A growing number of wellness spaces around Los Angeles are hosting cacao ceremonies.

The ritual involves drinking raw cacao to facilitate spiritual and emotional healing. The drink is said to evoke a warm and uplifting feeling.

LA Times spirituality reporter Deborah Netburn went to a cacao ceremony and told Lisa McRee about the experience for "LA Times Today."

Watch the full interview above.

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