Meeting on heart level - Cacao Ritual for Christmas

Challenges of the Christmas season

And there it is again - the time before Christmas and the question: What do I give to my loved ones?

One thing they already have, the next is too impersonal, another is too expensive and even totally unnecessary. And so the stress begins in your head and later maybe also while shopping. It continues with the right food for the special Christmas day, the decorations and the suitable evening outfit. Everything has to be thought through, coordinated, and simply something special. After all, you wait so long for the big Christmas evening, you open one of the 24 doors every day, and with each little door the joy rises and unfortunately also the stress level.

And when the big Christmas day finally arrives, what happens is what inevitably happens when a lot of stress and tension come to an end - things explode. There are many possibilities for this. The newly bought outfit does not look as good as it did in the store, the meal that took hours to prepare is not appreciated in the way you had hoped for, the worldview of individual family members still has not aligned since the last gathering, and today seems like a good moment to convince everyone of the one correct way of living.

Christmas time - a time to turn inward

Whether it happens like this for you or whether you truly look forward to the holidays with your family, I invite you to close your eyes for a moment and ask yourself:

“WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME?”
What is really important to you for the time before Christmas, for the celebration of love? What truly matters to you?

For me it is about connection and being together. Meeting each other with the heart. This means that it does not matter how different our opinions may be in certain areas. It is about meeting on heart level (at least) on this day and focusing on what connects us as family and friends. I probably do not need to mention that cacao can wonderfully support this ;-)

"Cacao - the special Christmas gift"

Time and connection on heart level are probably the most beautiful things you can give to your loved ones. This becomes possible when you are honest with yourself, respect your boundaries and repeatedly connect with your heart.

If you want, try a little crazy experiment. In the coming weeks, ask yourself again and again: Am I doing this from my heart or because I think it belongs to this time of year.

And if it feels aligned with your heart, create a small cacao ritual with your family this Christmas. It does not have to be anything big. A few minutes together in silence, maybe each person shares a Christmas wish, maybe something they appreciate in another person.

Feel free to play the guided cacao ritual for the whole family (10 minutes in German):