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Let's share a cup of cacao... and a song
Ceremonial cacao has been honoured for centuries as a heart-opening plant medicine, traditionally used in ritual and ceremony to support connection, presence and inner awareness.
Its warm, grounding energy invites us to slow down, turn inward and reconnect with ourselves and with one another.
Through the cacao ritual, Carlos and Ish Van will create a safe and sacred space for spiritual integration, heart connection and the cultivation of elevated states of awareness. Together, we will allow the energy of the ceremony to settle into the body, open the heart and support a deeper connection with our authentic selves.
Come into a space where you don’t have to perform, fix, or prove anything.
A space where you can be exactly WHO YOU ARE - free, authentic, with no shame and no judgment.
Where your voice is not something to be commented on or judged, but your gift, your medicine, your way back to yourself.
Together, we’ll sing, listen, feel, laugh, and explore what happens when we allow something greater than us to sing through us.
With cacao, voice, body - and plenty of laughter.
Because maybe it’s time to stop trying to sound “good” and simply enjoy the feeling of letting your voice out.
Come. Sing. Exhale.
Be exactly who you are.
Your guides:
Singer, Mantranera and Voice Wisperer
Ish Van Ivana
I’ve loved singing since childhood, but after freezing on stage as a girl, fear and shame silenced my voice for years.
It took me almost twenty years to find my way back to my biggest passion and to start freely sharing my voice with others. Along the journey, I discovered that my voice is not “just for singing” — it is medicine and a tool that helps me move through and hold all the big emotions and movements of life.
I’m a mathematician, engineer, entrepreneur, Kundalini yoga teacher and breathwork practitioner. I know what it feels like to be lost in many different roles, but I also know how liberating it can be to let yourself be all of them at once — and to give yourself the freedom to change your mind and explore your many talents.
Today, I help women reconnect with their voices, emotions and authentic expression through my unique style of singing circles, where we share the truth, pain and beauty of life through our voices.
My biggest passion and mission in life is to help others free their voices, release emotions through sound, and fall in love with their own song.
Ritualist
Carlos Merchan
Born in Colombia, under the wings of the Muisca culture. Through the creation of the Ritual Hunters movement, he teaches people how to maintain health in spirit, mind, and body - integrating ancestral medicines and plants, connecting with the elements of nature, and sharing knowledge about various tribes and cosmogonies, such as those of the Amazon and beyond -always with deep respect and the proper permissions.
Having come close to death himself, Carlos has developed a deep and beautiful perception of life
After several years, he has been teaching and helping people around the world to open to ancient colective understanding.
His core philosophy and teaching is: “You are the medicine.” ✨
Our message to you:
Yes, we have been learning a lot from different sources, cultures, and traditions. We have had deep and transformative experiences that have shaped who we are today - how we act, what we believe, and what we share with others.
However, what we now know is that what matters most are our own, God-given gifts and missions, together with the people we are sharing this space with.
We invite you to come and co-create with us.
Bring yourself. Bring your gifts and blessings, but also your pain, troubles, and worries.
We are gathering to hold it all together - to help each other ease the burden, open our hearts, and remember that we don't have to carry everything alone.
This is what matters most.
Our ancestors have been doing this since the beginning of time - using songs to pass down stories and teachings, but also to release tension and connect with one another.
And when we share a space like this together, there is no way we cannot support and be supported by one another. But also - by the higher power.
In collaboration with Anamaya Yoga Studio
