Tiziana Rosati: An Italian Healer’s deeply personal journey to Accreditation shared with Alison Grunwald
IT is rare to find a silver lining in the Covid experience, but for one aspiring healer living in Italy it proved the answer to a prayer. Accessing training she found online with “caring and supportive” tutor Lea Brodie, Tiziana Rosati was able to fulfil her dream of becoming an accredited healer with The Healing Trust, and of visiting a London healing centre to give healing openly as a member of a ‘team’ for the first time.
Far from spiritual healing being the visible and recognised practice that it is in the UK, Italy is largely unaware of it, and 58-year-oldTiziana, a former swimming teacher, does not know any other practising healers. This makes her dedication to reaching and passing Panel in October 2023 all the more remarkable.
After her ‘guest’ visit to Highgate Healing Centre, where she was able to give healing to several clients, I asked Tiziana if she would be happy to share her inspirational healing journey in print, and sent her some questions. She was eager to explain, telling me her story began when she was very young.
“When I was a little girl I was already dreaming of service to the Spiritual World. I can’t explain why, but it is something I always knew I wanted to do – even though I had not real knowledge of it.
“In Italy there aren’t any centres where it is possible to study or practise. Becoming a spiritual healer took a lot of time; it was a long path, not always easy, but eventually I succeeded.”
A personal experience not long ago brought into sharp focus the obstacles in Tiziana’s way.
She told me: “I was brought up with a certain way of thinking: the doctor and the priest are two of the most relevant figures in the Italian social fabric. Two years ago during a conversation with a priest I was advised not to wear jeans, not to use perfume and not to practise Yoga, because those things belong to the demon and can negatively affect an individual. Italian families, especially those in Central and Southern Italy, are very religious, and they respect what their priests say.”
Tiziana lives in a small town, Ancona, in the Marche region on the Adriatic coast. She found her early healing clients by quietly inviting people she knows to try it - and help her to pass her Panel.
She said: “All of them loved receiving spiritual healings. However, even though they recognised they had benefitted…I don’t believe they will come again…it’s not part of our culture…Clearly no doctor would have suggested complementary therapies that would in any way undermine or diminish the power of allopathic medicine.”
One of Tiziana’s clients, however, bucks the trend: “She isa lady who, like me, is very interested in any complementary therapy, and occasionally asks me for treatments. We do exchanges – I give her some healing and she pays me back by explaining my planetary transits. I believe in astrology and she is very good at it.”
Things are moving on in Italy, though. Tiziana explained: “Nowadays, we are experiencing a change. Homeopathy is spreading very rapidly among young doctors, who are now able to offer their patients an alternative to allopathic medicine. Concerning priests, however, many of them are still fundamentalists.”
Tiziana has done other spiritual training in the past and isa Reiki Master, although she no longer using Reiki.
While living in London several years ago (which may explain her good English) she attended courses run by the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain.
“Back in Italy I attended a Spiritualists’ National Union internatlonal healing course online, but that wasn’t certified. I was looking for something more, a course that would give me a certificate or institutional recognition.
“Luckily, due to the Covid pandemic, the Healing Trust courses went online. What better time to enrol myself and become a certified healer.”
I asked Tiziana what going to a Zoom panel was like for her.
“The panel chair was Diana Bianchi. Bianchi is an Italian surname and as my main concern was my understanding of the language, I thought I was lucky as I could use my mother tongue – which would have made everything easier. But I discovered that Bianchi is her husband’s surname so I had to answer the questions in English!
I felt proud of myself when I was told I had passed…I had achieved two goals at once, becoming an accredited spiritual healer belonging to a well-known organisation, and proving to myself that I can take an exam in another language.
Did Tiziana have any words of encouragement for other students approaching Panel?
“Zoom, like the internet, allows all spiritual seekers and those who believe in spiritual healing, wherever they are in the world, to be part of an organisation that is of great help and support. This is a big thing. Without it I’d have probably given up. I think it is very important that the Healing Trust continues to do online courses, particularly for those not resident in the UK. In this way it can grow.”
Tiziana has high praise for her Mentor, Linda Hartley.
“She was absolutely fabulous. She helped me through what was an intense and changing period in my life, and I will always be grateful to her for her support. We studied the Code of Conduct thoroughly, and she listened to my personal issues, advising me and giving me the strength to continue.”
She also found doing a five-day residential healing development course in Ireland very enjoyable. Organised by Yvonne Fitzgerald and Valerie Chiltonsmith of The Healing Trust, Tiziana says: ‘These events are very important; you don’t only learn more about healing and its many facets, but you team up. It gives everyone a sense of belonging, a bit like family members getting together periodically.”
Was Tiziana’s trip to London all she had hoped it would be?
“I came to London in December 2023 just to be at a centre, and it felt like a dream come true. Offering healing symbolised a new beginning, a moment of personal growth and awareness. All this was accompanied by the joy of being of Service.
“As soon as I entered the church in Highgate I met the other healers. Everyone was so nice to me that I felt at home; the key was to stay with my heart open and let the energy flow naturally. Everything went smoothly.”
How would she be moving forward with her healing practice this year?
“Coming back to Italy I will, of course, carry on practising. One of my purposes is to keep searching for other healers like me so that we can meet up and exchange our experiences.
Meanwhile, I will keep on coming to London in order to gain as much knowledge as I can and be an active member of The Healing Trust.
I will just stay with the flow and see what life offers. I like the idea that if this is my way, the Universe and its energy will work for me, and help.”
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