ĀKĀŚA presents Trail of Ganoush: Ceremonial Cacao, Breathwork, Sound Bath, Live Performance

Join us for a transformational gathering where you’ll experience our heart-opening ceremonial cacao,  followed by breathwork, and a sound bath. The evening will conclude with an intimate live performance by the Middle Eastern and Nordic duo, Trail of Ganoush! Tickets are capped at 30 for a lively gathering in our intimate event space. 

PROGRAMME

Doors Open 

Doors open from 5.30pm for a prompt start at 6pm. This gives you time to land and connect with the community before the event begins.Please plan your travels accordingly as doors will close at 6pm. This is so that we honour the integrity of our ceremonial container, respect everyone else in attendance and allow our schedule to flow as planned. Thank you for your cooperation on this matter. 

Ceremonial Cacao

ĀKĀŚA Ceremonial Cacao is grown from ‘Arriba Nacional’, an endangered heirloom strain prized for its exceptionally complex and unique flavour profile. Sourced from a family in Quevedo, Ecuador, our cacao is grown in accordance with traditional agroforestry principles that protect unique biodiversity.

"At ĀKĀŚA, we are passionate about co-creating a more joyful,  compassionate, and loving world. To even be able to fathom how such a world could look, we need to be able to slow down, take deeper breaths, and engage with the reality of the present moment. 

When our nervous system is on high alert (fight/flight/freeze/ fawn), it's near impossible to dream big or connect deeply.

The stimulating effects of caffeine were pivotal to the success of the Industrial Revolution. Coffee helped to sever our connection to natural cycles and replaced it with clock time; enabling us to work around the clock. We believe that the time is now for the reemergence of an ancient plant ally.

In her purest, unadulterated form, ceremonial cacao can help us slow down, reset our body’s circadian rhythms, nourish us, and help us dream a more harmonious future together."

Affectionally known as Mama Cacao, cacao is a potent heart-opening plant medicine that helps us to reconnect with love, joy, and play - our birthright.  When partaken in intentionally as a collective, she unifies our heart-fields and grounds us to the reality of abundance and love available. The ceremony will begin with an introduction to the history and properties of cacao, and will weave in elements of sensory meditation, vocal activation, and intention setting. 

While we are passionate about the many health-giving benefits of ceremonial cacao, there are  potential contraindications if you have any health conditions shared via this link. Should you wish to join us but have any of the listed contraindications, we can offer you a rose tea which is a beautiful plant attuned to the expansive frequencies of love. Please email us in advance to let us know so we make the necessary preparations. 

Breathwork Journey

Breathwork is a powerful tool for self-discovery and emotional release. It promotes deep transformation on all levels, and is a practice employed by mystics across cultures and history to enhance health and connect with a spiritual dimension. Lina S. Didi, co-founder of ĀKĀŚA, and a certified breath worker will be facilitating this session. 

How one breathes is deeply revealing of any stress or past experience that has yet to be transmuted in the body. Just think back to a time when you were stressed, anxious, angry, or sad but did not allow yourself to feel the full extent of that emotion - you more than likely held your breath, constricted your muscles, and contained that emotion as a result. These patterns of constriction later become armouring that you hold in your body…waiting to be transformed through the gentle power of your breath. Breathwork journeys are a space where you are invited to feel, to be, and to allow your full emotional range to be expressed. 

While we will be offering a gentle breathwork journey on the evening, there are potential contraindications for breathwork which you can check on this link. . If you have any of the conditions listed, you can still participate in the journey with some modifications in breathing style, we will offer you with options on the evening. 

SOUND BATH 

We are delighted to have Jeanette Svensson  share a sound bath to support the gentle integration of insights and soothe our nervous systems as we ease into the intermission and second half of the evening. 

TRAIL OF GANOUSH

We close the evening with an soulful 60 minute set from Trail of Ganoush, 

ABOUT TRAIL OF GANOUSH

When Middle Eastern heat meets Nordic melancholy…Trail of Ganoush are a London-based world music duo formed of Sass Hoory on oud and Andrin Haag on piano.

Both multi-instrumentalists, they compose with influences from music cultures around the world, ranging from Middle Eastern music, North African rhythms to Scandinavian jazz elements. The instrumental pieces of Trail of Ganoush take you on an immersive journey with cinematic ambiance, lush vocal spheres and at times, intricate rhythm patterns.

Their music style has been compared to the likes of Michael League & Bill Laurance of Snarky Puppy and Dhafer Youssef. Composers Hoory and Haag are in the process of mixing their debut album and have released their first two singles Orbital Hijack and Fallen alongside captivating live videos. The duo will be playing selected concerts in autumn 2024 including their Sofar Sounds debut and a comparable format in Basel, Switzerland.

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FACILITATOR BIOS

ABOUT JEANETTE

Jeanette experienced her first Gong bath when she attended a yoga class in New York City in 2014 and since then has been in love with sound healing. During that time she also did her Yoga teacher training which she enjoys sharing both separately and in conjunction with her sound healing offerings. She is also a Cranio-Sacral therapist; yet another beautiful modality.

Jeanette's sessions are a time for one to relax, release and recharge. She provides participants with the space to take a well deserved break and the opportunity to reconnect within, allowing for the remembrance of the equal importance of making space for rest and rejuvenation in life.

Jeanette's Website

 Jeanette's Instagram

ABOUT LINA

Lina S. Didi is co-founder of ĀKĀŚA and a trauma-informed somatic therapist working with cranio-sacral therapy, fascial integration, breathwork, embodied movement and energetic modalities. She has more than a decade of experience in the healing arts studying with global masters and is passionate about helping individuals expand the regulatory capacity of their nervous systems beyond individual and ancestral patterns so that we can co-create a more embodied and playful reality. 

ABOUT ĀKĀŚA

Founded in 2020, ĀKĀŚA ignites connection through transformative events at the intersection of art, culture, science, and spirituality. Fueled by ceremonial cacao and the guidance of our experienced facilitators, our gatherings offer a safe space for exploration, play and growth. Unleash your potential, celebrate vibrant cultures, forge connections, and discover the power of conscious exploration with our growing community.

We look forward to sharing this special gathering with you!

PS: The venue is a private warehouse and the full address and preparatory information will be shared with you via email upon ticket purchase. *The venue has a resident cat who will not be joining in the event but if you suffer from severe cat allergies please take this into consideration.*

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Our response to the 1-star review at our inaugural ĀKĀŚA presents RUMBO TUMBA event ///   It was disappointing to receive the review in question, which felt like an attack on our end that we were unable to respond to publicly because of the mechanics of the Dandelion platform. This public response is meant to clarify some of the points which were addressed.   ///  With regards to the start time of the event, we began no later than 15 minutes -  not 45 minutes past as was grossly misrepresented. The reviewer shared that they felt like there was insufficient oxygen available for the breathwork session - while the room is reasonably sized, it was an intimate setting due to the number of participants present. We have hosted bigger groups in the same space in the past. They expressed in the review that they started yawning at the event and took it as a sign of the lack of oxygen present - recent developments in science has disproved this. Amongst other reasons, it is also a sign that the parasympathetic nervous system is being activated. As for the miscommunication with one of the main facilitators that was mentioned in the review, where the participant expressed their sense of the lack of care, we can only apologise for this perception.

Understandably, everyone has different needs regarding personal space and comfort, so we acknowledge this variation. However, based on the reviewer's previous participation at another facilitator's event in the space, to superimpose their expectations of the space and say that it has a maximum capacity of 6 feels unfair. Upon the conclusion of the breathwork segment of the evening, we noticed that this participant stood up to leave the space - they were approached to check and see if everything was okay - they expressed that they were fine and just needed to get some fresh air and space. This is not out of the ordinary at breathwork sessions where due to a variety of reasons, participants may need to leave the main event space to process and ground in privacy. Prior to the start of the breathwork, we expressed that participants are free to take space  in our mezzanine area at any time and assumed that they did this. However, this participant left the event early without informing any of the facilitators, missed out on the rest of the evening, and did not give us the mutual opportunity to clarify any misunderstandings or resolve any misgivings.

In the review, we were essentially branded as being greedy  and not being in integrity for the price of the tickets charged. However, it will probably come as a surprise to the reviewer (and other attendees) that we did not even break-even at this particular event because of the hire costs of the acclaimed musician Rumbo Tumba who was touring from his native Argentina. Given the number of facilitators at the event, the intimate size (24 inclusive of facilitators) of the group, and the lineup, we still stand by our pricing decision and believe it was a generous offering. To avoid future misunderstandings, we have stipulated the total event capacity in the event description so that potential attendees can decide if this is the right event for them. 

We are grateful to have shared our inaugural gathering with everyone in attendance. It represented a milestone for us and our vision of experiences that we will continue to curate going forward. Thank you for co-creating this memorable evening together with us. We are always seeking to improve our offerings and appreciate constructive feedback as we are continually striving to evolve as an organisation.  All love, ĀKĀŚA