Jayme Hirashiki
President and National Wellness Director

Jayme Hirashiki is the president of The Ziquin Educational Group. She believes one of the greatest challenges we face in the coming decades is the mounting healthcare crisis that will impact every family and business in America. She also believes that moving from the paradigm of current Western medicine to a paradigm of holistic wellness is critical to ensuring quality of life for future generations.

Jayme brings more than 15 years of experience in network promotion and consultation with companies nationwide. She has worked with leading professionals around the world in the development of successful marketing and human development programs. As a proactive leader, Jayme specializes in designing innovative business systems for the wellness industry and marketing groups. Her philosophy of commerce is based on a system of self-help selling that increases human potential and promotes growth and awareness.

Early in her career, Jayme's interest focused on ties between Eastern and Western culture and philosophy. In the 1970s, Jayme worked and studied in Japan with an acclaimed family of the arts. She was the first American to be given a rare opportunity to privately study methods from the ancient art of Hagi Yaki pottery with the Miwas, the most distinguished family in this ancient style of pottery arts. She was invited to serve as the communication liaison between this internationally renowned family, honored as one of Japan’s “national treasures,” and schools of higher educati on in the United States.

During this time Jayme created, developed and managed The School for Creative Thinking. This was a combination of Eastern and Western techniques and philosophical perspectives designed to encourage individuals and particularly young people to utilize creative methods of problem solving.

In the 1980s, challenged by debilitating health issues, Jayme began exploring alternative ways of recreating the conditions for optimal health. Having discovered a successful protocol to complement the body's natural ability to heal, Jayme was able to resolve her own chronic health issues, and, by using a similar method, the health issues of a friend whose terminal illness was put into remission.

Profoundly moved by the experience, Jayme began working with diet and lifestyle, and advocating the importance of investigating natural means, as well as more traditional practices of medicine, to promote wellness of the body.

In Montreal, Canada, Jayme worked as Program Director for The Right Brain Research Institute. The Institute explored innovative techniques for better health and psychology with individuals and corporations, and offered continuing education courses that included seminars with the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavior Medicine.

In the 1990s, Jayme established the Hirashiki Group Lifestyle Management Company with a team of physicians. That organization customized recovery and lifestyle programs for private clients, focusing on maximizing their individual health and achievement. Additionally, The Hirashiki Group developed state-of-the-art systems of personnel management, which emphasized accountability and effectiveness through the use of performance evaluations, innovative thinking, and specialized workshops.

There is an Eastern motto that declares, it is possible to live a long life and yet die young in mind, body and spirit. Today, Jayme’s work with The Ziquin Educational Group is a culmination of her efforts to raise awareness on how to naturally slow the aging process of the body and maintain its longevity in ways that are fun and effective and yet safely complementary to most medical protocols.

Along with her positive and powerful message of timeless living, Jayme Hirashiki continues to use self-help systems that redefine human potential and the physical aging process, encouraging individuals to embrace growth and change with a wisdom that arrives from love and passionate persistence.

 

Gerry Amena
Master Herbalist

One of the most widely known and respected professionals in the field of sea minerals and herbology, Gerry learned at a very young age that he had a natural ability to communicate and work with the soil and plants. Born on a farm in Holland in 1925, at the age of five, Gerry realized the intelligence of plants and how they were comprised of energy—a sustaining life force. Throughout his youth, he worked with plants and gained respect for their ability to provide and sustain vital energy and life.

Gerry began his formal study of local nutritional herbs and remedies after World War II when he was sent to Dutch Indonesia (present day Indonesia). In the Dutch Army, he was assigned to study the local herbs and remedies in Indonesia that could improve the health of the troops. After witnessing firsthand the devastating loss of life of formerly healthy young men due to many tropical diseases, Gerry discovered that the key to avoiding and overcoming most diseases was by creating a healthy immune system. Gerry then began to develop some simple and common sense techniques that boosted the immune system, which saved the lives of many of the troops and civilians alike.

While serving in the Dutch Army, Gerry traveled through the villages in Indonesia and helped the local people who were sick and malnourished. It was at this time that he met an old Chinese Indonesian man who had a deep and profound connection with nature, who understood that the true provider of nutritional support for life comes from the earth. Skilled in the ancient ways of Shamanism and herbology, this Chinese elder taught Gerry the endless mysteries and lessons of nature, how plants communicate with us, and the importance of herbs in improving and sustaining life. With this newfound awareness, Gerry continued his study in the use of herbs as nutritional treatments.

Gerry’s Commanding Officer noticed his outstanding nutritional and life-enhancing methods and offered the opportunity to return to the Netherlands and formally train as a medical doctor. Gerry declined this offer and after completing his military assignment, moved to Australia to pursue his dreams of owning an organic farm. Settling down on a pristine tract of land on the East Coast in Queensland, Australia, Gerry proceeded to grow organic vegetables, got married and raised 3 children.

About 18 years ago, Gerry began using sea minerals to fertilize his organic garden. He noticed the immediate improvement in his garden and wondered, “If the sea minerals work this well on my garden, what would they do for me?” Gerry tried the sea minerals and noticed amazing results right away. Plagued by chronic joint pain for years, Gerry was rid of it completely in 12 months.
Continuing his research, Gerry developed a very unique method incorporating a cold extraction process to extract the vital essence from the herbs of his organic garden. He then combined the herbs with sea minerals, stabilizing the herbs and naturally preserving their full healing properties. Gerry developed a line of proprietary products to enhance and improve people’s lives. Word spread about Gerry’s success helping people improve their health, by changing their lifestyle and nutrition using his proprietary sea mineral and herbal products. His fame spread rapidly throughout his local community, then statewide, nationwide and now internationally.

Gerry Amena believes in giving back to life by “giving to others” every day. His mission in life is to help humanity no matter who or where they are—regardless of race, religion or culture. He believes that one’s ability to overcome disease lies within their immune system and that everyone must take self-responsibility in feeding their body the right herbs, sea minerals and nutritional supplements in order to boost their immune system and create a healthy inner ecosystem.
Along with several kangaroos, farm animals and family, Gerry continues to reside on his organic farm in Queensland, Australia producing sea mineral products and herbs. Thousands of people in Australia and worldwide have experienced positive, life-enhancing results from using Gerry’s nutritional sea mineral products and herbal formulations. The products contain no preservatives or chemicals and are not tested on animals. All sea mineral products are produced in Australia and are now available in the United States exclusively through The Ziquin Educational Group.

Motivational, inspirational and down-to-earth, Gerry Amena’s approach to life and health is one of compassion, caring and love for all life. He extends his message of hope, love and healthy living to all.