Heart of Rest

30/04/2026

Our autumn sunrise view from the dome.

There’s something about these precious dawn moments.

When the sun begins to gently kiss awake the land little by little.

The warmth creeps in through the cool.

The birdsong begins to flow.

Life waking up. Eyes opening. Hearts Stirring. Love Awakening.

In Guatemala I would watch the sunrise from a little platform looking over the lake. In awe as the light gently woke up little sections of green. It was more than just life waking up in the land - it was life waking up in my Heart.

So grateful to have this view from our dome, right here in urban Perth ♥️

27/04/2026

Our online shop will be closed this May so if you need to top up your cacao supply now is the time 🕊️

Last orders will be shipped on 30th April ♥️♥️♥️

22/04/2026

Have you been looking for a home water filtration system to remove PFA's, chlorine, fluoride & more? We're doing a little tidy up of our shop stock so offering these with an extra special discount for our Heart of Rest community this month.

🌿💧2 x Zazen Glass tank Alkaline Water filtration systems 💧🌿
Usually $745 per system but message me for our special heart community discount❤️

"The zazen Alkaline Water System transforms ordinary tap or tank water into alkaline, mineral-rich water that is clean, nourishing and naturally delicious.
- Natural alkaline minerals
- Filters PFAS, chlorine, fluoride & more
- Australian owned and designed
- 90-day money back guarantee
- 10 year warranty

The zazen Alkaline Water System features the HydroGenesis4 process uniquely transforming tap water into alkaline mineral water, effectively reducing contaminants like chlorine and fluoride while preserving essential alkaline minerals. Designed to hydrate at a cellular level, it supports overall well-being."

State-of-the-art 10-stage filtration process
BPA Free + Glass Bottom Tank
Includes all filters and stones ready to assemble
Eco-friendly + requires no plumbing or electricity

zazen Alkaline Water Filter System $565.00 BPA Plastic Tank | $745.00 Glass Tank The zazen Alkaline Water System features the HydroGenesis4 process uniquely transforming tap water into alkaline min…

13/04/2026

A little bit of golden magic that could so easily be missed.

You can’t see them in this photo but we’ve had 2 beautiful golden orb weaver spiders nestled in the trees the past months. I almost captured the gold of one of their webs today (2nd pic) - as the sun snuck through the trees it was mesmerising 🤩

Despite their many attempts to build their webs low & across the walkway we managed to keep convincing them to go a little higher so we could exist in harmony (sorry to anyone I chased after to ask them to duck under webs on rainy days when umbrellas were a threat to our wonderful weavers lives 🤣😊).

As we watched their webs & bodies grow I’ve felt this extra mama bear urge to protect them as much as we could, knowing they live only one season & the time to lay their eggs was coming soon…

And today was the day, all the ducking and gentle nudges were worth it!

Hidden in the branches a beautiful golden sac now sits. Waiting for the baby golden orb weavers inside to hatch. They’ll wait in their cosy sac until it’s time to enter the world & they’ll stay semi hibernated until winter ends.

I know spiders can scare the beejezus out of some people but watching these beauties has been truly beautiful.

I noticed she was missing from her web this afternoon & began to look for the sac, before I found it I noticed her just hanging. Still alive but like life was completely suspended. I don’t believe they live long after laying their eggs so I stood marvelling in her for an extra long moment appreciating her beauty & the totality of her purpose in life.

Thank you mamas for all that you give 🥰

So precious these front row seats we have to natures beautiful circle of life 🟡🌿🕊️

09/04/2026

Colour explosions to start the day.

05/04/2026

As the sky shifts from sunset colours to stars join me in the dome next Sunday for 2 hours of gentle mindful restorative yin & cacao.

No experience necessary you’ll be guided through gentle movement, breath, mindfulness, Yin and Yoga Nidra practices to support you in feeling at ease in your body.

An invitation to take an intentional pause & book intentional rest and receiving into your schedule.

Sunday 12 April
6.00-8.00pm
Deep Rest with Cacao

🌿 Nervous system care in bite sized chunks
🌿 Practice self compassion
🌿 Create a safe space internally
🌿 Unravel and deepen your connection to self care.
🌿 Listen deeply to the wisdom of your body
🌿Turn inwards and allow mind, body and heart to be nourished from the inside out.

Max 8 persons per session.
All mats and props provided.
Includes a gentle dose of Ceremonial Cacao

Booking link in my bio 🕊️🕊️

03/04/2026

🍫✨ It’s no surprise I love chocolate… and I imagine if you’re here reading this, maybe you do too?!

Across the Easter weekend, many of us will be giving or enjoying chocolate and there is such a joy in that sharing. I like to spread my cacao joy across the whole year, but Easter feels like a precious window to pause, express gratitude for Mama Cacao’s gifts, and honour the beauty of the Heart through ritual and stillness.

Did you know that in Australia, over 75% of annual chocolate sales happen during the Easter period? Wild, right?

And while it’s a sweet time, a lot of those sales go to big companies that still have serious catching up to do around pesticides, agroforestry, and fair farmer incomes. (Mondelez — the owner of Cadbury, Oreo & Toblerone — even received the “Bad Egg” award in the 2025 Chocolate Scorecard for not participating.)

The ceremonial cacao world has grown massively too, but the term “ceremonial” is completely unregulated. Not all cacao is sourced or processed the same, despite the beautiful labels. It can be hard to know what you’re really buying.

That’s why I keep coming back to slowing down.

Instead of getting lost in the noise, marketing, and comparisons, I choose to pause, breathe, and check in with my own Heart. Am I acting from fear or from love? Am I in alignment with my values?

For me, that’s what makes Easter and Cacao so special.

Mama Cacao keeps gently inviting us to listen to that quiet wisdom inside — the intelligence that lives beyond scorecards and science.

That’s exactly what we’ll be doing in our Easter Cacao Ceremony this Saturday: slowing down together, sharing the story of our Guatemalan cacao, then gently moving, breathing, and creating space for our heart’s intelligence to speak.

Whatever your Easter looks like, I wish you a gentle heart pause. It’s wild out there… so why not take a little moment to rest ‘in here’.

Or if you’re in Perth & looking for something special to share, join us in the dome on Saturday evening. Booking link in my bio ♥️

With love,
Lani 💛

01/04/2026

“Autumn time in a person’s life can be a time of great gathering. It is a time for harvesting the fruits of your experiences… To understand the harvest of your soul against the background of seasonal rhythm should give you a sense of quiet delight at the arrival of this time in your life. It should give you strength in a sense of how the deeper belonging of your soul world will be revealed to you.”
~ John O’Donohue, on Autumn & the inner harvest, Anam Cara

26/03/2026

Join me as we pause in the in-between of Easter Saturday. Honouring the stillness of the Heart and the sacredness of cacao as a gift directly from Mother Earth.

The Heart of Stillness is a celebration of the wisdom that resides deep within each of us. This ceremony is an invitation to pause. While many people all over the globe honor the easter period as a special spiritual moment we gather together as an all inclusive honouring of the pure light of consciousness.

Creating space to pause, to breathe and to listen deeply to the wisdom of the Spiritual Heart.

In our time together we’ll share:
~ compassionate mindfulness practices to help you connect to the Heart of Stillness
~ prayers for honouring the source of this beautiful plant medicine and gratitude for the many hands that have helped to bring cacao into our modern world
~ gentle restorative yin and hatha yoga practices to support the lungs and large intestine and this autumn season of letting go
~ guided practices for heart centred humans to feel grounded and empowered even when the world around feels noisy or harsh.

You’ll be offered the opportunity to Pause, Breathe, Rest and remember or establish your own connection to life and the Spirit of Cacao.

Ceremonial cacao is an ancient plant medicine, a wisdom keeper, a teacher and facilitator. She is also a modern day superfood and natural mood elevator. Gently she will guide you to the door of the heart, but she won’t take you anywhere you don’t want to go, simply inviting you on a journey of connecting mind, body and heart.

“I believe the magic of the most beautiful heart centred teachers – particularly plant medicines is to reveal to you the gifts that already lay inside of you. To help you appreciate the subtleties of this beautiful life.” ~ Lani

Open to all genders this is a journey into the heART of the slow, connected, tender and nourishing ways of ceremonial cacao, gentle movement, ta**ra, meditation and reflections to inspire the openness of the heart and mind.

Saturday 4 April 6-8.30pm
$70 including cacao
Hosted at a private property in Treeby (30 minutes from Fremantle and Perth)
Booking link in bio

21/03/2026

We have the ability to hold more than one perspective, experience or emotion at a time.

That was one of the themes of last nights Autumn equinox cacao ceremony. Holding the darkness in our hearts & remembering yin (dark) & yang (light) are relative. There is no concept of light without dark.

We spoke about the magic in the yin. Magic that is missed under the harshness of fluorescent lights and constant busyness. Magic that needs moments to turn down the volume & the lights - to be real & to notice what is alive in the moment.

As we enter the yin seasons of autumn & winter nature provides gentle reassurance there is wisdom in the shorter days and longer nights.

There is beauty in the falling away and the letting go.

There is an incredible power in nourishing the inner world so our magic can Be.

This one was a tender ceremony for me. My beautiful Dad passed away a few days ago & while I continue to sit with the sadness, grief & confusion of this loss I’m also touched by the preciousness of life, beauty, light & care.

My capacity for the mundane world is greatly reduced at the moment and that’s ok. The western world doesn’t do great at grief but I’m doing my best to be real in each moment.

I’ve put many things down so I can move with grief as it comes. But that doesn’t mean I’m in the dark 24/7…there’s a dance unfolding. Sometimes grief looks like staring out at the trees, or writing or reminiscing over old photos, sometimes it’s crying, or raging at the unfairness & heartache of dads struggle. And other times it’s doing the dishes, cuddling with my family, paying accounts that need to be paid and for me it’s also reading wisdom texts & grief poems & sitting in circle with heart centred humans allowing my soul & this land to guide me as I guide others.

It meant the world to me to be able to drink a cup of cacao in ceremony for Dad and to keep blessing him on his journey into the light. I’m taking much refuge in the knowing mum & dad are in the unseen world together again & his suffering is over.

Thank you to the beautiful humans who gathered with me honouring the dark and cherishing the light 🕊️🌿♥️

Much Love
Lani

11/03/2026

In my ideal world we wouldn’t need to give ourselves permission to allow the softer, slower more subtle aspects of ourselves to exist and be nurtured and expressed. It would instead be a natural rhythm built into our everyday lives. Lives, lived in communities that innately support, uplift and celebrate each other as we learn to live in harmony with nature and to reveal the gifts we hold in our hearts. Communities that value connection, meaningful contribution, inclusion and compassion.

I know that’s not quite the reality of life lived in modern cities. But that’s what we’re cultivating in our Women’s Yin Nests.

A space to gather for 2 hours each week to allow your nervous system to feel the support of slow, intentional movement & breath alongside the cultivation of loving kindness, compassion and self awareness.

A circle of women gathering together to receive the gifts of real intimacy with themselves and each other.

We have 2 spaces left for our Autumn Nest. Are you coming? We begin next Friday 20 March 9.00-11.00am.

2 hours each week to breathe, to move, to be with your inner world and the rich landscape of Yin and the feminine essence. This season of Autumn we’ll explore the Art of Letting Go and the gifts of the Metal element, cutting through the noise to clarity so you can give and receive in ways that feel meaningful to you.

Monthly payment option available and if you’ve previously attended a Yin Nest there is also the option to attend casually (send me a message and I’ll send you the link).

With Love
Lani