Shama came to the United States from her native Italy as a young woman filled with curiosity and a drive to delve deeper into self-development. She took the first steps towards this in the early 1970s starting with the personal growth course EST (Erhard Seminar Trainings). This opened hidden internal doors and prepared Shama to soon meet masters who would become enormously important to her growth.
From 1975 to 1977, Shama studied with Kaskafayet, a fantastic channeled being — quite humorous and, at the same time, sharp as a Japanese sword. He was a true guide, and Shama was especially impressed by his teachings on the distorted ways in which we attempt to find and give love, or what passes for it. These lessons went onto shape Shama’s course called Exploring, Experiencing, Expanding into Love.
For the next eight years, Shama studied with Lazaris, a spiritual being of the highest level that was (and still is) channeled by Jack Purcell. She participated in his monthly public seminars from 1978 to 1986. The powerful work that she now offers in the courses From Self-Awareness to Self-Realization and Conscious Co-Creation is based on his material and teachings.
From 1986 to 1991, Shama worked side-by-side with her dear friend and teacher, Shakti Gawain, author of the bestselling books Creative Visualization, Living in the Light, Return to the Garden and others. Along with Hal and Sidra Stone, founders of the Voice Dialogue method, Shakti trained Shama as a facilitator of this incredibly effective modality. Shama was so enthused about it that, in 1991, she decided to return to Italy, where she taught it with great commitment for five years. She then left it in the hands of the people who had trained with her and had become her trusted assistants; one of them established the Voice Dialogue School in Bologna.
During this same period of time, Shama also trained extensively with Byron Katie, creator of The Work, and was so impressed by her program that she introduced that method to Italy, as well. She was also thrilled to accompany Byron Katie herself to Italy during that time.
