Day 4 of Dias de Los Muertos - Honoring Our Ancestors

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Written By Pamela Ann Noxon

October 30 is the fourth Day of Dias de los Muertos.

This is the day of festivities that honor our Ancestors! Today’s celebration of this beautiful Mexican holiday is the day that families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a reunion. Be sure to put out flowers, photos of ancestors, talismans, food and water for their journey.

Honoring your ancestors is actually a supportive aspect of holistic grieving. The science of Epigenetics has shown that trauma and grief live in our DNA and can be passed down just like eye color and musical ability. Honoring our Ancestors by learning and telling their stories, honoring their strengths, and their challenges, reminds us that challenges [and loss] are part of the human experience; and helps us understand that our struggles, our tenacity, our resilience, our good traits and our challenges, have roots and can be carried on or healed.

Remember to watch the Disney Pixar movie “Coco”; a sweet story of honoring our Ancestors and families; past and present, and celebrating all the gifts we enjoy from those that came before us, with understanding, gratitude, and love.

Pamela Ann Noxon

Author, trauma-informed Holistic Grief Educator, Grief Coaching Mentor & Trainer, Inspirational Speaker & Workshop leader, Pamela Ann Noxon offers compassionate and creative ways to help those in loss heal with their grief and stay connected to their loved ones.

After decades of study in trauma, grief, holistic health and wellness, and numerous losses that included her mother, father, close family, dear friends, close colleagues, and beloved pets, she has created a unique protocol, combining the latest grief coaching techniques, with hypnotherapy, art therapy, breathing work, movement therapies, and a deep connection to nature and animals; to create a profound and revolutionary, truly holistic method of helping people navigate their grief well. Her main goal: to train others to be of compassionate, conscious service to those in loss and grief.

Pamela is the force behind all that Mourning Goods brings to our time: purposefully designed condolence products, interactive creative journals, holistic grief books, grief podcasts, coaching, workshops, and programs for the grieving, and support and certification courses for new grief coaches.

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