Maria is so gifted at what she does and has the most amazing energy! The cacao ceremony is profoundly healing; Maria has a magical way of tailoring the experience and the meditation to what your heart and spirit need.

I felt it was overpriced for what it is. For $100 price tag, it wasn’t overly special. 4 candles, 1 small cup of cacao (which you serve yourself), 1 cacao candy and a bit of a guided meditation. While Maria is eloquent, I felt more transformed through YouTube meditations which I didn’t need to pay for. While it was my first cacao ceremony, I may have had higher expectations, but I seriously don’t see what the $100 is paid for. It wasn’t intimate, Maria invited several of her friends, with whom she chatted with at the end in Spanish. While I speak Spanish, other guests didn’t, and we were waiting for her for 15 mins to chat but that didn’t happen. As I headed towards the exit, Maria said “I’ll open the door for you”, but her face said she couldn’t wait for people to get out of here. I didn’t feel her warmth at all, even though she said “we should all keep in touch”. I asked her a question about her place bc I thought it’s pretty, but I’m guessing she got annoyed by it. Don’t recommend

This was a moving experience, under Maria’s kind and nurturing guidance

Maria’s Cacao Ceremony is a deep and grounding experience. She talks briefly about the spiritual history and power of Cacao, but what really comes through in the guided meditation is that this isn’t simply an experience that Maria puts on for us — it is a part of her own spiritual journey and mindful practice that she invites us to join. Her words are eloquent, her spirit is kind, and her Cacao is a nourishment for the soul.