Cacao Wisdom, Austin, TX (2026)

12/18/2025

Cacao is a sacred plant medicine and a true superfood.
She carries nutrients, wisdom, and ceremony all at once.

Raw, organic cacao is loaded with minerals you need ~ iron, magnesium, zinc, calcium ~ and antioxidants far beyond what most foods offer.
That means you’re not just sipping something delicious.
You’re nourishing your body at the cellular level.
You’re supporting your circulation, your nervous system, your mood, your creativity.

Here are some of the ways her medicine moves through you:

• Iron and zinc help your body build energy and strong blood.
• Magnesium and calcium help your muscles, your bones, your heart, and your nervous system feel safe and supported.
• Flavonoids and polyphenols protect your cells from stress, promote healthy blood flow, and help your brain feel clearer.
• Theobromine (aka "Food of the Gods") softens your system, brings your heart a little warmer, your breath a little deeper, your presence a little richer.

When you honour cacao with ritual ~ slow preparation, intention, presence ~ you allow her to work as medicine for body, brain, heart, and soul.

If you’re ready to embody cacao’s full-body, full-being benefits, comment >>Ritual

12/14/2025

As we enter the season of Yule ~
the deep Winter midpoint ~
the longest night of the year ~
there is an ancient invitation rising beneath the cold air and quiet skies.

Slow down.
Come inward.
Return to the warmth within.

Winter was never meant for striving.
It is the season of stillness, reflection, dreaming, and tending the inner flame.
Our ancestors honored Yule as a sacred turning point...
a moment when the world felt closest to the veil,
when darkness held wisdom,
when light was born again from the womb of night.

And cacao is a powerful ally during this season.

She is a warm medicine in a cold world.
A heart fire in the middle of long nights.
A grounding presence when everything outside becomes quiet and inward.

In Winter, our bodies crave warmth, slowness, softness, presence.
Cacao gives us all of that.
Her theobromine steadies the heart.
Her magnesium relaxes the body.
Her subtle energy opens the emotional space where reflection can actually land.

Yule is the season of remembering your inner light...
and cacao helps you feel it.

Drink her slowly in the morning when the sun rises late.
Drink her in the evening when the dark arrives early.
Drink her when you feel the pull to retreat and rest.
Drink her when you want to soften the noise and hear your spirit again.

This is the season of hearth magic.
Warm hands wrapped around a cup.
Candles lit in quiet rooms.
Journaling, dreaming, releasing, visioning.
Letting creation rest underground so it can rise strong in Spring.

Cacao supports this cycle beautifully.
She honors your body’s Winter rhythm.
She reconnects you with your inner warmth.
She slows you down enough to listen.
She reminds you that the light is returning... inside and out.

If you want a simple Yule or Winter cacao ritual to deepen this season, comment >>Yule

12/11/2025

❄ There is something sacred about winter nights...❄
the way the world grows quiet,
the way darkness settles in early,
the way your body instinctively wants to curl inward and soften.

This is the season that invites you closer to the fire.
Closer to warmth.
Closer to your own heart.

Imagine this...

The room is dim except for the soft glow of candlelight and the crackle of the fireplace.
The air is cold, you pull a blanket across your lap, settle in, and hold a warm mug of cacao between your hands.

The first thing you notice is the warmth.
The way it sends a gentle wave of calm through your body.
The way it anchors you instantly into the moment.

Outside, the world is frozen.
But here ~
you are thawing.

You take a slow sip.
Rich.
Earthy.
Soft.
The kind of flavor that feels like it carries memory...
like the medicine is as old as the fire in front of you.

Your breath deepens.
Your shoulders soften.
Your mind quiets in a way it hasn’t in days.

This is hearth magic.
This is winter ritual.
This is what your body longs for when the days grow short and the nights grow deep.

Cacao brings you into presence.
Not by force
but by warmth.
By rhythm.
By the way she invites you to sit still and feel yourself again.

You stare into the fire and think of nothing and everything.
You feel the way winter slows the world down
and how cacao helps you meet that slowness with grace.

For a moment, it’s just you, the fire, the blanket, the cup.
The simplicity is the ceremony.

If you want a winter cacao ritual to deepen your cozy evenings, comment >>winter

12/08/2025

Cacao Wisdom didn't start from a business plan or a grand vision.
It began in a moment that cracked my heart open in ways I never expected.

It was 2020.
The world was unraveling, and so was I.
I had moved to Bali, following a quiet pull toward healing and truth. I thought I was starting another chapter, but it was really an initiation.

One day, I went to a women’s circle.
The flyer said they would be serving cacao.
I assumed it was a chocolate drink.
I had hated chocolate my whole life, so I figured I’d skip it. I was just there for the circle.

I walked in numb and disconnected. Feeling was something I avoided without even realizing it. Dissociation had been my safety.

Then the facilitator placed a warm cup of cacao in my hands.
She sang medicine songs, and we sang with her.

And between the first sip and the first breath of the song, something ancient inside me opened.

I started crying.
Not a soft, polite cry...
but a deep, unexpected release that burst through years of numbness.

I was stunned.
How could this plant reach me so quickly, so gently, so deeply?

That moment changed everything.

I followed the thread.
I went to a cacao and self-love retreat.
I trained as a cacao facilitator for a year in Bali.
I traveled to Guatemala to learn directly from a Mayan shaman, to hear the origin stories from the people who have carried this wisdom for thousands of years.

Cacao became devotional for me.
She held me through some of the hardest seasons of my life.
She softened my armor, brought my emotions back online, awakened my creativity, strengthened my intuition, and taught me how to feel again.

I never planned to start a cacao company.
But when I prepared to return to the USA, I realized I had nowhere to source the cacao I trusted...
the cacao from the farms I visited,
roasted over open flames by women I sat with,
grown in soil I had stood upon.

I wanted to keep drinking the cacao I knew.
And because I couldn’t find it, I created it.

Cacao Wisdom was born from devotion.
From honoring the farmers, the land, the traditions, and the spirit of this sacred plant.

This is the heart of Cacao Wisdom. And I’m so grateful you’re here.

12/04/2025

Before cacao became a trendy wellness drink...
before it was in cafes or on Instagram...
she was a sacred medicine with a history woven into the heart of ancient Mesoamerica.

For thousands of years, cacao was not consumed casually.
She was prayed over.
Sung to.
Harvested with offerings.
Used in ceremony, community gatherings, rites of passage, healing rituals, marriages, and moments of deep spiritual connection.

The Maya and other indigenous peoples understood cacao as a living spirit.
A being with consciousness.
A heart-opening teacher.

And at the center of this lineage is the goddess Ix' Cacao.

She is known as the Cacao Goddess ~
the mother of abundance, fertility, nourishment, compassion, and emotional healing.
Her medicine was not just physical... it was spiritual and communal.
She helped people reconnect with the Earth, with each other, and with their own hearts.

There is a legend that says:
When humanity becomes disconnected from nature, from spirit, and from themselves...
Ix' Cacao will step out of the jungle and reintroduce cacao to the world.
She returns when the heart of humanity needs softening.
When we forget how to listen.
When we lose touch with the sacred.

Look around~
Cacao is resurging everywhere.
Circles, ceremonies, healers, seekers... all feeling the call.
And it is no coincidence.

We are living in the moment the ancestors spoke of.
A time when humanity is remembering.
A time when the heart is waking back up.

When you drink ceremonial cacao, you are not just drinking a beverage.
You are participating in a lineage.
You are receiving a medicine that has been carried with devotion for generations.
You are honoring the spirit of Ix' Cacao and the wisdom she brings.

Presence.
Connection.
Compassion.
Remembering.

If you feel called to learn more about working with cacao in a sacred, lineage-honoring way, comment >>cacao

12/01/2025

Do you feel the pull to create...
but the ideas feel stuck somewhere inside you?
Like you can sense the inspiration, but it won’t land.
You sit down to write or design or dream, and nothing flows.

This is where MAMA CACAO becomes a true ally.

Cacao is a right-brain medicine.
She lives in the realm of intuition, imagination, creativity, symbolism, emotion, and flow.
She opens the channels that linear thinking cannot touch.

While the left brain wants structure, logic, and order...
Cacao speaks to the part of you that colors outside the lines.
The part that feels instead of evaluates.
The part that dances instead of plans.
The part that knows instead of overthinks.

Cacao does not push you into creativity.
She ~softens~ you into it.
She dissolves the mental noise that clutters your inner world.
She relaxes the pressure to get it right.
She shifts your awareness away from productivity and into presence.

And suddenly, something loosens inside you.
You feel your imagination spark.
You feel a new idea swirl in your body before it becomes a sentence or a shape.
You feel the playful version of yourself wake up.

This is the creative flow state.
Not forced.
Not manufactured.
But remembered.

Your ancestors used cacao to awaken vision, storytelling, sound, movement, ritual art, and emotional expression.
She was a bridge into the unseen.
A portal into the intuitive mind.
A companion for every form of creation.

When you drink cacao before you create, you invite your right brain to lead.
Your ideas start to feel alive.
Your intuition feels louder.
Your creativity feels like something you *enter*, not something you fight for.

Cacao reminds you that creativity is not about performance.
It is about connection.
Connection to your body.
Connection to your imagination.
Connection to the quiet voice inside that has been waiting for space to speak.

If you want to work with cacao to open your own creative channel, comment >>creative

11/26/2025

Holidays bring so much love...
and they can bring a lot of activation too.

Being around family can be comforting,
and at the same time
it can stir up old patterns, old roles, and old versions of you that you’ve spent years outgrowing.

So many women tell me they feel anxious before family gatherings.
They want connection, but they also want peace.
They want closeness, but they also want boundaries.
They want presence, but they don’t want to lose themselves in the old dynamics.

This is why starting your Thanksgiving morning with cacao can change everything.

Instead of walking into the day rushed, braced, or reactive...
you choose how you want to feel.
You choose the energy you want to embody.
You choose the experience you want to create.

When you sit with cacao in the morning, you anchor into your body.
You breathe deeper.
You soften.
You cultivate the feeling you want to bring into the day so it can travel with you.

Ask yourself:

What do I want to embody with my family tomorrow?
What quality do I want to lead with?
Patience?
Acceptance?
Loving kindness?
Not needing to fix anyone?
Simply being present?

Let cacao hold these intentions with you.
Let her warmth soften old reactions.
Let her presence help you stay grounded when old patterns try to pull you in.

You are not responsible for anyone else’s emotions.
You are responsible for your own state.
And when you set your tone early, you carry it like a quiet inner flame
something you can return to anytime the day feels overstimulating or overwhelming.

Patience becomes easier.
Acceptance feels natural.
Loving kindness flows without effort.
Presence becomes your power.

Begin your day with cacao, set your intention, embody it fully,
and let that energy guide you through every interaction.

Share this with someone who you know can relate! And would love to try this practice ~ 🤎✨☕

11/24/2025

As we move into Thanksgiving, a lot of emotions can rise.
Gratitude, yes... but also tenderness, memories, longing, nostalgia, and the ache of wanting deeper connection in our lives.

This is why I love working with cacao during this season. ☕
She brings warmth to the heart.
She softens the edges.
She helps you drop into presence so gratitude feels real and embodied, not forced or performative.

Gratitude is not about pretending everything is perfect.
It is about pausing to acknowledge the threads of goodness that have supported you...
even in seasons that stretched you.
Even in moments that felt uncertain.
Even when you didn’t feel like you were doing enough.

Cacao makes this easier.
Her energy grounds you into your body.
Her warmth helps you relax into openness.
Her spirit invites reflection that feels safe rather than pressured.

And when you sit with your cup this Thanksgiving, you can turn it into a small ceremony of remembrance.
A moment to soften, breathe, and honor the truth of your year.

If you want support exploring deeper gratitude, here are some journal prompts you can sip with Mama Cacao:

✨What is one thing this year gave me that I didn’t know I needed?
✨What challenge am I grateful for because of who it shaped me into?
✨Who has supported my heart in small or quiet ways?
✨Where did I surprise myself with my strength, softness, or courage?
✨What am I proud of myself for, even if no one else knows about it?
✨What do I want to thank my body for carrying me through?
✨What is one blessing I want to consciously invite more of in the coming season?

Let these prompts be gentle invitations, not tasks.
Let your cacao hold you in the moments where gratitude feels emotional, or where tears rise, or where you realize how far you’ve come.

Thanksgiving is not about perfection.
It is about presence.
It is about noticing what is here.
It is about honoring the quiet gifts that kept you going.

Save these prompts for later to explore with Mama Cacao 🤎

### - Cacao Wisdom

11/20/2025

You keep telling yourself - “I don’t know enough to start.” or "I don't know where to start."

You think you need another book, another course, a moment when everything suddenly clicks, and you finally feel ready.

But confidence and connection don't come from more knowing.
It comes from doing. ✨

You learn the sacred through repetition, not just research.
Through devotion, not perfection.
Through sipping your cacao in the quiet morning, not memorizing spiritual theory.

Somewhere along the way, society convinced us that wisdom lives in information.
But our ancestors knew something different.
They learned the sacred by touching it.
By tasting it.
By sitting with it every single day.

🤎☕ Cacao is the same.
Her medicine only reveals itself when she’s in your hands, on your altar, in your body.
Your deepest breakthroughs will come from drinking your cacao, feeling your heart soften, letting your breath slow, and listening to the truths that rise.

Not from waiting for the perfect moment.
Not from trying to earn your worthiness through knowledge.

You learn by doing.
You awaken by participating.

If you are waiting to feel ready, this is your sign:
✨ Start with one cup.
✨ One intention.
✨ One morning, where you choose connection over hesitation.

And the path will open from there.

If you want to learn how to prepare cacao with intention and devotion, comment “Ritual” and I’ll send you the guidebook.

🤎☕✨ - Cacao Wisdom

11/18/2025

As the air shifts and we move deeper into Fall, your body begins to crave warmth, grounding, and a little extra nourishment.

This is the season of slowing down, coming inward, and tending your inner fire.
And your cacao can become a beautiful way to honor that.

When you craft your sacred cacao, you can add herbs and spices that are native to this season to deepen your ritual.
🍂 Fall loves warmth.
🍂 Fall loves earthiness.
🍂 Fall loves spices that awaken your life force energy and steady your nervous system.

These warming spices help balance the cool, airy energy that rises this time of year.

Here are a few you can add to your cacao:

𖥧 Cinnamon
A gentle fire starter.
She warms your digestion, supports circulation, and brings a cozy softness to your ritual.
Her energy is grounding and stabilizing.

𖥧 Clove
A deeply warming, aromatic spice that strengthens your inner flame.
Clove awakens the senses, clears mental fog, and adds a protective, earthy quality to your cup.

𖥧 Vanilla extract
A soothing, heart-softening essence.
Vanilla brings sweetness without sugar, helps calm the nervous system, and invites emotional openness.

𖥧 Cardamom
Cooling and warming at the same time, she helps balance the mind, ease anxiety, and open the breath.

𖥧 Nutmeg
A comforting spice that supports relaxation and deep presence.
She is known to soothe the nervous system and encourage stillness.

These spices do more than change the flavor...
they shift the energy of your ritual.
They root you deeper into the season.
They help your body regulate and ground.
They activate your inner fire right when the world is cooling down.

Cacao already carries a warm, earthy, heart-opening frequency.
When you blend her with these Fall spices, your ritual becomes a seasonal medicine...
a way of aligning your inner world with the rhythm of the Earth.

If you want a simple Fall cacao recipe to start working with these spices, comment >>Fall Recipe

10/16/2025

When I first encountered Mama Cacao it was at a women’s circle in Bali, Indonesia.

I was just beginning what I now know was a very deep, unraveling & healing journey that lasted for the next three years.

At the time I was numb, I struggled to feel my emotions and connect with the wisdom of my body. I had learned to suppress to survive.

Nothing happens by accident and Mama Cacao found me exactly when I needed her most. She helped me open my heart, to feel, to release the trapped emotions, and to find my heart wisdom… my truth, myself.

If you are feeling the call to work with Mama Cacao it isn’t an accident. Lean in, explore, unravel, connect with your truth - she is the warm embrace and help you feel nourished and safe while you do the deeper work.

If you’d like to learn more about Mama Cacao ~ how to prepare her and sit with her in ritual, comment “ritual” and I’ll DM you some resources.

### -Gabrielle (Cacao Wisdom)

03/18/2025

Does Ceremonial Cacao Have Caffeine? ✨🍫

Not quite—but let’s dive into the magic.

Unlike coffee, ceremonial cacao contains theobromine, a heart-opening compound that gently energizes without the crash or jitters. It’s a medicine of the heart, activating deep presence, creativity, and connection to spirit.

Cacao is best chosen to sit with when you desire clarity, grounding, deep support, or a sacred ritual with yourself. Whether as a morning ritual, pre-meditation activation, or an afternoon inner journey, Mama Cacao meets you where you are and guides you deeper.

Feeling the call — Explore the wisdom of ceremonial cacao—sourced from Guatemala, crafted with intention. ✨ Link in bio to purchase. 🤎☕️

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