Cacao Ceremonies & Heart-Led Healing
Reconnect with yourself through ritual, community, sound, and conscious rest.
These ceremonies are your invitation to slow down, soften, and return to yourself.
Through ceremonial cacao, guided reflection, gentle practice, and sound healing, you’ll be supported to release what you’ve been carrying and reconnect with your body, heart, and inner voice.
No experience is needed. Just come as you are.
What to Expect
-
A warm, heart-opening drink used to support reflection, emotional connection, and intention setting.
-
Simple grounding practices, journaling, meditation, or gentle movement to help you arrive.
-
Crystal bowls and restorative rest to support nervous system regulation and integration.
My Story with Cacao
Why I Work With Cacao
I was first introduced to cacao in 2021 by one of my trainee coaching clients, Jessica Anaya from Ticiyotl Medicinal Art, while I was training as a transformational coach.
At the time, I was navigating depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and trying to find my voice as a yoga teacher and coach. I had already made a deep commitment to my own healing, but I was searching for something that felt gentle, sustainable, and real.
Cacao met me there.
It helped me reconnect with my body, my creativity, and my capacity to feel without force or overwhelm. Through grief, transition, and rebuilding, it became a steady companion — supporting me to nourish myself, soften my inner dialogue, and open my heart again.
Today, I share cacao because I believe in the potential we each carry. My work is rooted in helping people reconnect with that potential through healing practices, community, and heart-led ritual.
My Approach
Spiritual, Grounded & Personal
My approach honours cacao’s deep cultural and ancestral roots, while recognising that we each come from different lineages, traditions, and lived experiences.
You are not here to copy someone else’s ritual.
You are invited to make the practice your own — integrating cacao with your own heritage, seasonal rituals, yoga, meditation, prayer, journaling, or moments of reflection that already feel meaningful to you.
These tools are not here to carry you or change you. They are here to support you in remembering who you are.
What I Hope You Feel
Supported | Safe, held, and cared for
Empowered | Able to meet yourself with honesty and compassion
Connected | To yourself, your heart, and a like-minded community
Upcoming Ceremonies
Spaces are intentionally limited to keep the experience intimate and supportive.
Private Cacao & Coaching Sessions
Go Deeper 1:1
For those who want more personal support, I offer private 1:1 sessions blending yoga, coaching, cacao, ritual, and reflective practice.
These sessions can support you with emotional release, self-trust, intention setting, life transitions, and reconnecting with your body and creativity.
What clients say
“I felt like I was floating in water.”
“Having attended many yoga classes, I can certainly say Bayleaf Yoga is my favourite! Ashley is warm and welcoming and offers a highly experienced practice for all abilities. Both her yoga classes and mini retreats are a highlight of my wellness journey, and I recommend her to all!”
“Ashleys classes are changing my life. A genuine, kind, loving person. A professional guide with a great community of like minded students.”
