Adriana Jalife Castaños: Cacao Priestess / Café Owner / Divine Sister / World Adventurer

@adri_jalifehttps://www.instagram.com/adri_jalife/@tierrasantabcsThe scene:We are in Todos Santos, B.C.S. (Baja California Sur), at Adriana’s house sitting on her covered outdoor living area with hot tea watching the sun set into the pacific ocean. Yeah WTF is right. Adriana graciously invited me to her currently-being-built-home, which is a bold move considering we just met. Within minutes of meeting, I asked if I could live in her shop (because I love it so much) and she said yes I could put my bed near the altar, and well, the rest is history. Adriana is one of the most chill, kind, easeful, and heart-honest humans I have ever met. Join us on the deck as our interview takes us into the dark (and back into the light).Highlights:Hearing ourselves speak the words we want creates the manifestationTodos Santos is the beginning of the earthPassing the Baja testNumerologySpirituality being the thing you’re most passionate about in lifeAmerica as in all the AmericasMishika traditions (Aztec)Mayan cosmologyNative American practices in South DakotaMishika had a very advanced culture and they mixed all the cultures they encounteredThe Mayan calendar Nawales are for self-knowledge and service to others Archeology Mythology and archetypesMoondance: 4 night ceremony of fasting, dancing, and temezcal (sweat lodge)Adriana’s Mayan animal medicine is Jaguar, who shines light into the darknessLife brought Adriana to cacao medicine so she could help others understand their own giftsBorn in Durango, Mexico - one of the biggest and most unpopulated areas, where the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains and desert meet (there is snow in Mexico!)Feeling different and like you don’t belongAt age 17, lived in Brussels, Belgium for two years (and speaks French beautifully)Studied “Mother Languages” for teaching and translationWent to a Montessori elementary school and used it as inspiration to teach languageGrew up fast caring for her younger brotherLearning to trust your own judgmentNot working for anyone elseThere’s nothing more rewarding than doing what you believe inCommunity support has been essential to continuing her workGiving back to the communityStaying open to how big your dreams can becomeGeographic places that feel like homeThe giving and receiving law of lifeLearning to relax into life, living in a place of collective conscious relaxationMaking free time, changing family programmingBeing passionate about what you do makes it not feel like workChanging the pace of life by following the seasonsWe all do what we can with what we have A taste:“Cacao is a beautiful medicine that is in the service of helping people reconnect with the real - with nature, and with earth - and with their gifts, and to break up the illusion of fear, and of being in this capitalistic system that isolates us and makes us believe we need to do things that are not aligned with our spirits.”Favorite Song Line:“Todos caminamos bajo la misma luna.” (“We all walk under the same moon.”) by Calle 13Support the showThank you for listening!  Please subscribe to support this project.Love, Sagewolf xoxo