Celeste Varley

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Celeste Varley has always been a practising artist at heart, seeking the essence, meaning, and connectedness of everything in the World. Growing up the youngest of three children, in a skilled, artistic, working class family, in North York, Ontario, during WWII, she inherited a strong work ethic, a lively curiosity, and an intuitive spiritual connection to Nature.

After 13 years teaching in Toronto, and the Munich International School, and working as graphic illustrator in Karlsruhe, she came with her husband to live on Pender Island, BC in 1980. She combines her skill in art with the movement of energy (Aikido & Reiki) to lead workshops in finding one's unique creativity in any field of work or life. Blending body, mind, and spirit, to venture beyond mere self-expression, is her way of opening to connectedness and fulfilling the heart's destiny.

Adventures: In her 20s' she took part in canoe trip camping in Northern Ontario. At 30, she overcame her fear of the water by learning scuba diving in the Mediterranean and Red Seas and the Indian Ocean. In her 40s' she learned to sail in the English Channel and to ski in the Alps, and worked as ambulance driver. In her 50s' she took up competitive cycling, and was 1997 BC Senior Champion road racer. Now in her 60s' when she is not painting, teaching, or involved in Reiki activities, she is content to care for her aging husband, dogs, and garden. But the door is not closed on other adventures that may come calling. Could learning to fly be next?

Formal Education: with William Withrow, Director of the Art Gallery of Ontario; the Universities of Toronto, York, Karlsruhe, Simon Fraser, Washington; Toronto Teachers‚ College, Goethe Institute, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Victoria College of Art, the Aikido Dojo, Idaho, with Kaz Tanahashi, and Reiki with Shelley Easthope, Pender Island.

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