This will be about acknowledging those animals, non-human animals in our journey and life, many of whom we have carried over from other lifetimes. 

Learn how to honor them and their presence in our life, and particularly when it comes to the Day of the Dead. 

It is during this very sacred time that we have the opportunity to visit with those beings that have been in our life, such as a dog or a parrot who have now crossed over the Rainbow Bridge and are in the spirit realm.

Our alebrijes are actually spirit animals that help us negotiate that transition from the physical realm and into that meeting place that is between the physical and the spirit. 

Not only are our alebrijes there to help guide us, but so are our beloved departed friends and family. Sometimes a teacher, if they were a mentor. 

For us, these 4 days - October 30th to November 2nd provide an opportunity to honor them. In honoring them, we actually strengthen that relationship.

If these are creatures, you may actually have one of them currently living. Sometimes these can be animals from our childhood, sometimes current. 

Class Preparations:

Participants are required to bring supplies which will include photos or drawings and statuettes, as well as the little items that go with the animals, such as a bone for a dog or some such matter. These are not to be actual food. It will be a representation of what would be given to the physical critter. If the critter is alive now, then it can be actual physical food which will be given to them later. 

Please bring materials for decorating your statuettes such as ribbons, paint, etc.

Participants will also need to have food for themselves, such as a drink, perhaps cacao or tea.