KLBRI KLBRI pronounced koh-lee-bree

We envision a world where advocates thrive.

The mission of the Institute is to uplift and sustain advocates and leaders through an ecosystem of care, well-being, and healing. KLBRI is a grassroots organization and fiscal project of Los Angeles Indigenous People’s Alliance (LAIPA). KLBRI was founded by Dr. Patty Ramirez in response to the political context of unaccompanied minors, family separation, migrant caravans, racial trauma, police br

utality, and mass incarceration. These along with a global health pandemic functioned as exacerbating factors on the impact of race-based stress that has fatigued black, indigenous, people of color social justice leaders threatening the sustainability of social justice organizations and movements.

Join KLBRI for our last platica of 2025, "Indigenous Rites of Passage as Pathways for Cultural Restoration and Collectiv...
12/29/2025

Join KLBRI for our last platica of 2025, "Indigenous Rites of Passage as Pathways for Cultural Restoration and Collective Healing, a Curanderismo Plática with Dra. Angelica Yanez. This gathering will explore how Indigenous rites of passage serve as pathways for healing, belonging, and cultural restoration — especially in times of transition, grief, and transformation. Through a curanderismo lens, Dra. Angelica Yanez will offer teachings and reflections grounded in ancestral wisdom and lived practice.

Register here:

This platica introduces participants to Indigenous rites of passage as pathways for cultural restoration and collective healing. Dra. Angelica will share teachings from Danza Azteca, Xilonen, Moon Time circles, and other life-cycle ceremonies, showing how these practices help reconnect individuals t...

✨ This Giving Tuesday, we’re doing things a little differently. ✨Giving Tuesday isn’t just about donations — it’s about ...
12/03/2025

✨ This Giving Tuesday, we’re doing things a little differently. ✨

Giving Tuesday isn’t just about donations — it’s about giving back to our community and creating spaces where we can heal and thrive together.

At KLBRI, we’re opening up a series of healing-centered offerings this December with sliding scale suggested donations — because culture is medicine, and healing should be accessible to all.

🌿 From Maya Yoga teachings with Itzpapalotl,
🍲 to ancestral cooking workshops that teach you how to make healing bone broth and intentional food choices,
🌺 to curanderismo pláticas where we remember our sacred ancestral technologies and rites of passages—
these offerings are invitations to reconnect with your roots, your body, and your community.

This Giving Tuesday, December 2nd, join us in this circle of reciprocity.

Give back to yourself, to your ancestors, and to the community.

And if you’re able, support KLBRI’s ongoing healing work with a donation at www.klbri.org/fundraising.

🔗 Link in bio to explore offerings and learn more.
Let’s rise together. ✨

Today is the day!!! We are excited to connect with community and explore Dia de mu***os and its evolution due to coloniz...
10/26/2025

Today is the day!!! We are excited to connect with community and explore Dia de mu***os and its evolution due to colonization, and weave these practices into our own practice. We will be making our own ofrendas to take home.

We will be holding space for folks who are reconnecting with traditions that weren’t passed down due to colonization, migration etc., those whose ancestral traditions weren’t represented such as our central and South American relatives, and those honoring new ancestors on their altar this year.

We will be offering pan de mu**to provided by , café de olla by , champurrado and fresh cempasúchil.

Thank you for the space for our community to gather, re-member, and reclaim. 🪶🌼
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🕯️ This Saturday, Oct 26 | 4:30–7:30 PMJoin us for Weaving Our Own Ofrendas, the first gathering in KLBRI’s Día de Mu***...
10/22/2025

🕯️ This Saturday, Oct 26 | 4:30–7:30 PM
Join us for Weaving Our Own Ofrendas, the first gathering in KLBRI’s Día de Mu***os series — Ofrendas y Rituales.

Together, we’ll explore how to reconnect with Día de Mu***os traditions that may have been disrupted through colonization, migration, and cultural loss.

Participants will decorate their own ofrenda frame keepsake and learn how to build a personal altar that honors their loved ones and ancestors in a way that feels authentic and healing.

Read the full newsletter: https://wix.to/SrC9sw9
Register here: https://www.klbri.org/event-details-registration/ofrendas-rituales-weaving-our-own-ofrendas-altar-building-2025-10-26-16-30

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We are living, existing, and resisting in a time where our spirits are tested daily — ICE raids tearing families apart, ...
08/14/2025

We are living, existing, and resisting in a time where our spirits are tested daily — ICE raids tearing families apart, violent rhetoric fueling fear and division, genocide destroying entire communities, and the constant undercurrent of grief from witnessing injustice after injustice.

These are not isolated events; they are overlapping crises that threaten our collective well-being.

In the midst of it all, tending to our wellness isn’t a luxury — it is an act of resistance, a way of remembering who we are, and a reclaiming of our right to live whole. If we don’t care for ourselves and one another, burnout can take root before our dreams have the chance to bloom.

That’s why we invite you to join us for:

✨ Starting Your Wellness Practice
A Plática + Collage/Zine Making Workshop
📅 Thursday, August 28, 2025
🕕 6–8:30 PM PST
💻 Virtual via Zoom

In this workshop, we’ll lean on ancestral wisdom and a decolonial approach to the 8 Dimensions of Wellness to help us restart — or begin — a wellness practice rooted in liberation, joy, and community care.

Through heart-centered conversation (plática) and hands-on collage/zine-making, we will explore ways to weave spiritual, emotional, physical, and collective well-being into our daily lives. You’ll leave with:

A personalized visual wellness plan and workbook you can return to again and again

Somatic healing practices to support your journey

Tools for sustaining yourself in the face of ongoing challenges

A reminder that you are not alone in this work

Bring your scissors, glue, old magazines, and an open heart. Digital options will be available.

Whether you’re a healer, leader, educator, advocate, organizer, or someone simply seeking balance, this space is for you.

➡️ Register here:

Join us for a creative journey into wellness. Come ready to reflect, create, and reclaim your wellness! ✂️📖✨

Join us tonight!!
06/24/2025

Join us tonight!!

In response to the fear, grief, and uncertainty sparked by recent ICE raids, this offering is a space for grounding, spiritual protection, and reconnection. Facilitated by Dr. Angélica M. Yañez, Executive Director of The Ancestral Teachings Institute, this guided meditation invites participants to...

1 appointment with  just became available!!! 45-min session available on Friday, April 25th, between 2-5pm. Receive indi...
04/23/2025

1 appointment with just became available!!!

45-min session available on Friday, April 25th, between 2-5pm.

Receive individualized care to clear blocks, rebalance your energy, and support emotional + spiritual wellness.

💻 Head to www.klbri.org/sana-sana and book your energy healing session!!

Registration closes today!!!! ☕️Sip & Flow: Yoga + Tea Ritual with Melissa Caballero of Rancho Te Cuidas🗓️ Wednesday, Ap...
04/23/2025

Registration closes today!!!!

☕️Sip & Flow: Yoga + Tea Ritual with Melissa Caballero of Rancho Te Cuidas
🗓️ Wednesday, April 24 | 10 AM (PST)
Come just as you are. This gentle session invites you into breathwork, slow movement, and a grounding tea ritual to root into presence.

💨 Plática: “Clearing the Air, Understanding the Aires” with Reina Prado, the Healing Queen
🗓️ Wednesday, April 24 | 6 PM (PST)
Explore how Aires in Curanderismo can affect the nervous system + spirit. Learn to recognize 13 Aires and how to protect and fortify your energy field. Perfect for those feeling energetically heavy or for healing practitioners expanding their medicine.

Register at www.klbri.org/sana-sana. Link in bio!!

Our Sana Sana Virtual Healing Pop-Up Clinic is LIVE — and you’re invited into a week-long journey of FREE community-root...
04/22/2025

Our Sana Sana Virtual Healing Pop-Up Clinic is LIVE — and you’re invited into a week-long journey of FREE community-rooted healing led by powerful BIPOC cultural + traditional practitioners.
🌀 Day 1, 2, & 3 are filled with offerings to ground, move, release, and restore:

🌸 Opening Healing Circle with KLBRI
🗓️ Tuesday, April 23 | 2 PM (PST)
We’ll open this sacred week through grounding, intention setting, and a collective mindfulness practice. Especially created with love for those holding stress, displacement, and frontline care.

🫖 Sip & Flow: Yoga + Tea Ritual with Melissa
Caballero of Rancho Te Cuidas
🗓️ Wednesday, April 24 | 10 AM (PST)
Come just as you are. This gentle session invites you into breathwork, slow movement, and a grounding tea ritual to root into presence.

💨 Plática: “Clearing the Air, Understanding the Aires” with Reina Prado, the Healing Queen
🗓️ Wednesday, April 24 | 6 PM (PST)
Explore how Aires in Curanderismo can affect the nervous system + spirit. Learn to recognize 13 Aires and how to protect and fortify your energy field. Perfect for those feeling energetically heavy or for healing practitioners expanding their medicine.

🔮 One-on-One Energy Healing Sessions with Atasiea Kenneth L. Ferguson— ALL BOOKED

💻 Register now + check the full calendar:
👉🏽 http://www.klbri.org/sana-sana
🎁 First 30 people to register will receive a FREE self-care healing kit!
🧡 Want to support this healing work? Donate here:
http://www.klbri.org/fundraising

KLBRI’s Sana Sana Virtual Healing Pop-Up Clinic is almost here! 🌿✨We just dropped the full calendar of FREE healing offe...
04/19/2025

KLBRI’s Sana Sana Virtual Healing Pop-Up Clinic is almost here! 🌿✨

We just dropped the full calendar of FREE healing offerings happening April 23–30 — and it’s full of beautiful, heart-rooted sessions led by BIPOC traditional and cultural healing practitioners.

From pláticas and breathwork to ancestral medicine workshops and community care circles, there’s something for everyone — especially those impacted by the LA wildfires, immigration enforcement, and our beloved frontline caregivers.

💻 Head to http://www.klbri.org/sana-sana to explore the offerings + register today!

🎁 The first 30 folks to register will receive a free self-care healing kit to support your wellness journey.
Let’s root into collective healing — together. 💛

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