Heal from the Past, and Create a Sustainable Future, with the Medicine of Cacao
FOUNDED IN CANADA: 2014ESTABLISHED IN PERU: 2017LOCATED IN AMAZONAS: 2022A Shamanic Journey with the Support of Ceremonial Cacao
The mind is of great service, and at the same time, it can be over active, dominating almost everything. This creates disconnection from our feelings and needs, and the ability to be present with what life has to offer us.
Finding a safe pathway of personal growth becomes crucial. One that allows the energy of the Earth to nourish your sacred heart, so the mind can relax, and be of service. This is the shamanic and spiritual journey of working with ceremonial cacao.
Walking the Path of the Cacao Shaman
We have been working with ceremonial cacao for 12 years
We have been living at the birthplace of cacao, in Northern Peru, since 2017
We possess extended experience with other plant medicines like Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Psilocybin Mushrooms
We have been teaching and holding safe healing spaces for people of all cultures, from all over the world
Recognizing That We Are Nature
The more we recognize the cycles and rhythms of nature, the more we remember that we are made up of all we are observing. Staying grounded and connected is the foundation to experience the flow of life, and to serve with a clear purpose.
The wisdom of nature, its cycles and medicine, inspire all that we share with the world. Rewilding and deepening your roots help you access the purity of spirit in human form. Human heart connection is one of the most touching and valuable experiences we have access to, and we are passionate to share discoveries and practices that help people walk this safe and grounded path, here and now, on Earth.
We are Empathetic Explorers Fascinated by the Beauty of the Earth, and the Universal Forces that Inspire Us to Be the Midwives of our Destiny
From Our Hearts To Yours
Through our initiation trainings and sacred offerings, we are just a bit further on the road, so we can light a clear path for you to feel safe and supported. Our intention is to help you stay connected to your heart, and navigate your way, as you bring your precious gifts to life. Each person is unique and we carefully receive your requests to create the best circumstances for you to experience a remarkable energy upgrade to raise your level of consciousness.
What we enjoy most is preparing ceremonial cacao with the elements of nature together with you, and remembering our ancestral ways of life and human connection. We love being wild in nature and accessing our hearts wisdom. It is precious to see how it helps people open up, express, release, transform, and validate their own truth of what being human means.
“Diana & Alku are amazing guides. Their presence is very authentic.”
— Pierre, Canada
Diana Deer Hawk
FOUNDER & TEACHER
There is an experience where you learn and participate in something you enjoy, and notice people get curious about it and start asking questions. Sharing these skills, and witnessing the benefits it brings, while creating a lifestyle that supports you with ease, for me, is when I am most connected to my nature, and the universe.
I will always enjoy spending time with people of all ages. Here is a quick overview of the precious moments and lessons that have positively imprinted who I am now: going through circus school; founding an alternative circus company; teaching and healing through yoga; learning and pioneering a unique massage practice; internal martial arts; nature rituals, plant medicine, and integration; excavating pyramids and archaeological travels; connecting to ancestral practices and communities; motherhood; and being in a nourishing sacred relationship.
With Aynua, and living among ancient people and practices that help us connect with our hearts, I can only predict that what is here, and is yet to come, is the most beautiful and life enhancing gift of all.
Alku Mateus
FOUNDER & TEACHER
There can be a time in life when you realize that what you are doing makes sense, and brings you a sense of accomplishment. This is what I embody since being part of this inspiring project. Helping people on their path of transformation, and developing the capacity to hold safe spaces with authenticity and integrity, has been so far the most fulfilling facet of my work.
It all started very differently, as I entered my adult life through different creative pathways: painting, illustration, graphic design, and filmmaking. While I am still very interested in those topics, they never brought me full satisfaction. I burned many cells and lots of energy, without a clear purpose or meaning. I learned immensely from depression, and took a big turn. The many great teachers I met helped me find my way through 3 main pathways: restorative yoga and meditation; conscious communication and compassion; nature and plant medicine.
Now that I live in Peru, with my wonderful daughter and wife, surrounded by ancient archeology and heart connected people, I can only celebrate life, and be grateful. With our company Aynua, I welcome everyday with the openness and readiness to serve, with all my heart.
Our Mission
To help empaths and spiritual seekers acquire the confidence and the skills to facilitate deep shamanic healing with the medicine of cacao, so they can experience a meaningful life in service to humanity.
Our Vision
To help create a new compassionate world, where human beings develop the autonomy to heal themselves, from their heart, with respect for one another, and for Mother Earth.
The Essence of Our Name
Our project started in 2014, under the name Amaruanka. In the Quechua language of the Andes, Amaru means Serpent, and Anka is the Eagle. Representing the union of Earth and Sky, at the level of the Heart, the energy of our first name still lives in our present logo. Our new offering, Aynua, brings new meanings to our mission, as it is the combination of two very powerful words: Ayni & Inua.
THE MEANING OF AYNI
Ayni in Quechua signifies reciprocity. When Q'eros meet people of any part of the world, they greet them with a connective offering of three coca leaves, a kintu. A blessing of good health and abundance. The receiver then gives a kintu to the Q'ero, creating a balance of giving and receiving. There is trust in all the Earth provides, and by giving, one will receive. This act connects us from the roots of nature, activates the human heart, and reminds us of the energy that uplifts human beings who see and honor one another.
THE MEANING OF INUA
Inua expresses the vital force, or spirit, that exists in all beings, as a continuum of past, present, and what’s to come. There is a respect for all that lives — humans, animals, and plants — and the spirit and wisdom each one holds. Inua is an essence recognized particularly by communities of the Northern hemisphere, yet we observe that it is a collective respect shared by many nations of the Earth, participating in unity consciousness. Inua reveres the spirit of the moon as an all giving being, for all humanity to embrace.
COLLABORATIONS
Here in the South, we are collaborating with remote indigenous communities such as the Q'ero in the Andes, and the Awajun tribes of the Amazon, to bring their wisdom and heart expanding teachings to the world, fulfilling their desire to live in harmony with all nations, as the rainbow prophecy invites.
INTENTIONS
With Aynua, we share knowledge of ancestral practices of connecting with nature; offer the highest quality of cacao on the planet, to support personal transformation; take people to the oldest ceremonial cacao temple on Earth; and help revive the roots of an ancient heart wisdom within each one of us .
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