Altar Practice:
A Monthly Community Circle
What is Altar Practice?
Altar Practice is a structured, non-therapy community offering centered on personal altar building.
It creates space to work with life transitions, grief, change, memory, anger, tenderness, becoming.
Participation includes:
• Part 1: Foundations (self-paced learning)
• Part 2: Monthly Community Circle (live gathering)
Participation begins with intention.
Part 1: Foundations, On Demand
A self-paced pre recorded learning experience.
You’ll be guided through:
- What “altar” means in this practice
- Cultural respect and lineage-aware altar building
- How altars can support emotional integration
- Choosing a focus and building your own altar
- Preparing to engage in community respectfully and authentically
Completion provides shared language, clear boundaries, and access to the ongoing Community Circle.
Part 2: Community Circle, live
A facilitated gathering held on the 3rd Saturday of every month. Circles are inentionally capped at 10 participants to preserve the depth and presence.
This is a space to:
- Sit with your evolving altar
- Reflect on what the practice has stirred
- Be witnessed without pressure to disclose details
- Learn from others’ reflections
The Circle is ongoing and flexible. Join when it feels relevant.
Completion of Part 1 is required to participate, maintaining shared understanding and respect.
Who this is for
This space tends to resonate with:
People moving through change, grief, or uncertainty
Those untangling inherited beliefs, faith, or cultural stories
Those who often hold space for others and want space held for them
People who want ritual without dogma
Anyone longing for a slower, more grounded way to mark meaning
No prior altar or ritual experience is required.
Why Altar Practice?
Altars have existed across cultures as places to pause and return.
Not decoration but containers for what is meaningful, difficult, or unfinished.
In modern life, we move quickly. We process privately. We’re often encouraged to “work through” things rather than sit with them.
Altar practice is structured around this pause.
It is not about belief. It is about relationship.
A relationship with grief that doesn’t need fixing.
A relationship with anger that doesn’t need explanation.
A relationship with joy that doesn’t need justification.
This practice creates space phsyically, symbolically, and communally without prescribing meaning or requiring adherence to a tradition.
About the Facilitator
Altar Practice is facilitated by Melina Mora, founder of Dame Más CPC.
Her work is rooted in curiosity, embodiment, and care. While she is a licensed therapist, Altar Practice is offered as a non-clinical, community-based ritual practice, intentionally held outside the therapy room.
This space draws on years of clinical experience, cultural humility, and ongoing learning — with an emphasis on presence, boundaries, and respect rather than diagnosis or treatment.
Pricing and Logistics
Part 1: Foundations, On Demand
$50
Includes lifetime access to the training and companion workbook.
Part 2 : Community Circle, Live
$30
Community Commitment
$100
Includes:
Foundations (if not already completed)
Four Community Circles
Valid for 12 months
For those who know they want to enter the practice with consistency and intention.
Accessibility
A limited number of reduced-cost spots may be available based on capacity. If cost is a significant barrier, you’re welcome to reach out privately.
Part 1: Foundations, On-Demand
After registering, you’ll receive immediate access via email. Move through the material at your own pace and return to it anytime.
Part 2: Community Circle, Live
Circles are held on the third Saturday of each month at 1:00pm Eastern.
Circles are intentionally capped at 10 participants to preserve depth, safety, and presence.
If a Circle fills, a waitlist will be offered and additional sessions may be added based on interest.
Gatherings are primarily virtual. Occasional in-person circles may be offered.
Details are shared with registered participants in advance.
This practice unfolds intentionally and consistently.
Launching Spring 2026
Join the Interest List
Interest list members receive early registration access and first details when enrollment opens.
Altar Practice is a non-therapy community offering and does not repalce mental health treatment. Participation does not establish a therapeutic relationship.