Concept
The Meta Pets Method
A 21-day archetypal companion practice for meeting your inner patterns.
The Meta Pets Method is a 21-day archetypal practice by Luis Miguel Gallardo that uses 64 symbolic companions — the Meta Pets — to make shadow, gift and essence work approachable, embodied and daily.
In depth
Each Meta Pet embodies a specific inner pattern — a fear, a longing, a defence, a strength — and comes with a card, a meditation and a journalling prompt. Working through the deck across 21 days builds a felt vocabulary for the material ICEF measures and SGE transforms, without the clinical framing that shuts many people down.
Origin: Created by Luis Miguel Gallardo and offered as a book, a card deck, a set of guided meditations and, previously, a 21-day guided program.
What the method includes
64 companions
One per inner pattern — each with an image, a story, and a prompt.
Guided meditations
Short audio journeys that let you meet each pattern as a companion, not an enemy.
21-day arc
A rhythm that turns individual encounters into an integrated map of your inner cast.
How it connects
Meta Pets is the felt, imaginal entry point to the same material that ICEF measures and Shadow → Gift → Essence transforms. Many people meet the frameworks through the Pets first.
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Frequently asked
Is it for children?
The imagery is friendly, but the method is designed for adults doing inner work; families use it together.
Do I need the book?
No — the deck, the meditations and the summaries on this site stand alone. The book gives the deeper theory.