We create culturally rooted spaces for healing, learning, and support—where you can breathe, be held, and build real tools for everyday life.You don’t have to carry it alone.
Xangari Institute delivers culturally responsive, trauma-informed mental health and wellness services for individuals and families, integrating evidence-informed practices with community-based supports to improve emotional regulation, relational health, and help-seeking access.
Offerings:
Clinical services: individual, couples, and family therapy
Perinatal mental health supports: prenatal/postpartum groups and navigation
Parenting education: attachment-informed, co-regulation skill building
Community-based prevention: circles and culturally grounded peer support
Protective factor strengthening cultural reconnection and heritage language support as resilience
Our Services
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Viva Play (0-5). Early childhood and caregiver wellness are rooted in play, attachment, language, and culturally affirming connections.
Rhythms of Home. Interactive family storytelling, music, and art experiences that increase access to support.
Altura Fatherhood Program. Support for fathers and father figures through reflection, parenting tools, cultural grounding, and healing-centered community.
Caregiver circles and workshops. Practical tools for parenting, regulation, home routines, and community care.
Youth identity and resilience support. Workshops and healing spaces for middle school, high school, and transition-age youth.
For children, fathers, parents, caregivers, and families seeking culturally rooted wellness and belonging.
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Integrated care and referrals: Support with navigating services, coordinating referrals, insurance guidance, and connecting to appropriate levels of care.
Case management and wellness coordination: Practical support with follow-up, resource access, scheduling, and continuity of care.
Maternal mental health support:
Nana’s Hands: Culturally affirming spaces for stress, identity shifts, and perinatal wellbeing.
Amor de Casa: Community-based postpartum support.
Raíz y Respiro circles: Community healing circles centered on softness, safety, ancestral support, and emotional regulation practices.
Recovery and transition-age support: Culturally responsive support for young adults navigating substance use recovery and major life transitions.
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CEU-accredited workshops. Training for mental health professionals on trauma-informed, culturally rooted, and ancestral healing approaches.
Cultural Reconnection & Ancestral Wellness Programs. Healing-centered programs rooted in P’urhépecha and Mexica teachings, storytelling, traditional arts, ceremony, and ancestral mindfulness practices, supporting identity, belonging, and intergenerational healing through cultural reconnection and wellbeing, including maternal and heritage language reclamation for individuals and families strengthening their mother tongue as part of cultural wellness.
School and agency partnerships. Custom workshops, consultation, parent education, and staff wellness experiences.
Retreats, hikes, and immersive experiences. Nature-based and community-centered healing opportunities for reflection, restoration, and reconnection.
Community wellness events. Festivals, circles, and gatherings that bring mental health support into culturally meaningful public spaces.
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Individual Therapy A supportive space to process stress, trauma responses, grief, identity, and life transitions—while building practical tools for nervous-system steadiness and self-trust.
Couples Therapy Strengthen communication, repair after rupture, rebuild trust, and create new patterns of connection—without blame, with clarity and care.
Family Therapy Support healthier family dynamics, parenting communication, and intergenerational healing. Sessions are collaborative and paced for safety and respect.
Our Process
Cafecito Consult - 30 min free.
A brief, low-pressure conversation to see if we’re a good fit. We’ll talk about what you’re needing, what kind of support you’re looking for (individual, couples, family, or parenting/perinatal), and answer your questions about scheduling and fees.
Cuentame - Intake
If we move forward, you’ll complete a short intake so we can understand your goals, current stressors, and supports. In the first session, we slow down and gather your story with care—at a pace that feels safe and respectful. 90 min
Cierra Ciclo/Discharge/Post Care Plan
When you’re ready, we shift into a gratitude/closure phase that focuses on long-term support. We review what worked, name your strengths, and create a plan for continued care.
El Plan / Treatment Plan
Together we create a plan that fits your real life. This isn’t one-size-fits-all—it’s tailored to your needs, culture, nervous system, and relationships.
Bien Común: Community Clients
Expand access and increase engagement for culturally underserved families.
Build stronger coping tools and emotional regulation for everyday stress and life transitions.
Strengthen family communication and relationships through repair, boundaries, and connection practices.
Decrease isolation and reduce stress-related symptoms by increasing support, belonging, and continuity of care.
Events
2026
Rhythms of Home - May 24, 2026
LA River Garden
2025
Lugo Elementary School
Anahauk Youth Soccer Association
Viva Play, LLC
2024
Lugo Elementary School
Whittier Narrows Nature Center
Families in Focus -Long Beach
Request Support
Use this form to reach us about therapy, parenting/perinatal support, circles, trainings/CEUs, or partnerships. Share what you’re looking for and the best way to contact you. We’ll respond within 2–3 business days.
About
Xangari Institute is rooted in healing, identity, language, movement, and community connection. We create culturally grounded support that honors ancestral wisdom while responding to today’s mental health needs. Our work is guided by cultural dignity, reciprocity, intergenerational wellness, and accessible care.
The Círculo de Guardianes Culturales is our leadership circle of community leaders, cultural knowledge holders, and organizers committed to preserving and activating Indigenous knowledge, maternal language, and cultural practices as pathways to healing and wellbeing. As Promotores Culturales, they support outreach, education, and community engagement, while as Guardianes, they uphold cultural integrity, ceremonial respect, and intergenerational knowledge that sustain collective wellbeing.
Address (by appointment): 595 E Colorado Blvd, Ste 205 Pasadena, CA 91101
Email: communidad@xangari.com
Phone: (626)260-9533
Recognition
Integrated Mental Health Care
Multidisciplinary Collaboration (LCSW’s and Traditional Knowledge Keepers, Ceremonialists, and Midwives (Parteras), Artesanas/os)
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