deep in your personal process. While there will be curated time for sharing, talking, and connecting this is an offer to deeply connect to your heart and the Spirit of Cacao.

Each participant will be offered a full ceremonial dose of pure cacao(around 40 grams) and through preparing cacao, ritual, prayer, intentions, journey meditation, drumming, and sound you will be on a shamanic journey while riding the expansive wave of cacao together in the ideal conditions to access your hearts truth, wisdom, and guidance deeper and clearer than ever before.

There will be the support of a rhythmic space holder to support you in your journey through holding a meditative drum trance state. We will drink pure cacao in it’s bitter form with nothing added in so we may receive the purest transmission and connection possible with the Spirit of Cacao. Again, many people drink cacao to experience the sweetness of love - this is an opportunity to experience the raw, real, sometimes bitter truth of love. 

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<< Learn From the Spirit of Cacao Through Direct Experience >>

Ceremonial Cacao, often referred to lovingly as Mama Cacao, has been revered by indigenous cultures in South and Central America for thousands of years as a master plant for her ability to provide potent, transformative experiences through depth, gentleness, and the wisdom of her teachings. While cacao is not psychoactive, she is neuroactive** (stimulating the brain) which in turn helps facilitate physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual transformation without requiring extreme conditions or forcefully altering consciousness.

Mama Cacao does not push you outside of your body; rather invites you deeper into your body and heart. She provides a path to self-mastery by teaching you the simplest and most difficult lesson of all: how to love and be present with yourself completely. Cacao creates an opening, but the work is done by you. This gentle approach makes its profound teachings accessible without being overwhelming, allowing for a deep, sustained relationship rather than a sudden, jarring shift.

This is for you if you desire to:


++ Deepen your relationship with cacao in a ceremonial setting
++ Explore your heart healing and expansion with the Spirit of Cacao as your medicinal plant ally
++ Sit with plant medicines in a non-psychadelic capacity (cacao IS considered a neuroactive**)
++ Explore the potency and transformative power of cacao as a master plant
++ Tap into the wisdom of your body, heart, and spirit to receive insight, downloads, and clarity
++ Bring more intentionality, intimacy, and vulnerability into your self-connection and with others
++ Explore and master your inner worlds while deepening in your personal process  
++ Connect to greater creativity, visions, ideas, and inspiration living inside of you 

++ Feel confident in your most soulful, authentic self and show up in your true, heart centered expression 

Friends, sitting with cacao as a devotional practice has transformed my life in every way. It's truly hard to put into words how this medicine can impact your life - the above is just at general descriptor of what's possible. I can say from my own personal experience that I have become a better communicator able to have challenging conversations with more ease and love, connected to my genuine soul family who GET me (love and accept me too) as I am - no explanation needed, it just vibes, tapped into more creative power than ever and even published my debut collection of poetry, moved into deeper trust of my path and have discovered greater purpose, began singing again (and even share this at events), I am more patient, kind and understanding as a human being, facilitate transformational events, and now help others transform through the power of cacao. I am so in love with life that some days it brings me to tears - and this was not my experience and feeling about life before I started sitting with cacao. I understand now what it means to See With the Heart. These are just a few of the results I've experience - the possibilities are endless when you open your heart and spirit to her.

::NOTE:: Though cacao is not a psychedelic, she is neuroactive and it is highly likely you will feel a physical opening in your body. People often experience sensations in their heart and chest, feel very light, tingly, blissful, euphoric, emotional, and become more open to visions, inspiration, and other shamanic experiences.

i'm ready!

<< Transform Your Life, One Ceremony at a Time >>

If you’re ready to See With the Heart and come on this journey, I invite you to join us.
To maintain the integrity of the ceremony, registration will close 24 hours in advance.

TUITION
$125 per session
OR
Sign up for the annual cohort, attend all 4 ceremonies, and save 20%

WHAT’S INCLUDED

++ admission to all 4 in person ceremonies
++ Community group chat for digestion and connection
++ 3 part educational series

IN PERSON CEREMONY DATES
Saturday, January 31 (Snow Date: Saturday, February 7)
Saturday, April 25  
Saturday, July 25  
Saturday, October, 24

 TIME
All ceremonies will be held from 5 – 9 PM  

LOCATION
All ceremonies are held at Pranayama Studio, Mystic, CT  


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I'm ready to see with the heart

<< Pre-Ceremony Play & Community Connection >>


Part of showing up in ceremony in right relationship with cacao is understanding her not just in spiritual connection, but in her physical form as well. This educational series is being offered because inside of the ceremonies themselves, we are focusing on the ceremony and ritual aspect of being with cacao. There will be no education or introduction to cacao inside of the ceremony; yet to truly be with her (and for your safety and well being) it’s important to know her. To ensure you have a base understanding of cacao, how she moves through you body, and how to best set your intentions for this specific ceremony series, you'll have access to a 3 part educational series (releasing in Dec 2025). I call this PLAY because I find cacao to be so fascinating and fun to dive into and hope you do too!

Inside this 3 part educational series you’ll receive 3 short audio trainings including:

1.Ceremonial Cacao 101: History, Origins, Health Benefits, & More – Create a base understanding of what cacao is, where it comes from, decolonization efforts, history, what makes it ceremonial, science backed benefits / effects, and more!

2.Journey Through the Body – Understand how cacao interacts with and moves through your body. Powerful compounds such as theobromine, anandamide, and PEAs will be coursing through your system. This will allow you to understand what is happening in your body in real time as it's unfolding.

3.Elevate Your Intention Setting – Since this ain’t your average cacao ceremony, neither is the intention setting process. Here you’ll learn how to elevate your intention setting practice, create pure and clear intentions, and get specific so you can receive the most from your time in ceremony.

Community Digestion & Connection: We don't heal, grow, and transform in a vacuum. These ceremonies serve as a crucial piece to the heart healing and expansion puzzle, but it's who you choose to be and how you choose to show up every single day outside of the ceremony space. With that in mind, when you sign up for ceremony, you will have access to a private group community for integration, support, and connection in between ceremonies. Because after all, life IS the true ceremony. 

Let's go!

<< Meet Your Ceremony Guide & Space Holder >>

Rebecca Tendrich, MS is a Cacao Ceremonialist, Intuitive Singer, Author, Writing Coach & Book Editor. She is passionate about supporting humans in opening their heart to their true nature rooted in love through grounded, relatable approaches so they can clear self-doubt and stagnancy while stepping into their authentic self-expression. Rebecca is a Certified Professional Coach, Master Shamanic Reiki Practitioner, Certified Ecotherapist, & multi-passionate creative that is also trained in vocal sound healing, shamanism, herbalism, embodied dance, and music.

Rebecca has been working  closely in her personal practice with Mama Cacao for over 3 years and has been facilitating cacao spaces for nearly as long. The power of cacao has completely transformed her life from feeling directionless, heart broken, unclear, unsure of her purpose, disconnected from herself and others to feeling vibrant, radiant, heart opened, in her power and purpose, and so much more. The deep energetic study of cacao through direct experience has had the most profound impact as she has been able to receive wisdom and guidance from the Spirit of Cacao that is typically reserved for the Shamanic Teachers of cacao.

In 2025, Rebecca embarked on a 9 month pilgrimage to South and Central America, which was a cacao inspired journey. She visited the lands of Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia in order to connect more deeply with the lands, the Great Mystery, and her own heart. This journey ultimately deepened her relationship to Mama Cacao, herself, and her community.

She is beyond thrilled to share all her experience and wisdom through this exclusive cacao ceremony series. 

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