Meet The Team

Meet our very small team that makes it all happen!
MD & Founder

Shane Cooke

Shane Cooke is the founder of The Jasper Cacao Project and The Jasper Community Space.

A ceremonial space holder, Shane guides people through meditation, breathwork, Reiki, sound healing, and cacao ceremonies, creating safe, heart-centred spaces for self-discovery, healing, and reconnection. His work supports people to slow down, release what no longer serves them, and return to presence, balance, and clarity.

Before Jasper, Shane spent two decades building a successful career as a chef, a path that came with intense mental, emotional, and physical challenges. These experiences became the catalyst for a deep inner shift, leading him onto a spiritual path and into supporting others through conscious coaching, mindfulness, and breath-led practices through his earlier work, Jasper Wellbeing.

Cacao entered Shane’s life during a pivotal ceremonial circle and sparked an immediate calling. After two years of dedicated work and cultivating a deep relationship with the plant, The Jasper Cacao Project was born, a conscious business rooted in integrity, respect for indigenous wisdom, and cacao as a heart-opening medicine for community and connection.

After 2 and a half years of holding ceremonies and serving the Uk with our beautiful cacao The Jasper Community Space was launched and has since grown into a central hub for teachings, ceremonies, music, and gatherings in the heart of Teesside.

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Shanes favourite cacao is Criollo and his favourite way to drink it is simple with water, chilli and a dash of rose water finished with a little touch Himalayan salt.

Shane Founder of Jasper Cacao
Events, Sales & Customer Support

Leanne Mortimer: The wandering Yogini!

Leanne’s passions are Ashtanga yoga, meditation, mantra, and the healing arts. She loves spending time deep in nature — usually with a cup of Cacao in hand.

Leanne worked in the busy world of dentistry for many years, but after embarking on a spiritual journey to India to train as a yoga teacher, her life completely transformed.

She now shares her gifts through Ashtanga yoga, deep tissue massage, and sound healing — practices that help others reconnect with their bodies, release tension, and restore energetic balance.

Her yoga teaching style is energetic, synchronising breath with movement, while her massage and sound healing sessions offer a deeply restorative and grounding experience.

Leanne’s passion for Cacao came from this wonderful medicine being a big part of her own healing journey.

“I’m so happy to be at Jasper Cacao — it feels great to be able to share this wonderful medicine with the world.”

Leanne’s favourite way to drink the Cacao medicine is in her favourite mushroom mug with a dash of maple syrup!

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Leanne Events, Sales & Support
Face of the festival team

Breece Stewart

Breece is facilitator of Breathwork, Plant Medicine, and Sound healing.
She’s explored unique corners of the world, immersing herself in rituals and cultures that shape her teachings. She hosts retreats, online sessions and festival workshops. The core of her work is empowerment and aliveness. Full of energy and play, but her work is never just surface level.

Her no fluff approach guides you into depths of your inner strength, authenticity, and what makes you feel most alive.
With her passion for self expression, she believes the world needs more of you. Through reconnection and clarity, she helps you access that potential that from within.

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Breece loves to eat cacao raw but when she has a drink she likes it simple with oat milk and a pinch of cayenne.

Breece Festival Team Uk