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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome and survey

    • Welcome to Ukhu Pacha Cacao Online Course

    • Preliminary Survey

    • Meet Your Teacher - Sally Huapaya

    • Meet Your Teacher - Dr Corin Storkey

    • Acknowledgements section

    • Level Ukhu Pacha Glossary

    • Cacao Safety

    • Cacao timeline - tribes, dates and temples
  • 2

    The ancient traditions of ceremonial cacao

    • The ancient traditions of ceremonial cacao - worksheet assessment

    • Lesson 1 - The regions & tribes of cacao (Part A)

    • Lesson 1 - The regions & tribes of cacao (Part B)

    • Lesson 1 - The regions & tribes of cacao (Part C)

    • Monte Grande and its meaning

    • Monte Grande Interview with Quirino Olivero

    • Chavin De Huantar Temple

    • Lesson 1 - Tribes and regions review

    • Asuela from the Wampis-Awajun tribe shares her story of cacao

    • Lesson 2 - The discovery and ancient use of cacao (Part A)

    • Lesson 2 - The discovery & ancient use of cacao (Part B)

    • Lesson 3 - The traditional cacao ceremonies (Part A)

    • Lesson 3 - The traditional cacao ceremonies (Part B)

    • Lesson 4 - Ceremonial whisking of cacao

    • What is a cacao ceremony - Sally provides a summary
  • 3

    The processing and production of ceremonial cacao

    • The Processing and Production of Ceremonial Cacao - worksheet assessment

    • Lesson 1 - The cacao industry explained

    • Lesson 2 - Ceremonial cacao production (Part A)

    • Lesson 2 - Ceremonial cacao production (Part B)

    • Lesson 2 - Ceremonial cacao production (Part C)

    • Lesson 3 - Cacao and safety (part 1)

    • Lesson 3 - Cacao and safety (part 2)

    • Lesson 3 - Cacao and safety (part 3)
  • 4

    The science & health benefits of cacao

    • The Science and Health Benefits of Ceremonial Cacao - worksheet assessment

    • Cacao biochemistry overview

    • Biochemistry Part 1 - Methylxanthines

    • Biochemistry Part 2 - Antioxidants

    • Biochemistry Part 3 - NAEAs and cannabinoids

    • Biochemistry Part 3 continued - Cannabinoids continued

    • Biochemistry Part 4 - Phenylethylamine (PEA)

    • Biochemistry Part 5 - Tryptophan

    • Biochemistry Part 6 - Tryptamine

    • Biochemistry Part 7 - Amaru vs Uturunku

Testimonials

Incredible course

Prianka - New Zealand

This course is absolutely amazing and taught with so much heart! The facilitators are brilliant and knowledgeable, and do their very best to support each student with whatever information or content they require. I feel honoured to be trusted with the knowledge and traditions of Sally's family and ancestors - and this course enables me to feel prepared to represent this beautiful tradition and plant medicine! The content is well thought out and easy to understand, and is the perfect blend of science and magic! Thank you for taking the time to craft this incredible offering!

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Instructor(s)

Andean Expert and Teacher

Sally Huapaya

Co-director Sally Huapaya is a native Peruvian of Andean descent, with a Bachelor in industrial engineering and ancestral knowledge of traditional Peruvian medicinal plants. She has a passion to bring the sacred plant knowledge of her people to the world and promoting respect and acknowledgement to the indigenous farmers and communities that produce them. In Peru, Sally and Seleno Health create authentic Organic Farm to Table Maca and Cacao directly with their local farmers following ancient ancestral traditions. Sally also manages the social responsibility program and Amazonian and Andean retreats in Peru. Sally is proudly the authentic life and soul of Seleno Health and brings her combination of industry experience, processes and production skills, cultural and ancestral knowledge to create authentic and high-vibrational specialised health-enhancing products for consumers around the world. She currently is training facilitators and healers in New Zealand and Australia to better connect to the indigenous plants of Peru and use them in ceremony or as healing modalities.

Biomedical Researcher

Dr Corin Storkey

New Zealand born co-founder and co-director – Dr Corin Storkey has over 15 years of academic and research experience, specialising in medicinal antioxidant chemistry, oxidative diseases, cellular protection and health. He holds a PhD in medicinal chemistry from the University of Melbourne, Australia and the Heart Research Institute – Sydney, Australia. He has previously struggled with and overcome chronic fatigue syndrome and believes that there is currently a lack of holistic management in the conventional Western medical approach to health. These experiences led him to establish Seleno Health as a means to provide people with education and tools to manage their own health more effectively. His area of expertise is stress disorders and non-specific inflammatory conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME), fibromyalgia, Crohn’s, Psoriasis, Alopecia, UC, IBS, Lyme disease and similar auto-immune issues. He currently leads the New Zealand based Maca and cacao research program that studies Andean and Amazonian plant medicines and substantiates their traditions through biochemical analysis. His latest projects include biochemical mapping of macamides in different cultivars of Peruvian Maca, comparisons of bioactives in different Maca preparations and substantiating traditional uses of ceremonial cacao by Peruvian shamans through biochemical mapping of active metabolites.

Andean Teacher

Pamela Chipana

Pamela Chipana is a Peruvian educator of Medicinal plants. She is part of the team of Seleno Health as their Workshop-Ceremonial facilitator - Culture and Brand Ambassador. Pamela has a family lineage of Chanka-Incan ancestors and wants to share the sacred traditions surrounding Peruvian master plants and inspire people to create a healing connection with them, connect to their roots, and give love and respect to Pachamama – the provider of all medicine.