DONNA TIROLY, a professional educator with 30+ yrs. of teaching & facilitating, became a Certified Instructor for “Mandalas, Luminous Symbols for Healing” by Judith Cornell, Ph.D. in 1995. The creation of mandalas awakens spiritual energy, which offers the potential for transformation and healing, both personally and globally. Since 1995, Donna has shared this process through more than 200 presentations, classes, retreats, & workshops. She plans to continue sharing this mandala process, to create dyed silk scarf mandalas, and to guide others in the creation of “Mandalas for Peace.”
In 1999, Donna received accreditation to teach “T’ai Chi Chih – Joy thru Movement (TCC)”, a series of 19 movements created by Justin Stone to circulate and balance our internal and universal energy or Chi, thus promoting health and wholeness. Donna has taught over 300 classes and currently teaches them for the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Recreation (SELREC) Dept. in a suburb in Cleveland, Ohio.
In 2002, Donna became a Certified Laughter Leader for World Laughter Tour, Inc. whose mission is to promote health and peace through laughter and humor. Not only has she offered laughter classes and presentations, she now also provides inclusion of a laughter session option for her In-Service programs on Stress Relief as well as for retreats and workshops in other areas.
During 2001-2002, PATHWAYS TO WHOLENESS became a vehicle to share the many beneficial influences in her life. These include: the three certification areas above; meditation; prayer; relaxation exercises; mindfulness; “Principles of Heartfelt Living”; guided imagery. Clients can choose which combination of areas best meets the needs of an occasion or situation. These tailor-made programs offer opportunities to experience practices, ideas and techniques that enrich, balance, and harmonize our wholeness and sense of “oneness” with all of life as we reconnect body, mind and spirit.
to promote peace and harmony individually and globally by celebrating the oneness of all creation through my teaching and my art. Donna is committed to sharing ideas, practices, techniques and processes through Pathways to Wholeness which help others experience the truth of our potential, that manifests as joy, balance and respect for the sacredness of all life.
Mandalas
These are some of the more-than 200 presentations and classes Donna has taught/shared/offered.
Several presentations and classes have been given to Noetic Science groups, Sacred Space -- a women's group, and various Artist's Way groups in the Cleveland and Akron areas. A few of the other past unique presentations include:
2005
Program/Class: Introducing the Mandala Process; Organization/Location: Wellness & Total Learning Center -- Ashtabula, Ohio
2002
Program/Class: "Mandalas" an evening program; Organization/Location: Shadybrook Inc. -- Cleveland, Ohio
Program/Class: "Explore the Circle, Move into Light & Joy" Weekend Retreat; Organization/Location: Shadybrook Inc. -- Cleveland, Ohio
Program/Class: "Mandalas -- Finding Light in the Darkness, A 2-hour session of a one day In-service Program for the Family Center Directors of Catholic Charities Service Corp.; Organization/Location: St. Joseph Wellness Center -- Cleveland, Ohio
Fall 2000 to Spring 2004
Program/Class: Mandala Weekly Class Series of 6 Classes or more; Organization/Location: St. Joseph Wellness Center -- Cleveland, Ohio
1999
Program/Class: "Mandalas: Facilitating Healing &Transforming Life; Organization/Location: Beachwood Library, "Alternative Health Options" -- Beachwood, Ohio
1997
Program/Class: "Life & Quilts -- Designed from the Light Within" Extended Program -- 3 mandalas created by everyone; Organization/Location: International Art Quilters Society Retreat -- Columbus, Ohio
Program/Class: "Opening to the Light"-- a weekly Advent Series; Organization/Location: Women's Mid-Life Spirituality Group --Hudson, Ohio
T'ai Chi Chih® Joy Thru Movement
Donna has often incorporated the TCC into tailor-made programs created for In-service situations and/or Weekend Retreats, as well as honored spontaneous requests for TCC from interested groups.
Fall 2000 to Present Time
Ongoing eight-week beginning and advanced class series -- SELREC, South Euclid-Lyndhurst, Ohio.
Summer 2005
Beginning Class series, 5 classes once a month with extended time. Springfield, Ohio.
Spring 2004
Beginning Classes - 8 wk. series for teachers with the Cuyahoga County Board of MRDD, Parma, Ohio.
2000 thru 2002
Beginning Classes -- 8 wk. series, continued instruction for 2 yrs., Solon, Ohio.
Combined Programs
Fall 2004 and Spring 2003
Program: "Laughing and Moving into Joy", an In-service Program for Cuyahoga County Board of MRDD -- Parma, Ohio; (Four Locations) Incorporated T'ai Chi Chih, Laughter, "Principles of Heartfelt Living", Stress Relief and Relaxation Exercises
Spring 2004, Fall 2003 and Spring 2003
Program: "Pathways to Wholeness", Day from the Heart, A day of community and joy filled with a wide variety of experiences, activities, and more to enhance health, wholeness & joy. Combined all Pathways options. At Christ the King Church, East Cleveland, Ohio. This program incorporated Mandalas, T'ai Chi Chih, Laughter, mindfulness, and more. It also brought others "on board" to offer their gifts and talents in separate sessions.
Fall 2002
Program: "Explore the Circle -- Open to the Light ", Shadybrook Weekend Retreat, Chardon, Ohio; incorporated Mandalas, T'ai Chi Chih, Mindfulness, Laughter & Principles of Heartfelt Living
For More Information contact Donna Tiroly:
E-mail address -- dtiroly@earthlink.net
"Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities."
-- William Bridges
"Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself."
-- Leo Tolstoy
"Peace in the world depends on peace in the hearts of individuals."
-- Dali Lama
"When we are no longer able to change a situation... we are challenged to change ourselves."
-- Victor Frankl
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
-- Ghandi
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
-- Einstein
"What is now proved was once only imagined."
-- William Blake
"Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt."
-- St. Francis of Assissi
"You are not here to merely make a living. You are here to enrich the world."
-- Woodrow Wilson
"All the arts we practice are apprenticeships. The big art is our life."
-- M. C. Richards
