Holi Ke Hindi Bol…. First of its Kind

Gianfranco was born in Chiampo (VI), Italy on July 3rd, 1941 and soon began his personal odyssey. When he was 10, he moved with his parents to Brazil, where they lived many years. Since childhood, he started looking for experiences related to metaphysics, spiritualism, mysticism, and esotericism. In 1971, his friend Manuel Bandarra invited him to the “Metaphysics” course in which Manuel shared his experiences in those fields of knowledge. Thanks to that course, Gianfranco discovered a new horizon and met other people who were in the same search path as him; after that, he joined the Rosicrucian Fraternity of “Max Heindel” in São Paulo, where he became even more involved with spiritual experiences.
In 1980, Gianfranco returned to Europe and lived and worked in different European countries as an advertising photographer, his formal profession. He later moved to USA in 1984 because he was offered a job as photographer; however, during all those years, he remained active in the holisticfield, participating in many courses and seminars, including: The Silva Method of Mind Control, The Healing Yes (with Niro Markoff), Organity Massage, and The Flower of Life with Drunvalo Melchizedek. 1985 was a key year in his training, as Gianfranco was initiated in the first level of Reiki, Usui Shiki Ryoho. His teacher was Virginia Walker Samdahl, one of the 22 Masters initiated by Hawayo Takata (the first western Reiki Master attuned in Reiki outside of Japan). In 1990, Gianfranco received the degree of Reiki II and Reiki Master from the hands of William Lee Rand.
In December of 1993, when Gianfranco was already residing in Mexico City, he started teaching Reiki. In 1995, he created The Mexican Holistic Foundation where, apart from being Reiki Master, he was also facilitator of the course The Flower of Life, related to ascension meditation techniques. During his 16 years of residence in Mexico, he was highly committed as a spiritual teacher for many people.

In October 2005, exactly 20 years after introducing himself to Reiki I, he took the Advanced Reiki Training with his former Reiki Master, William Lee Rand. In 2007, he took the Karuna Reiki® I, II and Master courses with William Lee Rand, Laurelle Shanti Gaia, and Michael Baird twice in the same year.

In 2010, Gianfranco moved to London where he continues to work in his holistic pathway, offering courses and treatments. He still attends different Reiki courses and shares in and outside London, which keeps him updated and in touch with the Reiki world.

From 1993 until now, Gianfranco has initiated approximately 1500 students in Reiki I, 463 in Reiki II and 53 in Reiki III / Master.