Our team of professionals offer an eclectic array of services, tools and healing modalities dedicated to enhancing your well-being in a safe and supportive environment that promotes transformation and healing
Our Team
Shima Chayvet
FOUNDER, HEALER, TEACHER
Reiki Master Teacher & Healer since 2005. Tarot Reader, Mediumship
While working as a Vice President in the home care arena Shima was searching for something as a diversion to relieve some of the stress she was having on a job that took up most of her time. In a conversation with a friend she found out there was an Energy Healing Class at Westchester Community College being led by Gene Krackehl, Healer, Composer and Author. Instantly she fell in love and became involved in this concept of Energy Healing. Shima was certified as an Energy Healer in May of 2005. In November of the same year Shima found out there was a Reiki 1 and 2 certification course being offered at Wainwright House in Rye. Curious she went to the class and met Libby Barnett who studied and was attuned by John Harvey Gray one of the original Reiki Masters who was taught in this country in 1973 by Hawayo Takata. Libby then became attuned as a Reiki Master by Judy Carol Stewart who was the 35th Reiki Master. Shima took the Reiki 1 and Reiki 2 class with Libby and in 2006 Shima went to New Hampshire and was attuned to Reiki Master by Libby Barnett. In 2008 Shima again went back to Libby to become attuned as a Master of Reiki Masters.
As you can see Shima has a rare and close connection to the original 22 Reiki Masters attuned in this country and believes in maintaining the integrity of this ancient hands on healing technique. Over the years Shima has taught more than 150 students to this art and attuned many to become Reiki Masters. She is now holding classes for children in Reiki 1 and is currently teaching Reiki in an after school program in Westchester. She was asked to be a guest on a local TV show by the host, Colette Lopane-Capella of New Day Vitality speaking about Reiki and it’s benefits. Many come to Shima for Reiki Healing on a mental, emotional and spiritual level. Shima believes that Reiki is not just something that you do it is who you become because of it. Eventually Shima left home care with a dream to eventually open a healing arts center that would serve the community and those needing to be inspired to enlighten their minds, heal their bodies and nourish their souls. One step into Universal Healing Arts at 4 Crestview Avenue in Cortlandt Manor it becomes apparent that the dream has become realized.
Reiki Master Teacher & Healer since 2005. Tarot Reader, Mediumship
While working as a Vice President in the home care arena Shima was searching for something as a diversion to relieve some of the stress she was having on a job that took up most of her time. In a conversation with a friend she found out there was an Energy Healing Class at Westchester Community College being led by Gene Krackehl, Healer, Composer and Author. Instantly she fell in love and became involved in this concept of Energy Healing. Shima was certified as an Energy Healer in May of 2005. In November of the same year Shima found out there was a Reiki 1 and 2 certification course being offered at Wainwright House in Rye. Curious she went to the class and met Libby Barnett who studied and was attuned by John Harvey Gray one of the original Reiki Masters who was taught in this country in 1973 by Hawayo Takata. Libby then became attuned as a Reiki Master by Judy Carol Stewart who was the 35th Reiki Master. Shima took the Reiki 1 and Reiki 2 class with Libby and in 2006 Shima went to New Hampshire and was attuned to Reiki Master by Libby Barnett. In 2008 Shima again went back to Libby to become attuned as a Master of Reiki Masters.
As you can see Shima has a rare and close connection to the original 22 Reiki Masters attuned in this country and believes in maintaining the integrity of this ancient hands on healing technique. Over the years Shima has taught more than 150 students to this art and attuned many to become Reiki Masters. She is now holding classes for children in Reiki 1 and is currently teaching Reiki in an after school program in Westchester. She was asked to be a guest on a local TV show by the host, Colette Lopane-Capella of New Day Vitality speaking about Reiki and it’s benefits. Many come to Shima for Reiki Healing on a mental, emotional and spiritual level. Shima believes that Reiki is not just something that you do it is who you become because of it. Eventually Shima left home care with a dream to eventually open a healing arts center that would serve the community and those needing to be inspired to enlighten their minds, heal their bodies and nourish their souls. One step into Universal Healing Arts at 4 Crestview Avenue in Cortlandt Manor it becomes apparent that the dream has become realized.
Ali Alvarez
CRANIAL-SACRAL THERAPIST, ENERGY-BODYWORK
Ali Alvarez has been working the the healing arts field for almost 20 years. She started with a Thai Bodywork called Nuad Bo Rarn in 1999, and soon after became a certified yoga teacher. After many years on and off the mat, Ali began to explore reiki and cranial sacral balancing. She has worked with clients dealing with a myriad of issues from cancer to chronic pain. Having completed all 5 levels of training with her master teachers at Integrative Healing and Bodywork, she is bringing this work into Universal Healing Arts Center.
Ali Alvarez has been working the the healing arts field for almost 20 years. She started with a Thai Bodywork called Nuad Bo Rarn in 1999, and soon after became a certified yoga teacher. After many years on and off the mat, Ali began to explore reiki and cranial sacral balancing. She has worked with clients dealing with a myriad of issues from cancer to chronic pain. Having completed all 5 levels of training with her master teachers at Integrative Healing and Bodywork, she is bringing this work into Universal Healing Arts Center.
Tanya Brennan
Healer, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur
Tanya set out on her journey 24 years ago and has found many successes along the way. Tanya is mother of three, an entrepreneur, a Reiki energy healer and a visionary. She is a intuitive empath and holds a bachelors degree in science majoring in Psychology. She has experienced great success and great loss in her life and has learned how to balance the two.
This is her debut as a healer and motivational speaker. Tanya has been a guest on the Dr. Oz show guest starring with TONY ROBBINS and receiving a $10,000 ticket to his Business mastery program in Palm Beach FL. She was also a featured guest on the Mel Robbins show on topic "Overcoming challenge" and was also featured on JOY MANGANO'S informercial for her debut Book, Inventing JOY.
When she is not working or teaching her fitness classes you can find her out in nature finding amazement in all of God's creation.
Tanya has learned the power of manifestation and has manifested businesses, relationships, jobs, material objects, money and even a house in her desired neighborhood that was not even on the market.
Join her on a journey to enlightenment. Heal the wounds of the past, let go of emotions and attachments that are no longer serving you.
This workshop will utilize the power of the Lunar Eclipse. The lunar eclipse will be an extremely powerful time for cleansing our emotional waters and setting intention for renewal and rejuvenation in the coming months.
Tanya set out on her journey 24 years ago and has found many successes along the way. Tanya is mother of three, an entrepreneur, a Reiki energy healer and a visionary. She is a intuitive empath and holds a bachelors degree in science majoring in Psychology. She has experienced great success and great loss in her life and has learned how to balance the two.
This is her debut as a healer and motivational speaker. Tanya has been a guest on the Dr. Oz show guest starring with TONY ROBBINS and receiving a $10,000 ticket to his Business mastery program in Palm Beach FL. She was also a featured guest on the Mel Robbins show on topic "Overcoming challenge" and was also featured on JOY MANGANO'S informercial for her debut Book, Inventing JOY.
When she is not working or teaching her fitness classes you can find her out in nature finding amazement in all of God's creation.
Tanya has learned the power of manifestation and has manifested businesses, relationships, jobs, material objects, money and even a house in her desired neighborhood that was not even on the market.
Join her on a journey to enlightenment. Heal the wounds of the past, let go of emotions and attachments that are no longer serving you.
This workshop will utilize the power of the Lunar Eclipse. The lunar eclipse will be an extremely powerful time for cleansing our emotional waters and setting intention for renewal and rejuvenation in the coming months.
Elaine Cirillo
HEALER, INTUITIVE, TEACHER
I believe there is an invisible life force that animates and permeates all living things. It is the underlying creative intelligence and healing force of the universe. Channeling and directing this energy can help move blockages within the body.
The body has an innate intelligence and natural ability to heal itself, consistently striving to achieve homeostasis, a state of balance. The body communicates any imbalance with us by producing symptoms. If we give the body the correct stimuli we can set the healing process in motion.
My goal is to guide my clients back to optimal health by assisting them in achieving balance, where every system of the body is working properly. In this balanced state, the body functioning optimally allows vital life force energy to flow freely and unobstructed.
Rising Star Teacher, Practioner and Certification, Prema Birthing Practitioner and Prema Agni Facilitator, Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Master, Tao Basics, Eriksonian Hypnosis, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Shamanic Healer Training
Social Artistry Trainer
Advertising Marketing Consultant
My current practice includes Tai Chi, Qigong and Meditation
Rising Star Healing
Prema Agni Healing
Reiki
Reflexology
Reiki/Reflexology Combo
I believe there is an invisible life force that animates and permeates all living things. It is the underlying creative intelligence and healing force of the universe. Channeling and directing this energy can help move blockages within the body.
The body has an innate intelligence and natural ability to heal itself, consistently striving to achieve homeostasis, a state of balance. The body communicates any imbalance with us by producing symptoms. If we give the body the correct stimuli we can set the healing process in motion.
My goal is to guide my clients back to optimal health by assisting them in achieving balance, where every system of the body is working properly. In this balanced state, the body functioning optimally allows vital life force energy to flow freely and unobstructed.
Rising Star Teacher, Practioner and Certification, Prema Birthing Practitioner and Prema Agni Facilitator, Certified Reflexologist, Reiki Master, Tao Basics, Eriksonian Hypnosis, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Shamanic Healer Training
Social Artistry Trainer
Advertising Marketing Consultant
My current practice includes Tai Chi, Qigong and Meditation
Rising Star Healing
Prema Agni Healing
Reiki
Reflexology
Reiki/Reflexology Combo
Lisa Cito
YOGA, PILATES, HEALTH COACH
As an Experienced Registered Certified Yoga Teacher, Certified Perfect Health Teacher in Ayurveda, a Certified Holistic Health Coach and published author of “Forgive and Heal” and “Floating” Meditations to name a few. She is also a published author of the Oxygen Yoga Book series and meditations.
Lisa Cito has been assisting Women since the mid 1980’s to discover and bring out their true inner vibrant glow. Lisa realizes that women affect everyone around them as the caretakers of the world, and when a woman is at her very best, she impacts those around her, influencing them in a positive way, therefore helping bring light into our society with each person she touches.
Lisa’s goal is to help women
connect with and bring forth their inner vibrance which already lives deep inside their being so they may glow in their unique beauty and fullness of their true self.
Lisa’s approach is light hearted and compassionate in unconditional love. She does this through Ayurveda which helps them to understand who they are and why they have certain issues. Using Yoga postures, aroma therapy, nutrition, color, art and a myriad of guided meditations with many different breathing techniques to help balance the energy systems in the body, mind and spirit and the Chakra centers.
Lisa was the yoga teacher at the Westchester and Greenwich Country Clubs from 1998 through 2012 and 2014.
She has had her own private studio in Greenwich
Connecticut from 1997 through 2016 as well.
Through the years, Lisa has instructed in many professional facilities such as MBIA and Swiss Re in Armonk New York.
She started the Yoga program at Bally’s Total fitness in the mid 1990’s in Westchester County New York and Instructed classes in the New York Sports clubs and Cub Fit as well.
Lisa has also created and taught yoga programs in Any Time Fitness in Bedford Hills, NY and has offered a unique jumping rockin’ Air trampoline yoga class at Rockin’ Jump in Mt. Kisco, NY.
Lisa has taught many classes in the Breathe salt room in Katonah, N.Y. and in Apogee Wellness Center in Bedford Hills N.Y.
She offers private sessions, small and large classes, different types of workshops and enjoys creating unique experiential workshops and retreats to assist all in the fullness of health and wellness.
Lisa is currently offering classes and events at wellness centers in Connecticut and Westchester County.
She teaches many different styles of yoga as well as Pilates.
Lisa’s yoga certification is through Be Yoga/ Ishta Yoga.
She received her Ayurvedic certification through the Chopra Center and is a Certified Holistic Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
Has a Certification in Pilates through Power Pilates.
As an Experienced Registered Certified Yoga Teacher, Certified Perfect Health Teacher in Ayurveda, a Certified Holistic Health Coach and published author of “Forgive and Heal” and “Floating” Meditations to name a few. She is also a published author of the Oxygen Yoga Book series and meditations.
Lisa Cito has been assisting Women since the mid 1980’s to discover and bring out their true inner vibrant glow. Lisa realizes that women affect everyone around them as the caretakers of the world, and when a woman is at her very best, she impacts those around her, influencing them in a positive way, therefore helping bring light into our society with each person she touches.
Lisa’s goal is to help women
connect with and bring forth their inner vibrance which already lives deep inside their being so they may glow in their unique beauty and fullness of their true self.
Lisa’s approach is light hearted and compassionate in unconditional love. She does this through Ayurveda which helps them to understand who they are and why they have certain issues. Using Yoga postures, aroma therapy, nutrition, color, art and a myriad of guided meditations with many different breathing techniques to help balance the energy systems in the body, mind and spirit and the Chakra centers.
Lisa was the yoga teacher at the Westchester and Greenwich Country Clubs from 1998 through 2012 and 2014.
She has had her own private studio in Greenwich
Connecticut from 1997 through 2016 as well.
Through the years, Lisa has instructed in many professional facilities such as MBIA and Swiss Re in Armonk New York.
She started the Yoga program at Bally’s Total fitness in the mid 1990’s in Westchester County New York and Instructed classes in the New York Sports clubs and Cub Fit as well.
Lisa has also created and taught yoga programs in Any Time Fitness in Bedford Hills, NY and has offered a unique jumping rockin’ Air trampoline yoga class at Rockin’ Jump in Mt. Kisco, NY.
Lisa has taught many classes in the Breathe salt room in Katonah, N.Y. and in Apogee Wellness Center in Bedford Hills N.Y.
She offers private sessions, small and large classes, different types of workshops and enjoys creating unique experiential workshops and retreats to assist all in the fullness of health and wellness.
Lisa is currently offering classes and events at wellness centers in Connecticut and Westchester County.
She teaches many different styles of yoga as well as Pilates.
Lisa’s yoga certification is through Be Yoga/ Ishta Yoga.
She received her Ayurvedic certification through the Chopra Center and is a Certified Holistic Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
Has a Certification in Pilates through Power Pilates.
Marissa 'Breathe' Dinki
SOUND HEALER, BREATH WORK
I am a Sekhem Secichim Reiki Master, certified in Sekhem Sound Healing and EFT. I am also studying yoga so I can do yummy sound healing savasana and I have completed Gabby Bernstein's Spirit Junkie Masterclass.
And here now in March 2021 I am doing a Breathwork Facilitator Training with Sara Silverstein.
So we can truly breathe our pain and trauma out of the body together.
I do classes weekly, energy healing sessions, readings , workshops and coaching programs all focused on the living a heart centered life and growing through the sh*T we as humans go through.
I am a Sekhem Secichim Reiki Master, certified in Sekhem Sound Healing and EFT. I am also studying yoga so I can do yummy sound healing savasana and I have completed Gabby Bernstein's Spirit Junkie Masterclass.
And here now in March 2021 I am doing a Breathwork Facilitator Training with Sara Silverstein.
So we can truly breathe our pain and trauma out of the body together.
I do classes weekly, energy healing sessions, readings , workshops and coaching programs all focused on the living a heart centered life and growing through the sh*T we as humans go through.
Emily Duff, LMT
MASSAGE THERAPIST, ENERGETIC BODYWORK
Emily brings years of medical massage, energetic bodywork, and hydrotherapy experience to Universal Healing Arts. She studied her craft at Finger Lakes School of Massage and graduated in 2012. The knowledge and wisdom she has gained, during her journey of helping others, is now shared in our sacred space.
Emily offers an organic therapeutic & holistic touch designed to help relieve stress, tension, and prevent injuries. Massage therapy is meditation medicine,
and she delivers it with professional care. Her passion is empowering those who need to help heal themselves, by guiding them through mind, body and spiritual work.
Swedish, Medical Massage, Sports, Therapeutic, Stretch, Deep Tissue and Trigger Point Therapy
Emily brings years of medical massage, energetic bodywork, and hydrotherapy experience to Universal Healing Arts. She studied her craft at Finger Lakes School of Massage and graduated in 2012. The knowledge and wisdom she has gained, during her journey of helping others, is now shared in our sacred space.
Emily offers an organic therapeutic & holistic touch designed to help relieve stress, tension, and prevent injuries. Massage therapy is meditation medicine,
and she delivers it with professional care. Her passion is empowering those who need to help heal themselves, by guiding them through mind, body and spiritual work.
Swedish, Medical Massage, Sports, Therapeutic, Stretch, Deep Tissue and Trigger Point Therapy
Sabrina Eyster
YOGA INSTRUCTOR
Sabrina believes in the power of yoga for self discovery and self love. In her personal practice, yoga has allowed her to shine the light of awareness on the areas in need of healing. Honored to be a part of her students journey and practice, she provides a safe and creative space. She welcomes everyone to find the fullest expression of their own practice and in doing so, cultivating the love necessary to explore the depths of the universe within. Sabrina completed her 200hr YTT at the Living Seed Yoga Center located in New Paltz, NY and is currently working on her 300hr YTT certification with The Ithaca Yoga Farm.
Sabrina believes in the power of yoga for self discovery and self love. In her personal practice, yoga has allowed her to shine the light of awareness on the areas in need of healing. Honored to be a part of her students journey and practice, she provides a safe and creative space. She welcomes everyone to find the fullest expression of their own practice and in doing so, cultivating the love necessary to explore the depths of the universe within. Sabrina completed her 200hr YTT at the Living Seed Yoga Center located in New Paltz, NY and is currently working on her 300hr YTT certification with The Ithaca Yoga Farm.
Kelly Riley
SPIRITUALIST, TAROT READER
Kelly is a Spiritualist and intuitive Tarot reader with a lifelong Astrology hobby. On her Youtube channel she goes by the name "Mystic Harmony."
She was introduced to Astrology within her family when she was 12 years old, and that’s where the spiritualist spark began. Kelly has been on an adult spiritual path for over 26 years. She has studied Astrology and other ancient wisdoms on and off for almost 40 years. On that road, Kelly has earned a BA in Psychology and a certificate in SUD Counseling. Professional counseling is part of her background.
A self described "encounter group and workshop connoisseur" she once lived in a commune while studying relationship and group living philosophy. She currently lives nearby, calling Putnam Valley home with her daughter since 2014.
Kelly first became a spiritual seeker in 1996 to aid in her own personal healing and growth. Soon after, she bought her first deck of Tarot cards. Today she owns 17 decks of oracle and Tarot cards and uses most of them. During the peak of her Chiron Return, in 2021, Kelly came into a profound phase of healing, expansion, and transformation. She received a very powerful message from one of her spirit guides - a cousin who crossed over 15 years ago. During this powerful year of soul evolution, Kelly developed increased intuition, and a heightened interest in divination, so she began reading tarot professionally.
Universal Healing Arts welcomes Kelly and her divination practices!
Kelly is a Spiritualist and intuitive Tarot reader with a lifelong Astrology hobby. On her Youtube channel she goes by the name "Mystic Harmony."
She was introduced to Astrology within her family when she was 12 years old, and that’s where the spiritualist spark began. Kelly has been on an adult spiritual path for over 26 years. She has studied Astrology and other ancient wisdoms on and off for almost 40 years. On that road, Kelly has earned a BA in Psychology and a certificate in SUD Counseling. Professional counseling is part of her background.
A self described "encounter group and workshop connoisseur" she once lived in a commune while studying relationship and group living philosophy. She currently lives nearby, calling Putnam Valley home with her daughter since 2014.
Kelly first became a spiritual seeker in 1996 to aid in her own personal healing and growth. Soon after, she bought her first deck of Tarot cards. Today she owns 17 decks of oracle and Tarot cards and uses most of them. During the peak of her Chiron Return, in 2021, Kelly came into a profound phase of healing, expansion, and transformation. She received a very powerful message from one of her spirit guides - a cousin who crossed over 15 years ago. During this powerful year of soul evolution, Kelly developed increased intuition, and a heightened interest in divination, so she began reading tarot professionally.
Universal Healing Arts welcomes Kelly and her divination practices!
Debbie Martin
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR
Debbie Martin has been in the fitness industry for 20 years. She is certain that working out will not only help you to lose weight and control the onset of many health issues but it will also help you with your self esteem and mood. Join Debbie on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. for an opportunity to de-stress and claim back your “real” you!
Debbie Martin has been in the fitness industry for 20 years. She is certain that working out will not only help you to lose weight and control the onset of many health issues but it will also help you with your self esteem and mood. Join Debbie on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. for an opportunity to de-stress and claim back your “real” you!
Sifu Gary Renza
TAI CHI, QIGONG INSTRUCTOR
“Sifu Gary Renza has been actively involved in the Chinese healing and martial arts for the past 30 yrs. He has competed in numerous tournaments, is a published writer, lecturer, herbalist and one of the most sought after teachers in the tristate area.
Sifu Renza has extensive training in the Chinese martial arts including Northern and Southern Shao’lin Ch’uan, Tai Chi Ch’uan, Hsing-I Ch’uan, Pa Kua Chang, Ching Na and Chinese Kenpo. He is also well versed in Taoist and Buddhist meditations and philosophies as well as the healing arts of Chi Kung, Chinese medicine, Tui Na and Chinese herbalogy. He has also written articles for some of the leading martial arts magazines in the country.
Over the years Sifu Renza has received numerous awards for his excellence and perseverance in the Chinese martial arts. At the present time Sifu Renza is teaching in the Cold Spring and Cortlandt Manor regions in southern New York.”
~Hudson Valley Martial Arts Organization
“Sifu Gary Renza has been actively involved in the Chinese healing and martial arts for the past 30 yrs. He has competed in numerous tournaments, is a published writer, lecturer, herbalist and one of the most sought after teachers in the tristate area.
Sifu Renza has extensive training in the Chinese martial arts including Northern and Southern Shao’lin Ch’uan, Tai Chi Ch’uan, Hsing-I Ch’uan, Pa Kua Chang, Ching Na and Chinese Kenpo. He is also well versed in Taoist and Buddhist meditations and philosophies as well as the healing arts of Chi Kung, Chinese medicine, Tui Na and Chinese herbalogy. He has also written articles for some of the leading martial arts magazines in the country.
Over the years Sifu Renza has received numerous awards for his excellence and perseverance in the Chinese martial arts. At the present time Sifu Renza is teaching in the Cold Spring and Cortlandt Manor regions in southern New York.”
~Hudson Valley Martial Arts Organization
Guest Teachers
Laura Aversano
MEDICAL INTUITIVE, ANCESTRAL EMPATH
Laura is an ancestral and medical empath, and embraces her abilities as one who walks in the house of the spirits. At an early age, she would speak of other lifetimes and of various spirits she had conversations with. She was acutely aware of those other lifetimes, and how each experience had an impact on her and her family in the present. As she matured, she began to possess the gift of knowing and feeling people’s thoughts, emotions, hopes and dreams; as well as their illnesses through her own body. This also became true of the spirits around her. She began to know and live their stories through her, continually woven through aspects of her own life.
Her mother understood, for she too had experienced similar gifts as a child, passed down by family members of generations past. When Laura’s mother Marie was a little girl, she would recall the Holy Mother standing at the foot of her bed at night. Many times she thought she was dreaming. At the age of seven, Marie traveled throughout her town in her native Sicily, praying litanies at various shrines and other locations . . . and followed by people seeking to join in prayer and in the light with this child of God. And when she was a few years older, she suffered an illness so serious that she was prepared for ‘visitors’ as she was presumed dead. Her bed was placed in the middle of the room for people to come in and pay their respects. She awakened miraculously as people were mourning her. Later on in her own life, Laura’s mother began to utilize her gifts of spiritual knowledge and wisdom. Marie’s ancestral roots can be traced back to Egypt. Her maiden name, Monastra, is Latin for one light.
For Laura, the path maturing into her life’s work mirrored that of her mother as well as many other empaths throughout history. Laura has endured illnesses that are inexplicable in traditional medicine; mostly brought on by spiritual initiation and purification; as well as her extreme sensitivities. These initiations have enabled Laura to work in ways she could have never envisioned. Her abilities continue to evolve; communicating with people in comas, palpating frequencies of illnesses from the past, the present, or even before they manifest, tracking ancestral relationships, reading a footprint, speaking with the elementals of the natural world and those in the ethers, visitations from spirits that leave a mist in a room after they have gathered that have been visible to others – there are too many stories to share.
Laura’s studies defied any traditional curriculum. Her education and certifications in the healing arts includes but is not limited to: Kinesiology, Polarity Wellness Therapy, Plant Spirit Medicine, Energetic Nutrition, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Counseling and Development, Shamanism. She is an author, a student, a teacher. Her clientele comes from all over the world.
More about Laura's work and books can be found on her site at www.LauraAversano.com
Laura is an ancestral and medical empath, and embraces her abilities as one who walks in the house of the spirits. At an early age, she would speak of other lifetimes and of various spirits she had conversations with. She was acutely aware of those other lifetimes, and how each experience had an impact on her and her family in the present. As she matured, she began to possess the gift of knowing and feeling people’s thoughts, emotions, hopes and dreams; as well as their illnesses through her own body. This also became true of the spirits around her. She began to know and live their stories through her, continually woven through aspects of her own life.
Her mother understood, for she too had experienced similar gifts as a child, passed down by family members of generations past. When Laura’s mother Marie was a little girl, she would recall the Holy Mother standing at the foot of her bed at night. Many times she thought she was dreaming. At the age of seven, Marie traveled throughout her town in her native Sicily, praying litanies at various shrines and other locations . . . and followed by people seeking to join in prayer and in the light with this child of God. And when she was a few years older, she suffered an illness so serious that she was prepared for ‘visitors’ as she was presumed dead. Her bed was placed in the middle of the room for people to come in and pay their respects. She awakened miraculously as people were mourning her. Later on in her own life, Laura’s mother began to utilize her gifts of spiritual knowledge and wisdom. Marie’s ancestral roots can be traced back to Egypt. Her maiden name, Monastra, is Latin for one light.
For Laura, the path maturing into her life’s work mirrored that of her mother as well as many other empaths throughout history. Laura has endured illnesses that are inexplicable in traditional medicine; mostly brought on by spiritual initiation and purification; as well as her extreme sensitivities. These initiations have enabled Laura to work in ways she could have never envisioned. Her abilities continue to evolve; communicating with people in comas, palpating frequencies of illnesses from the past, the present, or even before they manifest, tracking ancestral relationships, reading a footprint, speaking with the elementals of the natural world and those in the ethers, visitations from spirits that leave a mist in a room after they have gathered that have been visible to others – there are too many stories to share.
Laura’s studies defied any traditional curriculum. Her education and certifications in the healing arts includes but is not limited to: Kinesiology, Polarity Wellness Therapy, Plant Spirit Medicine, Energetic Nutrition, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Counseling and Development, Shamanism. She is an author, a student, a teacher. Her clientele comes from all over the world.
More about Laura's work and books can be found on her site at www.LauraAversano.com
Amy Lee Flower
YOGA, MEDITATION, TEACHER
Amy Lee Flower began exploring the practice of yoga and meditation at the age of 14. During her adolescent years, there was an awakening of her light within, cultivated from the continuous growth of absorbing yoga from within. After 10 years of practice, Amy became certified to teach yoga. In 2017 she founded Shanti Students, a leading organization teaching mindfulness skills, meditation and stress management throughout schools for staff, students and families. Known for her vibrant outlook on life, illuminating wisdom and a grateful heart Amy is continuously studying and learning, creating new workshops and classes to connect with both adults and children. Being present for her students is what fuels Amy’s inspiration. Her greatest gift is seeing the growth of others through their practice. Amy is passionate about living a prosperous life using the tools of yoga, meditation, pranayama, journaling, painting, writing poetry and eating a plant based diet. Amy also loves learning about ancient healing ceremonies from various countries. Mindfully connected to each passing moment of the day Amy always remembers to stop and appreciate the beauty of nature and to smile at the sun. Amyleeflower has shared practices with more than 5,000+ people of all ages throughout the country. She looks forward to the opportunity of sharing her many gifts to all who want to enhance their quality of life and to offer this opportunity to their children.
Amy Lee Flower began exploring the practice of yoga and meditation at the age of 14. During her adolescent years, there was an awakening of her light within, cultivated from the continuous growth of absorbing yoga from within. After 10 years of practice, Amy became certified to teach yoga. In 2017 she founded Shanti Students, a leading organization teaching mindfulness skills, meditation and stress management throughout schools for staff, students and families. Known for her vibrant outlook on life, illuminating wisdom and a grateful heart Amy is continuously studying and learning, creating new workshops and classes to connect with both adults and children. Being present for her students is what fuels Amy’s inspiration. Her greatest gift is seeing the growth of others through their practice. Amy is passionate about living a prosperous life using the tools of yoga, meditation, pranayama, journaling, painting, writing poetry and eating a plant based diet. Amy also loves learning about ancient healing ceremonies from various countries. Mindfully connected to each passing moment of the day Amy always remembers to stop and appreciate the beauty of nature and to smile at the sun. Amyleeflower has shared practices with more than 5,000+ people of all ages throughout the country. She looks forward to the opportunity of sharing her many gifts to all who want to enhance their quality of life and to offer this opportunity to their children.
Holly Horner-Lovegrove
ART TEACHER, REIKI MASTER
She seeks to inspire students to re-connect with their inner artists. She is currently offering two Watercolor Workshops. The Chakra Watercolor Workshop introduces students to the colors associated with the Chakras while they explore the associated feelings through guided meditations and the creation of Watercolor Paintings. The Mandala Watercolor Drawing Workshop which engages artists in the creation of a personal Mandala for meditation purposes. Artists will look at a variety of cultural Mandalas and become inspired to create their own. When the pencil and ink Mandala drawing is complete, artists will paint them using watercolor pencils.
She seeks to inspire students to re-connect with their inner artists. She is currently offering two Watercolor Workshops. The Chakra Watercolor Workshop introduces students to the colors associated with the Chakras while they explore the associated feelings through guided meditations and the creation of Watercolor Paintings. The Mandala Watercolor Drawing Workshop which engages artists in the creation of a personal Mandala for meditation purposes. Artists will look at a variety of cultural Mandalas and become inspired to create their own. When the pencil and ink Mandala drawing is complete, artists will paint them using watercolor pencils.
Melissa Mace
ARTIST, HEALER
Melissa studied traditional photography at Rochester Institute of Technology which led her to live and work in NYC for several years working as an independent Photo-Illustrator for a variety of magazines.
A photo-retouching career currently allows her to live in the Hudson Valley and work remotely with commercial clients and individuals.
Her life long interests in nature, art, energy work, and metaphysics combine with her digital photography skills to create an on-going body of art entitled “Enfolded Nature: The Symmetry of Unbounded Time” (www.enfoldednature.com)
Melissa is trained in Reiki Level 2 and is a graduate of the Debra Silverman Astrology School.
Her greatest inspiration is connecting with nature and practicing all of her learned modalities (yoga, meditation, Qi Gong, EFT/Tapping, Energy Medicine, Kundalini yoga, Astrology and breath work) to keep in alignment with a balance of light and space within our inner reaches of outer space.
Melissa studied traditional photography at Rochester Institute of Technology which led her to live and work in NYC for several years working as an independent Photo-Illustrator for a variety of magazines.
A photo-retouching career currently allows her to live in the Hudson Valley and work remotely with commercial clients and individuals.
Her life long interests in nature, art, energy work, and metaphysics combine with her digital photography skills to create an on-going body of art entitled “Enfolded Nature: The Symmetry of Unbounded Time” (www.enfoldednature.com)
Melissa is trained in Reiki Level 2 and is a graduate of the Debra Silverman Astrology School.
Her greatest inspiration is connecting with nature and practicing all of her learned modalities (yoga, meditation, Qi Gong, EFT/Tapping, Energy Medicine, Kundalini yoga, Astrology and breath work) to keep in alignment with a balance of light and space within our inner reaches of outer space.
Georgia Marantos
Healer, Intuitive, Teacher
Georgia Marantos is a mother of three young children living in New York City with her family. She is a certified Tarot Reader, NLP Practitioner, Intuitive Consultant, Spiritualist Minister, and Energy Healer who offers individual and group wellness programs. She has been happily helping people for the last 25 years, conducting sessions in person and over the phone/internet. Georgia’s natural enthusiasm, genuine care, and unique skill set leave her clients feeling supported, uplifted, and ready to move on in their life with positivity and high hope
Georgia Marantos is a mother of three young children living in New York City with her family. She is a certified Tarot Reader, NLP Practitioner, Intuitive Consultant, Spiritualist Minister, and Energy Healer who offers individual and group wellness programs. She has been happily helping people for the last 25 years, conducting sessions in person and over the phone/internet. Georgia’s natural enthusiasm, genuine care, and unique skill set leave her clients feeling supported, uplifted, and ready to move on in their life with positivity and high hope
Grisella Ramos Santiago
AKASHIC RECORDS
My name is Grisella. I am a New York state licensed clinician with over 15 years of experience working with issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship and general life issues. I have learned in my years of working with a diverse group of clients that we are all searching to become whole in all aspects of our lives. Because of this, I have expanded my clinical practice to a HOLISTIC THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCE which includes Akashic Record readings, I can utilize not only my clinical skills, but also your personal akashic record information to assist you in knowing yourself at soul level in order to help you understand why certain unhealthy patterns keep reoccurring in your life and how to make positive changes to help you live your best life, the life you were meant to live. I work with my clients on a weekly, and biweekly basis supporting them on their path to wellness. I offer in person and remote services. Based on your specific needs..
My name is Grisella. I am a New York state licensed clinician with over 15 years of experience working with issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship and general life issues. I have learned in my years of working with a diverse group of clients that we are all searching to become whole in all aspects of our lives. Because of this, I have expanded my clinical practice to a HOLISTIC THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCE which includes Akashic Record readings, I can utilize not only my clinical skills, but also your personal akashic record information to assist you in knowing yourself at soul level in order to help you understand why certain unhealthy patterns keep reoccurring in your life and how to make positive changes to help you live your best life, the life you were meant to live. I work with my clients on a weekly, and biweekly basis supporting them on their path to wellness. I offer in person and remote services. Based on your specific needs..
Kendra Valentine
HEALER, SHAMAN, COACH
I began learning about the power of energy healing and magic from the time I was about 5 years old, under the guide of my Grandmother, Petra Valentine, who was a powerful and connected medium and energy healer. I have been immersed in my practices ever since and now at “Half-a-Hundred” (yup, 50), I am solid in my abilities and knowing. I would love to share those things with you toward your own healing and expansion. I am an Energy Healer, Shamanic Medicine Woman, Transformational Coach, Intuitive, Ordained Minister and – well – Spiritual Badass.
Our bodies – physical and energetic - have a magical connection to all things. I believe that the most profound healing we can cultivate comes from inside our bodies and through our heart’s connection to this truth. I believe that - on a primal level - all the answers we seek reside in our connection to the divine and can be found through the excavation that happens when you take that journey inward to access the deep and powerful well of knowing that is waiting for your mindful attention. I value Sangha (spiritual community), freedom, love, compassionate self-awareness, divinity, choice, inclusion, and the fierce connection we all have to this living breathing universe and Gaia (mother earth). I am here to help change the vibration of this world to one of love!
Here at Universal Healing Arts, I am honored to offer some of my one-on-one services. Whether you are seeking Coaching, Meditation, Shamanic Energy Healing, Intuitive Readings, Sound Healing, or any variety of holistic healing, I have the offerings and skills that will empower you to find healing and peace! I sit in the heart of mother nature and find peace in the oneness of the universe as well as the mind, body, and spirit. I invite you to experience and explore my spiritual offerings and join me in this dance of healing the whole SELF!
I began learning about the power of energy healing and magic from the time I was about 5 years old, under the guide of my Grandmother, Petra Valentine, who was a powerful and connected medium and energy healer. I have been immersed in my practices ever since and now at “Half-a-Hundred” (yup, 50), I am solid in my abilities and knowing. I would love to share those things with you toward your own healing and expansion. I am an Energy Healer, Shamanic Medicine Woman, Transformational Coach, Intuitive, Ordained Minister and – well – Spiritual Badass.
Our bodies – physical and energetic - have a magical connection to all things. I believe that the most profound healing we can cultivate comes from inside our bodies and through our heart’s connection to this truth. I believe that - on a primal level - all the answers we seek reside in our connection to the divine and can be found through the excavation that happens when you take that journey inward to access the deep and powerful well of knowing that is waiting for your mindful attention. I value Sangha (spiritual community), freedom, love, compassionate self-awareness, divinity, choice, inclusion, and the fierce connection we all have to this living breathing universe and Gaia (mother earth). I am here to help change the vibration of this world to one of love!
Here at Universal Healing Arts, I am honored to offer some of my one-on-one services. Whether you are seeking Coaching, Meditation, Shamanic Energy Healing, Intuitive Readings, Sound Healing, or any variety of holistic healing, I have the offerings and skills that will empower you to find healing and peace! I sit in the heart of mother nature and find peace in the oneness of the universe as well as the mind, body, and spirit. I invite you to experience and explore my spiritual offerings and join me in this dance of healing the whole SELF!