What I Stand For

Nature as teacher
I believe that the natural world holds deep intelligence and wisdom that can help us live more balanced, conscious lives.

Pattern disruption
Much of our behaviour is shaped by inherited beliefs and unconscious conditioning. My work helps people recognise these patterns and step beyond them.

Conscious leadership
True leadership begins with self-awareness. When we understand ourselves more deeply, we can make clearer decisions and lead our lives with integrity.

Integrity and reciprocity
Working with plant medicines carries responsibility. I believe in honouring the communities, traditions and ecosystems that make this work possible.

Rebekah Shaman is the founder of Ritual Cacao and the British Hemp Alliance. Her work sits at the intersection of plant medicine, consciousness and leadership. For more than two decades she has helped people disrupt limiting patterns, challenge inherited belief systems, and reconnect with a more conscious relationship with themselves and the natural world.

Rebekah’s journey into the world of plant medicine began in 1997 while working in a hotel in Machu Picchu, Peru. After falling down the side of a mountain in a near-death accident, she experienced a profound shift in perspective that set her on a lifelong path of exploring the relationship between human consciousness and the natural world.

Over the following fourteen years, Rebekah lived and studied extensively in the Peruvian Amazon, working alongside experienced shamanic teachers and immersing herself in traditional plant medicine practices.

Her work with cacao began in 2012 following a ceremony in Palenque, Mexico, where she felt strongly called to introduce ceremonial-grade cacao to Western audiences as a powerful plant ally for emotional wellbeing, self-awareness and personal transformation.

Returning to London in 2013, Rebekah began offering cacao ceremonies at a time when very few people in the UK were familiar with ceremonial cacao. Through this work she created spaces where people could step away from habitual patterns of thinking and reconnect with their intuition, clarity and inner guidance.

These early ceremonies helped establish what has since grown into a wider cacao movement, where ceremonial-grade cacao is now commonly integrated into holistic wellbeing practices such as yoga, meditation, sound healing and movement.

In 2018, Rebekah founded Ritual Cacao Ltd, a ceremonial-grade cacao company that sources directly from indigenous farming communities in Ecuador. By working closely with growers, she maintains full oversight of the quality and integrity of the cacao used in both her products and ceremonies, while supporting traditional agricultural communities.

At the heart of Rebekah’s work is a form of conscious leadership rooted in nature. She acts as a pattern disruptor, guiding people to go beyond cultural conditioning, destructive and negative patterns of behavioiur, and develop a deeper, more conscious relationship with themselves, the natural world and align them with their hearts.

Through ceremonies, retreats, mentoring and training programmes — both online and in person — she supports individuals to cultivate greater awareness, clarity and resilience, so they can lead their lives with greater integrity, balance and purpose.

Her work is dedicated to helping people disrupt the patterns that shape their lives, reconnect with nature’s wisdom, and lead themselves with greater awareness, courage and integrity.