If you've found your way here, welcome. I'm Donna.

And before I tell you about what I do, I'd rather tell you a little about why I do it.

I've always been a seeker.

For as long as I can remember, I've been curious about life, people and what makes us who we are. Why we're here. Why we struggle. What helps us heal. Why certain patterns keep finding us. And what allows us to feel truly at home within ourselves. 

That curiosity has led me down many paths over the past 25+ years. I began my journey with Reiki and over the years have studied and practiced Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative and trauma-informed Kundalini Yoga, meditation, breathwork, energy healing, herbal wisdom, crystals, Feng Shui, sound, angelic practices, the wisdom of the Divine Feminine and, eventually, astrology.

It sounds like a long list when I write it all down, but I've never really experienced these as separate things. They are simply different ways of coming back to ourselves. Different ways of slowing down enough to listen to the body. To understand our patterns. To connect with something deeper. To remember that beneath all the noise, expectations and endless doing, there is wisdom within us.

Sometimes we just need enough space to hear it.
That is really why I created Celestial Phases.

Not simply to offer another class, reading or healing session, but to create a space where you can pause. Take a breath. Soften a little. Ask the deeper questions. Be curious about yourself without judgment. And perhaps hear something within yourself that has been trying to get your attention.

Astrology has become a beautiful part of that work for me.
I don't use astrology to predict your future or tell you who you should be. I see your chart as a living map — one that can help you understand your patterns, recognize your gifts, bring compassion to the more challenging parts of yourself and navigate the seasons of your life with greater awareness.
One of my favorite moments in this work is when the question begins to shift from:
"What's wrong with me?"
to
"How can I work with who I am?"
There is so much freedom in that.

My own life has also been one of my greatest teachers. I've lived through beautiful chapters and incredibly difficult ones — love, loss, change, uncertainty, endings, healing and more than a few invitations to begin again. None of that has given me all the answers. If anything, it has made me less interested in pretending any of us have them. It has taught me how powerful it can be to simply sit beside another human being without needing to fix them. To listen. To hold space. To offer a practice, a different perspective or perhaps the right question at the right time — and then trust the wisdom of the person sitting in front of me. Because I don't believe my role is to tell you who you should become.

I want to help you reconnect with who you already are.

As an Aries Sun and Moon with Libra Rising, I carry a little fire and a little softness into everything I do. I believe in honest conversations and gentle encouragement. Laughter and tears. Movement and stillness. Long pauses. The wisdom of the body. The healing power of nature. Gratitude. Compassion. And not taking ourselves quite so seriously all the time.

I also believe healing doesn't always look like doing more. Sometimes it is resting. Sometimes it is setting a boundary. Sometimes it is taking the damn deep breath. Sometimes it is finally letting yourself feel what you've been avoiding. And sometimes it is realizing that you don't need another thing to fix — you need a little more kindness for the person you've already become.

Whether our paths cross through  Reiki and energy healing, yoga, meditation, breathwork, a workshop, astrology  or simply a heartfelt conversation, my hope is always the same:
That you leave feeling a little more connected to yourself than when you arrived.

A little more trusting of your own intuition. A little more compassionate toward your journey.
And maybe a little more willing to listen to what your life, your body and your own inner wisdom have been trying to tell you.

After more than 25 years of doing this work, I am still a student. Of these practices. Of the people I meet. Of nature. Of the universe. And certainly of life. I think I always will be.
And perhaps that's part of the beauty of it. We aren't here to arrive at some perfectly healed version of ourselves. We're here to live. To learn. To love. To stumble. To laugh. To grieve. To grow. To begin again. And to keep finding our way home to ourselves.
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If our paths happen to cross, I'd be honored to walk beside you for a while.

With love,
Donna ✨

My daughters, Hayley and Heather, have always been at the heart of my journey.
Becoming their mother changed me in ways I never could have imagined. It invited me to look honestly at myself—to gently explore my patterns, my strengths, my fears, and the places where healing was still asking for my attention.
Not so I could become a perfect mother.
But so I could become a more present one.
They inspired me to grow, to soften, to listen more deeply, and to choose awareness over reaction whenever I could. So much of the work I share today was born from that desire—to create a different way of living, not only for myself, but for those I love.
Today, that journey continues through my beautiful granddaughter.
She reminds me every day that healing is not only personal—it is generational.
The compassion we cultivate, the patterns we transform, and the presence we choose ripple forward in ways we may never fully see, yet they shape the lives of those who come after us.
My devotion to this work has always been rooted in love. Love for my family. Love for the healing journey.
Love for the possibility that each of us can become a little more present, a little more compassionate, and a little more connected to ourselves.
Because when we choose to heal with honesty and an open heart, we don't just change our own lives.
We help create a gentler world for the generations that follow.
And to me, there is no greater gift than that.