Tree Planting + Cacao Ceremony + Music & Mantra with Ashley, Michelina, and TreePeople – March
Date: March 3rd
Time: 8:30am-12:30pm
Main Event
Join TreePeople in the beautiful San Francisquito Canyon of the Angeles National Forest. Below the rocky hills of the Sierra Pelona mountains, next to a creek leading to the Santa Clara River, we will be restoring an area of the wildlands damaged by the Copper Fire by caring for the native chaparral plants which provide deer, coyotes and others with food and shelter. Expect to get your hands dirty planting native species, removing invasive weeds, and carrying buckets of water to native plantings over uneven terrain.
During the Break
My Yoga Canyon Country is thrilled to volunteer + share another offering with TreePeople. With winter coming to an end and spring being a time for healing and renewal, Cacao + Music & Mantra called for this experience. Owner/Founder + Teacher Michelina from My Yoga Canyon Country will be holding space alongside Ashley Co-Owner of Live Life Reiki Studio for this lovely break time between taking care of our environment on this special day in March.
Ashley will be guiding us through a cacao ceremony intended to open our hearts to receive the music and mantra – giving space for our voices and personal expression to be heard. She will also be providing sound healing alongside Michelina’s Harmonium through buffalo drum + tingsha bells.
Cacao is the purest form of chocolate from Mother Earth. It is a sacred elixir that has been used since ancient times to open the heart and connect us deeply with our bodies and the earth. Cacao is considered a plant medicine and an ally in supporting our spiritual and personal growth.
Michelina will be sharing music and mantra with our open hearts, post cacao ceremony. The music component will be the harmonium. The mantras will be our voices. Singing along is encouraged…from the heart!
Location & more details upon registration
Join us to care for our environment in planting trees and take a pause in nature with Cacao Ceremony + Music & Mantra.
Ashley
Ashley has been a Reiki Master Practitioner and Teacher since January 2019. Reiki has been a healing path, a spiritual journey and her true calling. Throughout her life, different scenarios had left her feeling stifled in her voice, not able to speak up or sing openly in the way she did as a child. When learning Karuna Reiki Master in April 2021, this included a chanting and toning piece of the course and unlocked new levels of healing in the heart and the throat – allowing her voice to be heard! Since, she has written some of her own music and chants that she shares in ceremonies. Ashley is an avid learner of all spirituality and its connection to the reflection of our own Divinity. Through finding her voice, the incredible power of chanting and mantras has created deep healing and profound experiences in her personal practice and is looking forward to sharing this space with others! Ashley was first introduced to Cacao in 2020 and started working with Cacao as a daily practice in March of 2021. She believes Cacao and its heart-opening properties, combined with the compassionate energy of Karuna Reiki has introduced her into a more holistic life of being able to utilize her voice in countless scenarios besides singing and is truly empowering, intending to bring the same empowerment, compassionate and loving energy to TreePeople!
Michelina has learned about the music & mantra + mythological stories in connection through teacher trainings and self-study. She loves sharing these stories and intertwining the characteristics and elements that you can utilize in the practice of yoga and life. Michelina was first introduced to a harmonium in her 300 hour teacher training, 6 years ago. She played one chord and knew that one day she would have and learn this instrument, alongside using it as a tool for teaching. About 4 years ago she ordered the harmonium from India as a Birthday present to herself, and taught herself. She took a 30 hour Bhakti Yoga course while she was learning the harmonium which expanded on the mantras, chanting, and the love and devotion of yoga. Bhakti meaning: loving devotion. In this course she took a journey in cracking open her heart and voice, dove deeper into her personal practice, and is beyond grateful to share pieces of this path with TreePeople!
Ashley & Michelina both love to support, nourish, and nurture the environment as it does the same to us in return. They are honored to share some love with nature on this special day.
