The Aynua Cacao Dieta for Deep Connection
Experience a Sacred Union Between You & the Medicine of Cacao. Join an 8 Day Cacao Dieta in Northern Peru.
“Gratitude resides in the heart. It can be accessed by excavating the depth of your being in the underworld, and by receiving creative inspiration from the upper world. In the heart your journey rests in gratitude, honoring your sacred path.”
— Diana Deer Hawk
Cacao is the Medicine of Our Time
It is a plant that has existed for thousands of years, and used for rituals and ceremonial purposes. We are just discovering now, new archaeological sites in Southern Ecuador and Northern Peru, and ways our ancestors may have used cacao.
There has been a gap of “lost” time between the ancient use of cacao and modern day use. The beauty in this, is that many people are remembering or waking up to the consciousness of this plant, the heart enhancing properties that bring more connection to self and humanity as a whole.
Another interesting facet is that human hands, are needed to care for the trees, harvest, hand pollinate, and to make chocolate or a ceremonial cup of cacao. If you are receiving a strong calling to explore the consciousness of this sacred plant ally, and how it can help you on your healing journey, it is because the time is now, and you are ready.
Cacao is a plant medicine that keeps you in connection with Pachamama, Mother Earth, while gracefully exploring the depths of your unconscious, the lower world, and the potential of your creativity in the upper world, always coming home to the heart.
Uncover facets of yourself that wish to surface, so you can experience and relate with life through rooted presence, heart connection, and unity.
At Aynua, in a beautiful private nature setting, we create a safe space for you to be in nature, and listen to the wisdom within with the support of ancestral cacao strains from the birthplace of cacao on earth, in Northern Peru, on the ancestral lands of the Chachapoyas cloud people.
This 8 day 7 night intimate journey, will help you uncover unconscious parts of yourself, reveal your greatest gifts and creative inspiration, meet the sacred medicine of cacao in an intimate way, and receive the many benefits on a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual level.
We encourage a lot of space in silence for you to receive the teachings of the plant, as well as offer supportive workshops and ritual spaces for you to deepen the relationship with yourself and your heart. We keep the container free from other plant medicines and substances, as well as energetic disturbances that may distract you from the purity of sacred connection with self.
Shamanic Plant Dieta
Shamanic dieta with plant teachers provide protection, open energetic channels for wisdom and teachings, restore health imbalance, and establish a sacred bond between the dietero and the plant spirit. The telepathic communication networks are more readily available to hear and see the realm of spirit and the essence and qualities that each plant teacher holds.
Plant diets were cultivated thousands of years ago by tribes in the Amazon the world’s largest natural apothecary meet the sacred teachings between humans and plants. The Shipibo-Konibo and Ashaninka are one of the most known tribes in Peru for their knowledge and healing gifts, and received these abilities and their Icaro songs directly from the plants. The vibrational sounds of the Icaros are what helps mend the imbalances on the physical, mental, and spiritual levels.
Traditionally plant diets are done with strict food regime and fasting, and isolation. In some cases, drinking of ayahuasca is administered to help the curandero see the energy field of the participant. At Aynua, we will not be working with Ayahuasca, only cacao. This deeply personal journey requires an integral commitment to the plant with abstinence from pleasures and influences that could affect the dieter.
The building of this relationship with the plant, is one where it is up to the dieter to observe their thoughts, food intake, incoming and outgoing energies to ensure that the body, mind, and spirit, are cleansing, and vital information is clear, and the receptive channels are opening to hear the healing songs of the plant.
“Cacao doesn't belong to anyone. It is a sacred earth medicine meant to unite the hearts of humanity, so you can live in grounded spirituality, in service to all beings.”
— Diana & Alku
Cacao Healing Properties
Physical Benefits
Stress and cortisol reduction / nervous system restoration
Digestive system regulation
Theobromine links to improved cardiovascular health and blood flow to the heart and brain
Antioxidant rich decreasing inflammation
Immune System boost
Pre & post partum care
Cancer & Diabetes Support & Prevention
Mental Benefits
Cognitive function
Natural Anti-depressant
Clarity and creative inspiration
Calming anxiety and fear
Mind heart connection
Emotional & Spiritual Benefits
Self love and unconditional love
Grief support
Grounding and Presence
Trauma and emotional wounds
Sacred Connection with Self & Nature
Cacao Spirit Transmissions
What You Will Experience During the Aynua Cacao Dieta
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HARVEST YOUR CACAO
Visit a cacao farm and harvest your own cacao pods for the cacao diet. Experience a cacao ceremony on the farm, prepare cacao on the fire, extract juice from the cacao pulp, and enjoy time alone in the cacao forest
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OPENING AND CLOSING CACAO CEREMONIES
Be guided through a beautiful cacao ceremony in a nature setting, for the opening and closing of your cacao diet. Experience ancestral cacao preparation techniques.
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CACAO PLACENTA RITUAL
Experience a sacred offering to the earth, release what no longer serves and call in new life force, through a cacao placenta ritual.
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INTEGRATION SESSIONS
Receive support during your cacao diet and after you return home. Partake in healing workshops to support your emotional and ancestral evolution. This is a safe space for you to process and be heard with the support of compassionate guides.
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REWILDING IN NATURE
Enjoy serene moments at a private water sanctuary with cacao. Nature bathe as you receive songs and watch the birds.
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AYNUA CEREMONIAL CACAO
Cacao medicine options to diet: Theobroma criollo cacao or Theobroma nacional mixed with Theobroma Bi-Color Macambo. Receive 1kg for daily dosing during your diet.
Aynua Cacao Dietas are unique due to the private, personalized approach, and care each person receives.
We feel that the nervous system is already over-stimulated in so many of us, and our dedication is to make this experience as sacred as possible for each of our guests, so they can tune into their energy field, and the wisdom of the cacao teachings.
Your Cacao Dieta Guides
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Diana Deer Hawk is a cacao guardian, intuitive shamanic guide, mother, and co-founder of Aynua Amazonas and La Casa del Cacao.
Her intimate connection with cacao as a medicine began while living in Guatemala in 2011. Having studied with Mayan wisdom keepers learning the fire ceremonies and cosmology, at this time, cacao was not yet included in these practices. Yet she continued to drink and learn directly from the plant itself, and participated in some of the cacao ceremonies offered by Keith Wilson, the Chocolate Shaman.
Moving to Peru in 2013 and serving at a plant medicine center, allowed her to begin offering cacao ceremonies, and working intimately with master plant dietas. Cacao became her primary plant medicine, as well as receiving initiations from the Q’ero medicine men and women of the Andes, and she continued to educate and offer cacao ceremonies in Canada and Peru with her husband Alku.
Together they travel to cacao farms and work closely with Peruvian cacao farmers, created Peru’s first ceremonial cacao product, started offering Northern Peru’s first cacao retreats, and continue to develop sacred offerings with cacao to support people on their healing journeys.
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Alku is a cacao guardian, shamanic practitioner, father, spiritual guide, and co-founder of Aynua Amazonas and La Casa del Cacao.
He is passionate in supporting people on an emotional and spiritual level with the medicine of cacao. He discovered cacao through his relationship with his wife, Diana, as they created a daily ritual over the past decade, to connect as a sacred couple, and to deepen their relationship with this grounding plant.
Alku enjoys educating people on the healing benefits and farming practices with cacao to respect the farmers and the reciprocal collaborations on these sacred lands.
He has been through deep personal transformations and stepped on a spiritual path in 2000. He received initiations with the Q’ero medicine men and women of the Andes, and continues to teach and share this wisdom in combination with cacao.
Cacao has become an incredible plant ally in combination with the Munay-ki, through deep ancestral healing, and creative inspiration to continue as a visionary, and to be of service to support people on their healing journey’s with cacao.
Option 1: Basic Cacao Dieta
8 Days / 7 Nights
A basic dieta with cacao is where you are more independent, and isolated with the cacao plant. Included is an opening and closing cacao ceremony, guided by both Alku & Diana.
Visit a cacao farm with ancestral cacao strains to harvest your pods, receive a 30 minute daily check in, as well as support on the first and last day of the dieta. No interference in between, so you can connect and receive the healing and insights directly from the plant.
Day 1:
Arrival in Chachapoyas, 1 hour drive to the retreat center
Introduction, cacao preparation, personal support & guidance
Day 2:
Cacao farm visit & harvesting
Opening cacao ceremony dieta
Day 3-6:
Light meals and fresh juices throughout the day
2 Daily doses of Aynua cacao 25g x 2 = 50g
Daily check-in with Diana or Alku
Day 7:
Support & guidance session with Diana & Alku
Light meals and fresh juices throughout the day
Closing cacao ceremony for the closing of your cacao dieta
Day 8:
Departure to Chachapoyas
Option 2: In-Depth Cacao Dieta
8 Days / 7 Nights
A full in-depth cacao dieta with workshop facilitation, opening and closing cacao ceremony, guided by Alku & Diana, personal guidance, a cacao ritual, and all the support you need on your journey of deep connection with cacao.
You visit a cacao farm with ancestral cacao strains to harvest your pods, receive a daily 60 minute check in, a workshop on emotional core wounds and trauma healing, a cacao placenta ritual, support throughout the dieta, and a 90 minute post integration session via zoom. No interference otherwise in between, so you can connect and receive the healing and insights directly from the plant.
Day 1:
Arrival in Chachapoyas, 1 hour drive to the retreat center
Introduction, cacao preparation, personal support & guidance
Day 2:
Cacao farm visit & harvesting
Opening cacao ceremony dieta
Day 3:
Daily check-in from Diana or Alku
Light meals and fresh juices throughout the day
2 Daily doses of Aynua cacao 25g x 2 = 50g
Day 4:
Workshop on emotional core wounds
Light meals and fresh juices throughout the day
2 Daily doses of Aynua cacao 25g x 2 = 50g
Day 5:
Daily check-in from Diana or Alku
Light meals and fresh juices throughout the day
2 Daily doses of Aynua cacao 25g x 2 = 50g
Day 6:
Cacao placenta ritual
Daily check-in from Diana or Alku
Light meals and fresh juices throughout the day
2 Daily doses of Aynua cacao 25g x 2 = 50g
Day 7:
Support & guidance session with Diana & Alku
Light meals and fresh juices throughout the day
2 Daily doses of Aynua cacao 25g x 2 = 50g
Closing cacao ceremony, closing of cacao dieta
Day 8:
Breakfast
Final check-in & grounding practice
Departure to Chachapoyas
Post Dieta Integration Session via Zoom 90min
Rustic Glamping Option
We offer glamping accommodation in nature, short distance from a small Peruvian village. Experience the simplicity of a personal private bell tent, nestled near a stream on a private property, with cozy bohemian decor.
Transportation from Chachapoyas to and from the retreat center is included.
Transportation to and from the cacao farm is included.
Meals, ceremonial cacao, and cacao pods are included.
Your Investment:
Private 8 Day Basic Cacao Dieta: $1,800 USD
Private 8 Day In-Depth Cacao Dieta: $2,700 USD
Deluxe Eco-Lodge Option
We offer deluxe eco-lodge accommodations in a pristine nature setting, away from cars and noise, with a view of an epic waterfall. Each finely built private cabin comes with a balcony, private bathroom, and hot shower.
Transportation from Chachapoyas to and from the retreat center is included.
Transportation to and from the cacao farm is included.
Meals, ceremonial cacao, and cacao pods are included.
Your Investment:
Private 8 Day Basic Cacao Dieta: $3,000 USD
Private 8 Day In-Depth Cacao Dieta: $3,900 USD
