Cacao Booster Ritual for the Afternoon

Ritual Cacao can be enjoyed at different times of day. A big role is played by the intention with which you want to drink your cacao. Today we would like to show you how Ritual Cacao can serve you in the afternoon, and we are handing you a Booster Cacao Ritual for it.

By Leni in Cacao Blog

Ritual Cacao at different times of day

When drinking cacao, a lot depends on the intention you set. This is why cacao can work quite differently for different people, but also for you, depending on the occasion. Cacao always gives you what you need, and yet you can often influence this with your intention. A clear alignment while drinking cacao can influence how the cacao works.

When I started out with cacao, I mostly drank it in the morning with the intention of starting the day open and awake. For this there is also a beautiful morning ritual for a clear start to the day.

Many of our cacao rituals took place in the evening, simply because that was easier to manage for many people. There we often placed the focus on connection, and the cacao gave us that as well. Since cacao contains a lot of theobromine and magnesium, unlike coffee it is invigorating but also brings in the relaxing component, so that I was always able to sleep well even after our evening rituals. And if that should not work out at some point, the ritual simply continues in bed, by being present, meditating and accepting the situation as it is. When the body is at rest and the mind can also come to rest in meditation, it may not even need the usual number of hours of sleep.

At some point I chose the afternoon as my favourite cacao time. I simply love taking a very conscious break and consciously aligning myself once more for the second half of the day. Perhaps you know this too: in the morning we start the day with focus and a positive attitude, and then more and more things come at us in which we can lose ourselves. A conscious zooming out, in order to notice again what is really important now, is a gamechanger. So I developed a little cacao ritual for this.

With this cacao ritual I invite you to recharge your batteries so you can start the second half of the day with new strength. This is something for everyone who works from home as well as in the office, but also for the mums, dads and artists among us :-)

Instructions - Cacao Booster Ritual for the Afternoon

1. Prepare your Ritual Cacao with plenty of calm and mindfulness. (Here you will find a recipe & tips for preparing your cacao.)
2. Find yourself a quiet place and take time to arrive in this moment. It is best to sit down in an upright seat. Close your eyes.
3. Speak an intention into your cacao. It can be something very simple like "Cacao, give me strength and inspiration for the rest of the day".
4. Drink your cacao sip by sip. Think of one thing you have already accomplished today, something that went well. Celebrate and praise yourself inwardly for it. You can also physically pat yourself on the shoulder.
   (This small gesture does so much for our system, and unfortunately we appreciate ourselves far too little for all the many small and big things we accomplish throughout the day.)
5. Take a few minutes in silence and feel your body. You can start at the head and from there travel with your attention all the way down to the feet.
   On a second round, imagine how all the "stress thoughts" flow out of your head and out of your whole system down into your feet - from there you let them drain away into the earth.
   Repeat this until you feel free and light. In addition, you can also imagine how a waterfall rinses you off from top to bottom and takes away everything from you that you no longer need.
6. Feel the invigorating energy of the cacao inside you and ask your inner self: what do you really feel like doing now?
7. Open your eyes and put on your favourite song, and distribute the cacao and the energy that has arisen throughout your whole body. Follow what your inner self felt like doing before you give yourself over to your everyday life again.
   If for any reason it is not possible right now, give yourself the promise to fulfil it within 24 hours. (When our inner self speaks to us, it is important to respond to it, otherwise this voice/the intuition falls silent again.)
8. Thank the cacao and start the second half of the day full of energy.

I hope you enjoy this ritual and use the newly gained energy to celebrate yourself and life :-)