Saaristo Summer Solstice Celebration ✨ June 19th ✨ Nagu

Join us for a magical & heart-opening evening celebrating the Summer Solstice, the longest & brightest day of the year. You can expect to be nourished by the medicines of community, dance, sacred songs, shamanic drumming & Mayan ceremonial cacao. ☀️✨🪘✨🔥✨🤎✨🕯️✨🌻✨🌞

The event will take place outdoors, around a fire - if the weather permits. ☀

If it's impossible to be outside or have a fire burning, we will gather indoors. 

✨ What to expect: 

Openining Circle to forge CommUnity Connections

A warm brew of Mayan Ceremonial Cacao from Guatemala

Grounding Rituals, Meditations & Earth Wisdom

Guided Embodiment Practices 

Musical Co-Creation with Sacred Songs & Space to Dance

Solstice Storytelling & Wisdom from both Mayan & Nordic Cultures

Community Drumming & Drum Journey

Closing Circle to Share Reflections (or just to listen if you prefer not to share)

Late Night Plant-Based Dinner - prepared by a professional chef

Faciliated by The Rakas Kakaw Family & Jooga Jenny:

🤎 The Cacao Rituals, Embodiment Practices & Closing Circle will be lead by Rakas Kakaw Founder, Nicole Flora Cramer. Nicole is a trained & experienced Cacao Guide, Sacred Facilitator of healing circles, and Teacher of Dance, Gymnastics & Yoga with over fifteen years experience teaching movement. Nicole has studied with Mayan elders from K'iche, Kaqchikel & Tzʼutujil lineages to deepen her understanding of cacao & Mayan culture. She works in ongoing partnership with The Mayan Wisdom Project.

🤎 For the music & dancing portion of the evening, you can expect to hear an assortment of global sacred songs selected by Nicole's Beloved, Lauri Ovaska - aka DJ Laku. Lauri is a professional chef and amateur DJ with a deep love for food and a lifelong passion for music. Lauri will also prepare the delicious plant-based meal that we offer you as a gift at the end of our evening together. 

🤎 The Drumming, Drum Journey & Storytelling will be guided by Holstic Healer, Massage Therapist, Yoga Teacher & Moon Circle Faciliator Jenny Präktig. Jenny is a physiotherapist with training in Shiatsu, Ayurveda, and Yoga and over ten years experience supporting clients with nutritional health & exercise fitness. The treatments shes offers are all related to natural teachings & she connects to support from the spirit world & power animals. 

✨What to bring?

A water bottle.

A candle or lantern.

Your favorite mug for cacao.

A drum and/or other musical instruments. 

An open heart & desire to connect in CommUnity.

Something to sit on, in case we are able to be outside around the fire.

Sacred items & biodegradable earth offerings for the communal Solstice altar. 

Comfortable clothes to dance in & maybe even get a bit sweaty; plus layers to stay warm & dry outside. 

✨What is ceremonial cacao?

Cacao is a gentle plant medicine native to Central + South America. Theobroma means "food of the gods" in Latin, and cacao is an Olmec term meaning "bitter" and "water." This sacred heart-opening plant, which has been a central component in ancient Mayan culture for thousands of years, is now hailed in the Western World as a "superfood" packed with numerous nutrients that boost mood, ease stress + help fight disease.

From the Mayan perspective, ceremonial cacao is not simply a food; it is a SACRED MEDICINE intended to be consumed with conscious intention. In theory, cacao comes from the fruit of the same type of tree as all the other chocolate you’ve ever consumed. A few factors differentiate genuine ceremonial cacao from other cocoa products, however; including the history, production process & supply chain. The cacao we will drink in our circle comes from a Mayan-owned collective in Guatemala. The cacao beans are grown organically & regeneratively by indigenous farmers. Then the beans are turned into blocks of ceremonial cacao in a few steps. Almost the entire production process from planting to packaging of cacao “tortillas” is done by hand, following a centuries-old sacred process that has been handed down generation to generation within indigenous Mayan families.

Consuming ceremonial cacao helps us return to the spiritual essence at the core of our human experience. The intention of drinking cacao together, in a sacred circle, as part of our solstice celebration - is to allow us to deepen our connection with the earth and with our sacred selves. Beginning our community gathering in this way will enable us to more easily drop into our bodies, helping us to experience our sacred evening together as healing medicine for our bodies, for our minds, and for our souls.

🤎Those who are sensitive to ceremonial cacao may choose to drink cacao tea instead. If you're allergic to cacao, we can also make a different heart-opening warm drink for you. Please be in touch if you would like to join us in circle, for ecstatic dance & for the drum journey, but would prefer to drink caco tea or another heart-opening herbal alternative.

✨Who’s Invited?

Everyone native to Planet Earth is warmly welcome in our inclusive community cacao gatherings, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, etc. If you are new to ceremonial cacao that’s not a problem. During these gatherings, nothing is forced or required other than showing up with an open heart. We follow strict safe space guidelines & ask that participants refrain from drug & alcohol use on the day of our circle.

✨ Tiered Pricing:

Normal 50€ 🤎 Reduced 40€ 🤎 Supporting 60€

During times of growing wealth inequality, tiered pricing intends to make healing spaces more inclusive by making participation more financially accessible for all. Those who are able to pay the supporting rate help enable those with lower income to participate. If the cost is the only reason keeping you from saying yes, email us info@rakaskakaw.com to describe your situation  - additional discounts, exchanges, payment plans, or student/BIPOC scholarships can always be arranged.

✨Space is limited to maximize intimacy.

✨We need a minimum of 5 registered participants to hold a community circle.

✨ There is possibility to sleep outside - in your own tent - overnight on the property where we will gather, in case those who are coming from far would like to join & not have to rush home afterwards.

🤎 Book your seat in our Solstice Celebration today by purchasing your ticket here. ✨