Trainings
Cacao Source Training
A container to explore your own gifts, and how you can bring them into cacao circles wherever you go in life.
- 7 days on the lake
- 2 cacao farm visits
- Mayan fire ceremony
- Held by Cacao Source
Cacao Source Training
Mystical Yoga Farm, Lake Atitlán
January 23–30, 2027
Join us in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala! We will create a container for you to explore your own gifts and how you can bring them into cacao circles wherever you go in life. We will share the secrets of cacao… everything from where it comes from to how it is processed into a beautiful, heart-opening medicine.
You will have the opportunity to connect more deeply to cacao, yourself, and a community of cacao lovers. A week of learning with cacao as a guide, hosted by Cacao Source on the farm.
What you’ll learn
History, medicine, ecology, and how to share cacao with integrity. You will leave confident sharing your knowledge with friends and community.
History
Honor cacao by understanding its history and the complexity of its path until it arrived in your hands.
Medicine
There is a science behind cacao and a complexity in the medicine itself. Explore the functionality of cacao and how to maintain its physical benefits.
Ecology
Cacao in an agroforestry system is medicine for nature. Dive deeper to understand the functionality of cacao in the forest, and a tool for regeneration.
What’s included
A 7-day journey in the world of cacao, with 10 to 15 participants, the Cacao Source core team, and the rhythms of the farm.
- 2 full-day farm visits in Suchitepequez on the Pacific coast: meet farmers, walk cacao forests, and connect with the fruit and seed
- Mayan fire ceremony with indigenous wisdom keepers, plus space before and after to explore Mayan Cosmovision
- 4+ educational workshops: medicine, history, ecology, and social business, with brew-making and chocolate-making
- Daily sittings with cacao. Cacao is your primary teacher this week!
- Daily yoga, evening fires, solitude time on the lake
- Santiago’s famous Mayan market
- 3 delicious vegetarian meals a day, plus cacao
- 7 days lodging at Mystical Yoga Farm: camping, shared, or private
- All transport from San Marcos la Laguna and back, and contributions to the communities who host the day trips
Mayan wisdom keepers
We invite Mayan wisdom keepers to spend two days with us in order to share a fire ceremony and Mayan culture.
We sit in a Mayan fire ceremony with indigenous wisdom keepers. We create a space before and after to explore more about the Mayan Cosmovision. It is a seed to your relationship with local wisdom keepers, a bridge for you to nurture.
A sample week
Farm visits, workshops, ceremonies, and integration. Schedule may vary based on the flow!
Seven days
Day 1
Arrive & open
Meet 10am in San Marcos la Laguna at the Cacao Source shop. Boat to the farm, welcome, opening ceremony. A day for arrival, grounding, and intention setting.
Day 2
Seed to ceremony
From seed to ceremony cacao process. Cacao brew and herbal medicine. Transformation, embodiment, and preparation.
Day 3
Farm visit
Jungle walk to a cacao farm, local lunch, cacao making and drinking with a farmer’s family. Adventure, relationship, discovery.
Day 4
Ecology
Cacao ecology and tree planting, then the bioculture of cacao. A day to immerse in the ecosystem, connecting to the soil and the seed.
Day 5
Mayan fire
Community visit, Mayan fire ceremony, cacao forest community. Culture, in-depth, and waking up the fire within.
Day 6
Integration
Morning circle, then spaciousness. A day of rest and integration so the medicine can land.
Day 7
Harvest & close
Cacao harvest, drinking cacao with a farmer’s family. Participation, connection, and stewardship.
The moment you meet cacao at its source is the birth of a new relationship.
Tuition
Register with Cacao Source. $400 non-refundable commitment deposit. Prices are in USD.
January 23–30, 2027
| USD | |
|---|---|
| Camping | $1,600 |
| Shared room | $1,800 |
| Private room | $2,000 |
Does not include flights, transport to the lake (the training boat from San Marcos is included), extra nights in San Marcos, insurance, or personal purchases at Santiago market.
Cancel 1 month or more before: refund except the $400 deposit. Less than a month: half the payment. Less than a week: no refund.
Frequently asked questions
This course is for anyone who desires to deepen their knowledge about cacao and connect to the source. First cup or years of sharing the medicine… Cacao Source welcomes participants from all walks of life.
Cacao Source Training
Reserve your spot with Cacao Source, or book a call if you want to walk through the logistics first.
Social business
Share cacao with an ethical business system that allows you to give back and respect the hands that produce the cacao.