The original founder of ACC is Ice Inkhamwong. This is her story of how ACC came about.

I enjoyed a free and adventurous childhood in the rice paddies of northern Thailand, I then spent 2 years in Adelaide (when I travelled to Uluru), northern Borneo and eventually ended up in Brisbane Australia. I am a Thai, Irish, English, German, Russian, Vietnamese, Philippino and Baltic woman.

I feel deeply connected to this land and am here to help heal anyone who is prepared to take self responsibility to also heal who you are no matter what race, culture, label or creed.

So start with the heart, and then everything else will come.

I work in the spirit of Wirritjin Dreaming.

Let me tell you the story of how this all came to be.

It all started when I was 7 years old and my father took me to Uluru during Easter holidays, and what did we do when we got there? We climbed it. I did not know that in doing so, this was very disrespectful and also believed to be very BAD LUCK!

Fast forward to me at 29 years old, I went back. I had originally bought the trip as a birthday present for someone else but little did I know, this trip was also meant for me.

As the plane flew over Uluru I heard a voice in my head saying, "You've come back to apologise, and only when you have done this will you be shown the next phase of your life."

So as I sat on that seat I felt excited! What phase of my life?! What's going to happen?! What do you mean? I had no idea!

So the first day there I was, I didn't visit the rock itself. See I had this idea in my head that I had to be standing right next to it to apologize to the Ancestors & Spirits for having climbed it when I was a young child, but they knew. The Spirits and Ancestors and Guardians of the land knew I was there alright! That night I had the craziest dreams, I was shown every single naughty thing I had ever done in my entire life, I felt them, they were waiting for me.

When I woke up the next morning I thought RIGHT! It's happening today!

So I went on the rock tour that day and as I stood right next to it, I swear I could see it gently breathing. I could feel all eyes of all the Ancestors & Spirits there watching me. So many of them. Generations of Aboriginal spirits, so protective of the site and of the people visiting.

I stood there and apologised to them in my mind, I said 'if you do forgive me, you know where to find me, come visit me in my dreams'. After this moment, I just started balling my eyes out, all of this emotion and must have been bottled up for years just all came out. I felt so relieved.

So 10 days later, they came to me in Dream Time.

'I am next to Uluru and I am with about 30 aboriginal women sitting around a fire. Two women stood out to me. One is a younger girl who looked about 18 years old and she explains to me that the women are preparing Emu for me and point at how it is cut into 6 pieces. The women are all looking at me with love. I spend time with them by the fire but I don't remember every detail as I am not meant to share it all, but when we have done all talking and gathering I am looking at the young woman in a blue t-shirt and an Elder who is painted all over her breasts and body with only a dry long grass skirt on. She holds a coolamon in front of one breast and they both smile at me with love as I float out of the scene.' I woke up, with emotions that I just cannot put words to.

Then a chain of events happened, I attended a Cacao Ceremony 2 months later and I start ceremonying with Cacao at home. I also went to Reiki share where I was worked on by an Aboriginal and a Maori elder woman. That very first night the Aboriginal elder tells me she can see two women in the room and described them EXACTLY how I saw them in my dream. She explains that they are my family from my past life. The young woman is my sister. I start balling my eyes out again. It was confirmation, others could see what I saw!

"And the older woman has a gift for you, it's a coolamon" (a bowl made from the bark of a tree used to carry bush tucker and babies in.

I thought oh great! I wonder what I can use a spiritual bowl for? Too bad I can't actually use it as a fruit bowl or put actual practical use to it!

Well...

One day I am Ceremonying at home and I ask ther Universe 'what am I doing with my life?' (Which was a question I was asking a lot at that time). Where is it going? How can I serve? How can I give? Why am I here? What do you want me to do? and...why would I be given a bowl? What good is a bowl I can't use? And a voice says to me "Well why don't you look inside it then?".

So I meditate and I see my Elder handing me the bowl, I take it from her thanking her and as I hold it in front of me I look inside it. And what is it full of?

Brown Cacao Beans.

Then Mother Cacao's spirit comes into me. She says "You want to know what you can do? Take my hand and I will show you."

And without hesitation, I did.

For the next 3 days and 2 nights I don't sleep. I am given downloads of information in to my mind and my third eye and I am shown EVERYTHING that started Australian Ceremonial Cacao. From the name to the logo artist, to the packaging. To the Cacao itself coming from the right person from the right place in Peru. The website was shown to me all night. What, how, who, why, where and when. Everything.

3 days later Australian Ceremonial Cacao is born.

I founded ACC in 2018, fast forward to 2022 my husband Andy has joined me on this mission and to bring community and men into this space. Andy runs mens circles amongst other services within holistic health. We are very excited to see where Cacao spirit leads us to next as our work evolves on Country.

Cacao is LOVE and CONNECTION.

It's connects us back into loving ourselves. THIS is how we serve the world. THIS is how we will change it. If you are reading this then I acknowledge how big and important your journey is.

Mother Cacao's spirit aids and guides you back into opening up your heart, as we have all lived through certain traumas and all have different stories. She guides you up into the vibration of love. The vibration that you were born with before you started collecting life experiences, judgements and pain. Back to your original loving form. She works with you in any way that you wish to call upon. She works WITH you, not FOR you. You are the leader, the creator of your life! So make it exactly what you dreamt of, with no limits!

Connection and Acknowledgement of Country is very important to us, the Ancestral Spirits strong message placed in this beautiful plant medicine is this...

YOU are part of this land. YOU are the living land protectors. The land warriors.

You have a land guide that was assigned to you when you were born here or the moment you stepped foot onto this land from another Country. They want you to know that they are with you, guiding you and protecting you.

Ice.