Catherine Schultz, Ph.D. is a Reiki Master and the author of a book entitled "bliss: Living in Silent Awareness" based on her dissertation on the subject. She has over 27 years of experience in facilitating healing experiences for individuals and groups.

Dr. Schultz is also the founder of the Health Share Network, an all-levels integrated healing arts center in Asheville, NC (www.healthsharenetwork.com). She offers life coaching & spiritual consultations from the perspective of living in bliss; bioenergetic assessment & balancing with Nutri-Energetics Systems; energy healing including Usui & Karuna Reiki, ReConnection, Shamanic methods and the Adamantine Health System; and access to an integrated health network. She also offers all levels of Usui Reiki training.

Her community programs known as "Bliss Gatherings" include live music, poetry, art and dialogue to reveal the inherent clear awareness of one self contained in each moment. Insights from these gatherings can be found at www.blissblog.net.

"It is possible to live in bliss each moment even when life is appearing difficult. I am here to support the recognition of silent awareness as our true nature, free and independent of thought yet inclusive of thought and all aspects of being. This freedom and embrace is bliss."