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Alvina Quatrano All Souls Are Made of Energy

by Linda Sechrist

Paperwork and adthrough. The first three ministration aren’t days of silence and Alvina Quatrano’s fasting set the stage. As favorite things to do, I began sensing enalthough they are what ergy flowing through she accepts as part of my arms and into my the discipline required hands, I wanted to know to prepare for offering more and understand it. certification for the conSomeone suggested that tinuing education classes I should study reiki.” that she teaches through Throughout the Soul Lightening Interyears, Quatrano’s deep national, a nonprofit appreciation and underoperating exclusively for standing of the healing educational purposes. Alvina Quatrano value of massage and

This global comenergy work grew out munity connected by a shared commitof her experiences with the experts ment to health, harmony and wholeness with which she studied, the many through the practice of Soul Lightening classes and workshops she participated acupressure is one with which the licensed in and her hands-on experiences and massage therapist, Naples resident and interactions with clients. “I studied owner of Art of Holistic Massage has reiki with Stevan Thayer, the developer been connected with since 1998. “All the of Integrative Energy Therapy, massage classes that we offer are what we consider with health educator Kristina Shaw, as simple methods of self-care in a virtual who owned Health Choices, in Princmedicine chest that individuals and theraeton, New Jersey, Zero Balancing with pists can use to take care of all the aspects Fritz Smith, a doctor of osteopathy, and of the physical body, as well as our energy, process acupressure with Dr. Aminah mind, soul and spirit,” says Quatrano, Raheem, founder of the Soul Lightenwhose journey in the field of holistic healing International. I’ve been with this ing work formally began more than 30 community of skilled instructors since years ago with a class in reiki. 1998. It’s where I offer continuing edu

Quatrano’s first exploration of the cation classes. I’ve also studied reflexolmind-body connection in the 1990s ogy,” advises Quatrano. occurred with Carole Kammon, of A deep interest and commitment Temenos, at Dr. W. Brugh Joy’s ranch in to personal growth work which began Sedona, Arizona. “Brugh was a medical with Kammon and Helen Palmer, who doctor and mystical pioneer in how to pioneered Enneagram work continued. engage transpersonal states of conNone of Quatrano’s interests and stops sciousness. I was initiated into hands-on along her fascinating life journey are totally healing work in that workshop. Prior surprising after learning that at age 16, the to that, I’d practiced yoga and mediMaharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Transcendental tated, so that I was somewhat primed Meditation teachings caught her attention. to become a channel for energy to flow “I was in the first TM group that started after he came to the U.S. in the 1960s. Later, after college, I got hooked on yoga and eventually became curious about Montessori education. I became a Montessori teacher for three years. I wanted to help kids,” she says.

“While I do have an eclectic background in personal growth and energy work that also includes certification in modalities such as CranioSacral Therapy and the Trager Approach, I believe that my foundational studies in Japanese and Chinese medicine are what set me up for all the things I’ve done in my life. I’m glad that my journey began with reiki, because it’s so elemental. Energy is in everyone. We are energy beings. All we have to do to use is to activate it, notes Quatrano, who after 30 years has come full circle. “I’ve will be teaching an online reiki class this fall,” she says.

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