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April 21, 2024
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Sunday, April 21, 2024 — 1:00 to 4:30 pm est
Mini-Retreat: Restorative Yoga & Soul Cacao Ceremony at Treetop Yoga in Gloucester, Massachusetts
JUST A FEW SPOTS LEFT!
Yoga Teacher Kirsty Yetter will guide a Yin and Restorative Yoga class with heart opening poses, deep stretches, and breath work. The postures allow you to drop into your soul and prepare the body for the Cacao ceremony.
After yoga, author, storyteller, and ritualist Maggie Battista will lead a Cacao Ceremony and meditation to receive vital messages and next steps from your soul. Ceremonial Cacao, a heart-opening plant medicine, connects you with the heart of the earth for self-healing and soul emergence. Cacao has a rich chocolate taste and has been cultivated by the Mayans for centuries. Enjoy intention setting, storytelling, and a meditative visualization journey to connect with your soul and passed loved ones: Listen, forgive, trust, love, and believe in self.
Cacao stimulates the nervous system, relaxes smooth muscles, and dilates blood vessels, sending more oxygen to the heart. It fosters a feeling of love, softness, and compassion in the body.
Come dressed comfortably for yoga and with a journal and writing instrument for the ceremony. Though the studio will be set up, you may bring a special blanket, eye mask, water, or meditation pillow. Feel free to bring a crystal or sacred object to be infused by the energy of the ceremony altar. Under certain circumstances, you’ll be offered a smaller dosage of Cacao. Please notify Maggie in advance through Treetop Yoga if you are taking antidepressants, blood pressure medication, chemotherapy, or are pregnant.
“Sitting in cacao with Maggie and others felt safe and magical. I felt more connected to myself and the other souls present. Maggie’s words of wisdom and storytelling gave me permission to provide grace and compassion towards my own soul’s voice and welcome in the depth of my own being.”
— Laura F.
Hi, I’m Maggie Battista. I’m a storyteller, strategist, ritualist, teacher & mentor.
I share stories on the sweetness of life and the magic that unfolds when you listen to your soul.
The soul speaks through an inner voice which is the calm and all-knowing wisdom that surfaces from within when you get quiet and listen.
I weave how to listen to soul, self-love and self-healing practices (like Ceremonial Cacao), with decades of entrepreneurial mastery to help creatives, visionaries, healers, and leaders transcend blocks in order to heal and bring their most authentic selves to work, life, and art.
I guide individuals through everything from organizational shifts and role recalibrations, through self-awareness and self-healing paths, and to soul emergence so they vision unending possibilities, align with their ever-unfolding purpose, and take inspired action from the soul.
My offerings are leading edge benefits that recalibrate the inner world, helping you center abundance, ease, coherence, and self-trust.
And the bonds that emerge through our collaboration make work and life a lot more fun, and a lot more magical.