In 1979, Maria Peterson  graduated from the College of St. Catherine with  honors in English.  She promptly got married and began raising a family of four children.   After her second child died from a cancerous brain tumor in 1998, the angels told her, “There is so much pain in the world.  You can help heal it.”

She then began her studies with various holistic, teachers and healers:  Harold McCoy at the Ozark Research Institute in Arkansas, Stevan Thayer at the Center of Being in NY, Billie Topa Tate at the Mystical Sciences Institute in Chicago and the American Society of Dowsers.   In December of 1998, her inner teenager pushed her into taking a risk and with only $1200 in her pocket, she opened her office, Circle of Quiet.

Her philosophy is to create a place of safety and learning, where people can begin to know and follow their  own inner divine wisdom to create healing in their lives.

After her divorce in 2002, she  moved her office to Delano, where she works out of her home and lives with her  youngest son.  In the Fall of 2003 she became an IET Master-InstructorTrainer.  She continues her holistic studies with Shari Wagner of Soulspeak (Shamanism) and Bennie LeBeau, a Shoshone Elder  (Earth Healing).  Her most recent accomplishment is becoming a grandmother.  How sweet it is!!!