I was born in 1956 in Charleston, South Carolina. Looking back at
my early upbringing, I can see how it was an early primer for both my
art and my spiritual practice in my later years. My mother was a
devout Catholic, and exposed me to a world of religious mysticism, and
also supported the cultivation of my creative gifts as my first art teacher.
By the time I left home for college, however, I longed for a deeper
truth than the Catholic dogma had to offer and although I didn't know
it at the time, was setting out to discover those truths. I left for
college to further my artistic pursuits, and received a BFA in
painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1979. After
graduating, I continued to paint and in 1982 was awarded a NEA grant
from the South Carolina Arts Commission for Visual Arts. However, the
call to explore more psychological and spiritual aspects of myself was
still strong and I moved to California, where I was exposed to a
myriad of different philosophies and healing modalities, including
Eastern religions, astrology, and Jin Shin Do, (training at the the
Acupressure Institute in Berkeley).
I moved to Santa Cruz in 1984, and began
studying
Vedanta, leading me to practice Zen Buddhism, and later,
Tibetan Buddhism. It was while living in Santa Fe in 1994, that I met a teacher who trained
me in seeing past lives.
I found that working with the concept of bringing past life events
into awareness was one way to transform confusion into more clarity,
thus allowing one to be more open and compassionate in the
present. Since I began giving readings in 1994, I have been devoting my time helping others to
make more effective choices in the present by knowing their past
lives. Currently, I am living in Charleston, South Carolina, and continuing to practice Tibetan Buddhism.
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Thanks for visiting my page. I hope it opens some people to exploring another way of seeing. It may seem incomplete to understand who we are solely based on our genetic inheritance and early environmental surroundings. If you are interested in obtaining a reading, please send me an e-mail or leave a message on my voice mail at 888.863.5796. |
Donna Ciaciarella
P.O. Box 20915
Charleston, South Carolina 29413
USA
donacia@mindspring.com