Panayot Gaidov (Pani), creating under pen name Doroteyo, is a writer and spiritual wellness coach on a journey to help others walking the path of conscious growth.
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and having lived in Montreal, CA, and London, UK, he studies and writes about our search for belonging amid our ever-evolving identities. His consultations aim to at once help you feel freer and more connected to life.
Pani studied English and Psychology at McGill University, and after years of working in tech and journalism, in 2023 he started writing professionally for the screen and the page. Realizing words matters most when they provoke change, he found his sister passion: serving others on the path of conscious growth.
He discovered modern astrology, life coaching, and meditation, and after studying for years, Pani’s unique methodology started to emerge.
In his life, Pani describes himself as both cerebral and goofy, at once serious and absurd. He believes storytelling that’s rooted in truth can save a person or a society, and that it’s our moral imperative to work towards unearthing our own unique story.
Qualifications: Bachelors in English and Psychology from McGill University, Masters in Creative Writing from University of London, Electional Astrology with Kira Ryberg, Intuition with Jeffrey Allen, Medical & Predictive Astrology with Rebecca Gordon, Mindvalley Certified Life Coach, Sky Scholar I, II, III with Virginia Rosenberg, Tarot with Bess Matassa.
About Doroteyo
In 1960, a group of students from Bulgaria performed a puppet show about a duck. The troupe was touring the country, competing at a national level, and they were so successful that the Arts Academy later invited the lead to join them.
The duck was played by a girl. At seventeen, she was at a crossroads in her life: to accept the invitation and devote herself to theater — something that lit her up — or to listen to her father and go to medical school.
She chose the latter, and although dentistry grew into her art-form and passion, the stories of her early success in theater lingered on. She never recounted them with regret per se, but with half-formed pride, a feeling that perhaps more, and brighter stories could have been told if the circumstances had been different; if the values of her generation had been different.
That duck’s name was Dorotey, and he was played by my grandmother.
For years, hearing this story filled me with a distant hope that creativity runs in my veins. As a kid, I thought that to be an artist, there already had to be one in the family. In the end, I assumed I couldn’t live a creative life, because grandma didn’t. That was one myth which held me back.
Now, sixty years later, Doroteyo is not a rueful child’s fantasy of a future that could have been. He is the example of how each generation has the power and responsibility to retell the myths that no longer work. Grandma didn’t become the artist she could have, but isn’t that all the more reason to follow my gut? Isn’t it a call to change the fabric of what’s possible for our family?
What dreams have you denied yourself because they were ‘not ordained’ for you? Or maybe you stopped dreaming altogether —shall we go back to the drawing board?
Why Doroteyo and not Pani?
It feels exciting to create. Pani is already a full human being, I know him well — perhaps you will, too. Doroteyo is a symbol of our innate ability to dream things into reality. If I can offer that possibility to another, I will bear the name proudly. There is magic in it.
Why Astrology?
Experience showed me how the cosmos extends its wisdom to us when we are open to receiving it.
The stories around my passion for the patterns and cosmic seasons are on my modern myths newsletter.
Values
Presence and curiosity lead to discovery. Here, we find those new layers of you which will help you reach radical self-acceptance.
My program is thick with information and growth challenges; it is designed to unlock many doors in and for you. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have fun. Let’s approach this work like one would a dance, with grace and openness.