About Deanna Araceli
I am an Afro-Indigenous spiritual educator, advisor, oracle, author, and artist passionate about self-discovery, remembrance, and transformation.
I founded LA Casa de Luz to bring healing, insight, and ancestral wisdom through Oracle Readings, ceremonies, immersive experiences, retreats, education, and mentorship rooted in traditional knowledge from Indigenous cultures around the world.
I am passionate about preserving the authenticity and depth of Vedic and Indigenous sciences through education, facilitator training, and long-term mentorship.
My path has woven through both formal academic study and traditional oral lineages across North America, South America, and India.
I have lived in Ashrams in Los Angeles, Mexico, Ecuador, and Vrindavan, India, studying within the Bhakti Yoga tradition, while also continuing my studies through the Red Road and Curanderismo with my teachers and mentors.
The Story Behind LA Casa de Luz
As a child, I took my relationship with Source very seriously. My father introduced me to mythology, the Tao I-Ching, and his Egyptian Tarot deck, while my open-minded Christian mother encouraged me to explore spirituality with curiosity. By my early twenties, I was pursuing a Liberal Arts degree with a minor in Christian Studies (Comparative Religion), a path that opened the door to profound discoveries and eventually led me to India after graduating in 2013.
For more than a decade, I have studied the Vedas, traveled to India 6 times, and lived between Mexico and California, where I continue exploring spirituality, culture, and the many layers of my own path.
My own healing journey deepened my relationship with the oracles, my Afro-Indigenous roots, and the traditions that continue to shape my work today. Through years of physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation, I found greater clarity in the work I was meant to offer and the spaces I was called to create.
Today, LA Casa de Luz has become a home for remembrance—a place where education, ceremony, artistry, and ancestral wisdom come together. Alongside my work as a spiritual educator, I am also the author of Walking Piece of Art and create poetry and music under the name D. Dhara, weaving creativity into the same path of healing and remembrance.
Whether through Oracle Readings, Vision Quest journeys, facilitator training, retreats, books, music, or community gatherings, my intention remains the same: to help others remember the wisdom that already lives within them. I continue to study with my teachers while creating spaces that honor both tradition and lived experience. It is a privilege to walk alongside those who feel called to this work.
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