Our Team

Adora Winquist
Founder & Formulator

Since 1998, Opus Gaia™ and its two popular brands, Rhiamon Energy Essentials™ and Trinity Spa Essentials™,  have supported the quest for stress reduction, personal growth and overall health and wellness with a vast selection of true aromatherapy products.

Adora has been in practice as an energy healer and aroma therapist since 1998. Her training encompasses a diverse study in many types of vibrational medicines, including Reiki, gem and flower essences, aromatherapy, and essential oils. Her essential oils studies let her to Rutgers University, where she completed the International Training Program in Essential Oils: Advanced Studies. She has travel-studied through India and Egypt. She is also a graduate of the acclaimed Barbara Brennan School of Healing, a specialized four-year college for the study of vibrational healing with a focus in hands-on healing, the human energy field, and psychodynamics. She is currently a student of the Institute of Integrated Nutrition.
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Patsy Balacchi
Creative Director

Patsy began her graphic design career working in corporate identity systems for technology-based companies in 1997. Simultaneously, she gained experience in web design, software interface design, and programming. In Spring 2001, Patsy founded Yantra Design Group, Inc., a graphic design company in Miami, Florida. Over the past 10 years, she­­ has developed successful identity systems, promotional materials, publication and package designs, websites and software application interface designs for a wide range of clients in the U.S. and abroad.

Patsy has been able to incorporate art, design, and photography in a diverse, well-balanced working environment. Her projects are often concerned with the cultural role of design and the public life of its medium.

Deb Peterson
Sales & Marketing Consultant

Deb received her marketing degree from Old Dominion University in 1989. After working for Russ Berrie & Co. Inc. in Sales for 15 years, she became Director of Marketing & Public Relations for Dr. Robert Kandarjian. This led her to consulting and then running her own business, Debbie Peterson Wellness Events LLC. She consults on all areas of sales, marketing, advertising, branding, and business in general.

Deana Valente
Sales Consultant

Deana began her career as a group fitness instructor in 1986. Since then, she has acquired vast experience and numerous contacts within the health and fitness industry. After graduating with a degree in business, Ms. Valente continued to oversee multiple locations for Lucille Roberts throughout New York and New Jersey then spent 7 years in Wall Street as an Institutional Sales Trader, before returning to her true passion, the health and fitness industry. She is now the President of Balance Your Life… A Wellness Gala™ where her passion, knowledge, and experience are in perfect synergy with a mission aimed toward bringing alternative forms of health and healing to the general public.