Ancestors Embrace
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Welcome to Teatime
Mortality & Tea is a warm, is intentional gathering centered around shared tea and honest conversation about death. Through guided prompts, quiet writing time, and optional sharing, participants are invited to reflect on mortality, last wishes, and legacy in a supportive circle.
This gathering gently introduces decolonizing death, reclaiming choice, voice, and relationship to death outside of fear, avoidance, and institutional pressure. It is a space to begin naming end-of-life care preferences, burial wishes, and what truly matters, while you are still living.
What to expect: An abundance of soothing herbal teas in a cushy atmosphere as we gather in circle to discuss, write, laugh, and interact with topics of end-of-life planning. To face these topics alone is often what people are left to do. however, if we come together in community to hold space for one another, learn from each other, and share our hearts. The inevitable doesn’t feel so lonely and abstract. When we can conceptualize, name and vocalize our thoughts and wishes around dying this allows for us to reshape our approach to death, life, and grief. You will receive a packet of journal prompts, mini zines, and the opportunity for an after-care meeting with me to ground down any lingering anticipations.
This is not a legal or medical appointment, but a calm, community-rooted place to start. Come sip tea, sit in circle, and take the first steps toward a more intentional relationship with death, one grounded in care, clarity, and love.
This service is an intimate setting and can be booked for families, circle groups, and care facilities.
Please note: This is $40 per participant. If your event is not local to Santa Cruz, San Jose, San Fransico, Fresno CA. Travel arrangements can be made. or be held via zoom.
Welcome to The Circle.
The Circle is a safe space to explore death and dying together—legacy projects, obituary writing, poetry and storytelling, celebration-of-life planning, and decolonizing death philosophies and practices. As well as anthropological funeral traditions. And deities centered on death. We will build a virtual community that supports one another through our singular journey from this world.
1 monthly group circle (virtual): joining in circle on conversations about grief, legacy planning, and decolonizing death. this circle will run for 6 months
Access to monthly educational PDF (mini-lesson, ritual, or prompt)
Discount on workshops and shop
Early access to event sign-ups
Death, grief, and major life transitions are not meant to be carried alone. The Companion Path offers personalized support rooted in ancestral wisdom, practical guidance, and compassionate presence. Together, we explore the questions, fears, preparations, and possibilities that arise when planning for the future, or seeking a deeper relationship with death and remembrance. This is a space to be witnessed, supported, and guided through some of life’s most profound thresholds.
Topics May Include:
End-of-life planning and preparation
Decolonizing death and reclaiming traditional practices
Legacy projects and memory preservation
Burial Books and documenting final wishes
Natural burial and home funeral education
Ancestral connection and remembrance practices
Family conversations around death and dying
Caregiver support and burnout prevention
Ritual development for grief, transition, and remembrance
Creating meaningful end-of-life experiences
Questions about death, dying, and mortality
Includes:
One private 60-minute session bi-monthly
Personalized guidance based on your circumstances
Priority scheduling
Follow-up resources and recommendations when appropriate
A confidential, non-judgmental space for exploration and support
The Threshold Care Package offers comprehensive support for individuals and families navigating active end-of-life journey. In home care is ideal, and only available to those local to Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Felton, Scotts valley, San and Jose area. all other services can be guided via phone, email and zoom.
This service combines practical guidance, emotional support, legacy work, funeral planning, and culturally grounded death care into one personalized package. Whether preparing for an expected death, supporting a loved one through active dying, or helping a family navigate difficult decisions, I provide compassionate guidance every step of the way.
My approach honors death as a natural part of life while helping families reclaim meaningful participation in care, remembrance, and funeral traditions. Together, we create a plan that reflects the values, wishes, and dignity of the individual while providing support for those who love them. in home care is ideal, and only available to those local to Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Felton, Scotts valley, San Jose area
Services May Include:
End-of-life planning and preparation
In-home caregiving support and guidance
Active dying support for individuals and families
Family meetings and difficult conversations
Legacy Project creation
Burial Book development and final wishes documentation
Funeral planning and preparation
Home funeral education and guidance
Natural burial education and advocacy
Vigil planning and bedside rituals
Grief support before and after death
Obituary writing assistance
Memorial and remembrance ceremony planning
Ancestral and culturally rooted death practices
Resource referrals and community connections
Caregiver support and burnout prevention
Meal train template
Emotional, spiritual, and practical guidance throughout the process
This package is tailored to the unique needs of each individual and family, recognizing that no two journeys through death and grief are the same.
Asking rate $30.00 an hour - For in home care I also accept IHSS and Payment plans. $300 is 10 hours of caregiving/ counseling.
About
Ancestors Embrace
Meet your facilitator, Ani.
Ani a death doula, a mixed media artist, health scientist, and ritualist. Ani is raised in her roots and culture, being Native American - Mescalero Apache / Yaqui and Armenian. Her work lives at the crossroads of ancestral memory, land-based tradition, and decolonizing death.
As a death worker, she supports families through end-of-life planning, legacy work, and grief rituals. Ani uses her many years of art school blended with ancestral skills to create Burial Books, ceremonial candles, hair-lock mementos and ancestral offerings using all-natural materials to honor those transitioning and those left behind.
Ani’s purpose is simple: to help people return home to themselves, to their ancestors, and to the earth.
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