Is your heart calling you home?

The 4th annual Keith's Cacao Homecoming Retreat begins February 27 and runs through March 6. Join us along the magical shores of Lake Atitlan in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala.

Join the community and come home to where it all began!

Where the Cacao Spirit whispers through the leaves in the forest, wanders the cobbled streets, hovers over the calm waters of the lake, and dances in the humid air.

Come soak in the energy of the place where the Ceremonial Cacao movement began.

The place where the beans are toasted, peeled by hand and alchemized into solid blocks of chocolate magic.

The place where so many others have come to sit and play, to journey and be transformed.

Tickets are now on sale for Homecoming 2024. If your heart is calling you home, come join the dawning of a new era...

A life-altering, transformative & expansive experience!

Imagine sitting in ceremony every day, visiting a family-run Cacao farm and touring the Keith’s Cacao Workshop. Experience it all first-hand and grow your understanding and connection to Ceremonial Grade Cacao.

Meet and interact with the local workers. Experience the joy and the love with which they infuse each bean and brick! Meet and learn from other members of the Keith's Cacao Global Cacao Tribe. Learn from each other, establish life-long friendships and collaborations.

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As many of you know, our founder, Keith Wilson, the world's beloved Chocolate Shaman, left this realm on January 14. We know he will be assisting and guiding us from beyond. This year's Homecoming will be exceptionally distinctive and meaningful as our presenters take the lead in imparting Keith's lessons, teachings, and wisdom. We hope you join us and help shape and craft the next chapter of the Chocolate Shaman's legacy.

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KEITH'S CACAO HOMECOMING RETREAT FEB 27- MAR 6, 2024

What can I expect when I attend this retreat?

An intimate connection with the World's Finest 100% Pure Ceremonial Cacao

Go to the source, be on the land, meet the people, see the process; it doesn't get more authentic than this!

Be deeply transformed

Bring on your Magic by connecting with the Spirit of Cacao, in the energy vortex of Lake Atitlan, surrounded by lightworkers immersed in the teachings and wisdom of Keith Wilson, The Chocolate Shaman.

Meet your Cacao family

A unique bond connects Cacao-lovers from around the world. Feel deeply seen and connected as you meet or reconnect with your Keith's Cacao family.

A full cultural experience

Meet the local community & workers that harvest, produce and package the Ceremonial Cacao you love. Experience the prisitine natural beauty of the Guatemalan Highlands. Witness local culture all around you.

This experience is for you if you are...

Ready to dive deep into the Ceremonial Cacao experience!

Looking for an opportunity to sit in the energy and wisdom of some of Keith's Cacao most seasoned practitioners

Wanting to soak in the beauty of Lake Atitlan and the alternative, creative, artistic, and spiritual vibe of the village of San Marcos La Laguna

Desiring to be in the presence of some of the most heart-opened and conscious people on the planet!

Feeling called to experience Guatemala

Ready to join Cereminal Cacao movement and spread the medicine of love to your community

Wanting to connect with The Spirit of Cacao on a deeper level

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Experience the Cacao rainforest

Visit a local family-run farm, pick Cacao pods from the tree, meet the locals who grow Ceremonial Cacao, connect to the land where all the magics happens!

See the process first-hand

Meet the tostadores (the local women who toast & hand peel our beans) and learn why every bar of Keith's Cacao is made in the highest vibration, intention and integrity.

Visit the Keith's Cacao workshop

Called the "Taller" (spanish for workshop), this is where the beans are stored, and each block of Keith's Cacao is lovingly processed, blessed, and packaged.

Meet our Team in Guatemala!

Get to know our Cacao family in Guatemala, the loving locals who produce the Cacao that you love!

Multiple Ceremonies with Keith's Cacao seasoned practitioners

Drink Cacao and experience the magic and the unique gifts some of Keith's Cacao's most experienced practitioners have to offer in multiple ceremonies.

I always had a deep connection with Cacao but after this Homecoming experience I now feel at one with it, 100% connected to the Spirit of Cacao...

Jenny T.

For Keith’s Cacao Practitioners, friends and lovers of The Original and World's Finest Ceremonial Grade Cacao!

During our 9 days together, we will experience multiple ceremonies with a line-up of presenters who are leaders in the modern day Ceremonial Cacao movement. We will combine Cacao with many different modalities and experiences. PLUS the iconic rainforest excursion and tour of Keith's workshop.

In your free time, take a boat to explore the diverse and amazing communities of Lake Atitlan which is full of wonderful markets, craft shops, restaurants and cafes. Take a dip in the magical waters of Lake Atitlan, or relax and revel in the beautiful volcanic scenergy and SO MUCH MORE!

Leaders of the Modern-day Ceremonial Cacao Movement

MEET THE HOMECOMING 2024 RETREAT PRESENTERS

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Andrés Jiménez & Gisela Hincapié

Andrés and Gisela have dedicated the past 11 years to studying and exploring the profound spiritual properties of Cacao. Having been long-time students of Keith Wilson, the esteemed founder of Keith’s Cacao, they have also been blessed with the invaluable opportunity to receive training from Tat Pedro and Nan Faviana, a revered Mayan elder couple hailing from the High Plains of Guatemala. Their meticulously crafted ceremonies are designed to harmonize ancestral wisdom with contemporary modalities. All in service of harnessing the healing potential of Cacao. They offer their Cacao Ceremonies every week. Andrés also plays a pivotal role as the General Manager of Keith’s Cacao in Guatemala.

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Nicole Gnutzman

Nicole Gnutzman, MA, ACC, is a former corporate VP in educational publishing, who stepped boldly onto her spiritual path to reclaim her joy and follow her soul’s calling. A certified transformational coach; Cacao, Reiki and Shamanic Practitioner, spiritual teacher and mentor; and plant medicine journey guide, she has held sacred and safe space for individuals, couples and group ceremonies for 8 years both privately and at meditation and yoga studios and international retreat centers. As Director of Course Design for Keith’s Cacao, she co-designed and facilitates the Power of Cacao—From Personal Practice to Ceremony. At Homecoming Nicole will lead a beautiful cacao ritual to open sacred circle, our minds and our hearts. Sharing cacao stories and facts along with guided questions, she will lead an informative, engaging and interactive session designed to inform, delight and inspire you as well as a shamanic journey led by Cacao.

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Herb Beslanowitch & Alla Gonopolsky

Herb Beslanowitch and Alla Gonopolsky are co-founders of The Black Lotus, a spiritual center on the shore of Lake Atitlan in San Marcos la Laguna, Guatemala. They offer cacao ceremonies twice a week and unique live-in courses that harness the power of meditation, cacao, hypnotherapy, and other healing modalities. Students may enroll in a 30-Day course or stay for a full year residency that certifies them to become skilled hypnotherapists and 1,000-hour Master Practitioners in Ceremonial Cacao. Keith's Cacao has not only transformed Herb and Alla's career paths but their personal lives as well. The pair first met on Keith's porch in 2018 and eventually started dating. The Cacao Spirit was their matchmaker and then their realtor, nudging them to purchase the property next to Keith's Cacao as the site of The Black Lotus. Herb has guided people into deeper states of consciousness for over 20 years. The powerful guidance from Keith and cacao has infused Herb's work with greater depth, meaning, and connection. More info on our work and The Black Lotus at https://theblacklotus.com/

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Thomas Owen Kiernan

Thomas is an integrative sound practitioner, ceremony facilitator, and sound therapist, who utilizes the alchemy of sound, Cacao, and ceremony to bring forth our multidimensional selves. Experience the power of sound in this unique alchemical cacao and sonic immersion inside The Sound Dome. Thomas' sound healing journeys continually bring people into a deep hypnotic state, accessing childhood memories and even alternate lives within other dimensions. Thomas also trains people to liberate their voices, so that they can become clear channels of consciousness and be of service to their multidimensional selves. Clearing the all too common 'junk' and conditioning within their beings, they are empowered to become a more authentic expression of who they really are.

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Leslie Purchase, MD

Leslie Purchase, MD, is a cancer coach, ceremonial alchemist, and Keith’s Cacao Practitioner. As a former physician, former cancer patient, and former cancer caregiver, her experience is multifaceted and truly holistic. As a cancer coach, she creates a safe, judgment-free space for people to hear their inner guidance. In her work as a ceremonial alchemist, she weaves her extensive knowledge of the body and brain with respect for the mystery of what is not yet explained. Leslie’s inclusive deep listening is coupled with simplicity and directness. Her work with the dying informs her playful, joyful approach to living. Currently, she is organizing 10-day retreats to an Ayurvedic treatment center in her ancestral home of Kerala, India.

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Duncan J

London-born and DJing music since the 1990s, Duncan arrived to Lago Atitlan in December 2012 and discovered ceremonial-grade cacao, returning repeatedly to San Marcos La Laguna to heal, learn and step into his gifts. Lifetimes spent on Keith´s porch learning meditation & inner processing but, ultimately, how to be a dance floor shaman and offer a truly transformational experience. Duncan only uses Keith´s cacao for his ecstatic dance offerings, 1-to-1 private sessions & his own personal practice. Having shared dance-space for Homecoming the past two years, he is excited and grateful to return for a third to bring his intuitive blend of heart-focused multi-genre movement music to all coming to Guatemala.

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Carlos Marcus

Carlos' relationship with Cacao began at a very young age. In fact, his birthday falls on the International Chocolate Day; Ral Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as well as John Hershey's, founder of Hershey Chocolates, were born on the same day! Ever since he was a little boy, Carlos performed his own Cacao ceremonies, making the preparation of his morning chocolate a proper ritual. But it wasn't until 2017 that he felt the call of the Cacao Spirit while shopping in a London supermarket. It took six months and a series of non-coincidences from that first call until Carlos sat in a Ceremony on Keith Wilson's porch in Guatemala. In 2019, he left London and his career as an Event Technical Director to pursue what his heart longed for – to fill the world with love. Carlos joined the Keith's Cacao Practitioner program in 2020 and started working for Keith's Cacao as a content creator in 2021. Since then, he has travelled halfway around the world, interviewing over twenty Keith's Cacao Practitioners. He has had numerous private ceremonies and sessions with Keith, receiving direct teachings during his San Marcos La Laguna stay. Carlos has also been trained by Thomas Owen in Intuitive Sound Healing at the Sound of Light Mystery School. He has developed his learnings and sound healing capacities by practising daily on the shores of Lake Atitlan. Guided by the Cacao Spirit in his ceremonies, Carlos facilitates the participants' connection with their inner frequencies, opening a portal to connect with the music and sound that wants to be expressed from and within each one. From the tranquil island of Mallorca to retreats in the mountains of Norway to music festivals in the Joshua Tree desert in California, Carlos continues to travel the world as a messenger of the Spirit of Cacao, spreading his knowledge of Cacao's medicine as well as the medicine of our own Sound and Inner Frequency.

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Ianthi Sparsis

Ianthi Sparsis is the Content Development and Editorial Manager of Keith's Cacao, a Keith's Cacao Practitioner, a Chakradance facilitator, a Reiki Master, and a lifelong student of meditation, free-form conscious dance, embodiment work, shamanic work, and the ancient techniques of women frame drummers. She has been blessed with master teachers and mentors who were pioneers and leaders in their fields: Keith Wilson, Layne Redmond, Zohar Fresco, Adam Barley, and Prem Rawat, among others. She leads group ceremonies and women's cacao circles, offers 1-on-1 Cacao sessions, and gives frame drum classes and workshops to women on her native island of Cyprus and abroad. She values Ceremonial Cacao, frame drumming, and free-form dance as non-competitive, body-based ways of raising consciousness, moving energy through the body, releasing emotions, healing the psyche, and creating authentic connections. At Homecoming 2024, Ianthi will lead a morning conscious movement ritual she calls: "The Dance of Allowing".

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Sami "Shamsa" Malcolm

Sami is a walker between the worlds, shamanic guide and ordained minister.Using truth and love as her guiding pillars, she supports those she works with to illuminate the bridge within and find the path to their chosen life.Leaving behind the advertising world in 2012, Sami first arrived in Guatemala in 2013, where she embarked on her healing journey and has been living part-time ever since. She has dedicated her path to shifting self-sabotage into self-love and supporting others to do the same.Whether she's working with individuals or groups, Sami's unique approach blends the weaving of cacao, inner journey work, somatic healing, shamanic counselling, energy and breathwork. As a gifted seer, she can present key information in a grounded and practical way.She specialises in helping you uncover and recover your lost and forgotten soul parts and lovingly bring them back home.During Homecoming, Sami will lead us into a beautiful ceremony into the unknown, where you can breathe your future self into existence

Mayan Fire Ceremony Offered By

AJ'QIJAB' MAYA K'ICHE'.

Tat Pedro and Nan Faviana are a couple from Santa Lucía Utatlán (Guatemala), guardians of the Mayan Cosmovision.

They have traveled the world sharing their wisdom in workshops and ceremonies. Both recognized as community leaders.

They are co-authors of the book "Raxalaj Mayab' K'aslemalil".

Nan Faviana has worked in various international organizations, as well as in the gestation and design of the National Program of Education for Peace and Life of the Guatemalan Ministry of Education. She received the highest award given by the Guatemalan government to teachers who stand out in their work for indigenous peoples: "Francisco Marroquín" award.

Tat Pedro has been a teacher in different establishments and is a member of the Association of Indigenous Cooperation for Integral Development (COINDI). He is also the author of the children's book“Xojanel Pixab'”.

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FAQ

La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City

The easiest and most direct is via a private car, but there are many options for each budget range.

Inside the Homecoming Facebook Group you can arrange to share a car with other attendees. The price to hire a car and driver is APPROX 1275Q ($170USD) for up to 3 passengers, so if you are travelling in a small group to or from the La Aurora Airport, this is a great option!

Yes. There is a 'ticket-only' option available to purchase. There are many options for hotels & AirBnbs that can be arranged seperately.

Breakfast is included each day and there are 3 dinners included in the experience.

Yes. After booking your ticket you will be connected with our Homecoming event planner to organize alternative meal options.

Yes however children over the age of 2 will require their own ticket.

Is your heart calling you home?

A life-altering, transformative & expansive experience!

KEITH'S CACAO HOMECOMING RETREAT FEB 27- MAR 6, 2024

What can I expect when I attend this retreat?

An intimate connection with the World's Finest 100% Pure Ceremonial Cacao

Be deeply transformed

Meet your Cacao family

A full cultural experience

This experience is for you if you are...

For Keith’s Cacao Practitioners, friends and lovers of The Original and World's Finest Ceremonial Grade Cacao!

MEET THE HOMECOMING 2024 RETREAT PRESENTERS

Andrés Jiménez & Gisela Hincapié

Andrés Jiménez & Gisela Hincapié

Nicole Gnutzman

Nicole Gnutzman

Herb Beslanowitch & Alla Gonopolsky

Herb Beslanowitch & Alla Gonopolsky

Thomas Owen Kiernan

Thomas Owen Kiernan

Leslie Purchase, MD

Leslie Purchase, MD

Duncan J

Duncan J

Carlos Marcus

Carlos Marcus

Ianthi Sparsis

Ianthi Sparsis

Sami "Shamsa" Malcolm

Sami "Shamsa" Malcolm

AJ'QIJAB' MAYA K'ICHE'.

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