Hello DearHeart,

I went to a new networking meeting today. It was scary. I would rather have stayed curled up in my warm bed. But I know that despite the fear, it is exactly what I need to be doing.

I have changed so much just in these past 3 years. I have fully stepped into where I belong, and that is also morphing, changing, evolving! The 60 second introduction today at the networking meeting was just enough to make the gears start turning FULL SPEED. I couldn't get home fast enough to sit and journal: Who am I? What do I do? What's my unique selling proposition? How do I add credibility into my introduction? What is a great referral for me? ALL IN 60 SECONDS?

Maybe I could start here, with you?

But first, just know that:

• YOU are awesome.
• The classes here are awesome.
• The teachers here are awesome.
• We have an awesome Women's Circle coming up this coming Monday (and again on the 19th).
• We just announced an AWESOME Introduction Kundalini Yoga 6-Week Series, starting in March(!!! Oh, yeah!!!)
• There are more awesome things coming (like a monthly Yoga Nidra class with your favorite Tamila, and a MAY Co-ed SUP & Yoga & Circle Awesomeness Retreat!)
• And my elderly dog is no longer going a. single. day without leaving me presents in the house (SO AWESOME! lol).

So back to me. Let me introduce myself...

Hi, I’m Jessica Otieno. My local small business, Many Paths Wellness, focuses on helping people (teens, adults) find and heal themselves so that they can live more vibrant, fulfilling, and joy-filled lives. I want you to live life not in 2D, but rather to the fullest extent possible AND to complete your soul mission. I also want you to know that you don’t have to live life filled with stress, anxiety, depression, frustration, unfulfillment, physical misery, suffering, (fill in the blank), and that you have much more control over your life than you may think.

Almost 40 years ago, I miraculously survived being run over by a school bus. Literally run over. (Side note: this is the foundation for why yoga has never been “about the physical” for me, though the conscious, self-discovery, self-healing asana practice absolutely does help me EVERYday.) The allopathic healthcare system may have put me back together, but I’ve spent the past ~40 years trying to really understand the meaning of life and what/how to truly heal. I’ve learned that the answers aren’t in a quick fix, bottle of pills, procedure, better job, etc. The answers are within ourselves; but for most of us, we must first learn how to reconnect to ourselves, how to understand the multidimensional and highly complex system that we are, and feel supported to explore, heal, and truly become who we were meant to be.

The human experience and the physical plane are both the vehicle and result of who you really are. Who are you? What do you really want in life? Are you completely happy, despite your success? Are you struggling with your mind/thoughts, energy, success, relationships, or contentment?

You are not your mind. You are not your body. Your true, higher Self embodied this physical body, signed up for this human experience because you wanted the experience for a reason. So did I.

The accident awakened in me a knowing of my soul’s journey, and an awareness of a greater consciousness. It forced me to look beyond the obvious, the known, and to explore the unknown, as well as to learn through my own experience: to find for myself what is really true. Answers to my own healing could not be found in books or some of the best doctors. And the human BEing is so complex, how would we ever expect anyone to know how to fix us?

I came to learn about the many layers of our being. I came to understand the concepts around consciousness, God, unity, Source which explained what I saw and knew during my near-death experience. I came to view ourselves as the energetic beings of spirit that we are. I came to understand at a much greater depth how to work with that energy instead of against it. I came to understand how our physical being and physical world is the manifestation (outcome) of higher, unseen layers of ourselves. Just because we cannot see it does not make it false or untrue; that is just an illusion.

If you are experiencing issues with stress, health, money, relationships, time… I can almost guarantee that we can pick up on it (and therefore work with it) from an energetic layer. And that the energetic work isn’t only a benefit to helping you move forward, but a necessity.

Question is, Who’s life are you living? Who are you, behind your identity and career and labels? Who are you? And what are you here to do in this lifetime? Are you happy? Do you feel fulfilled? Are you ready to get beyond the health/time/relationship/money/fulfillment challenges holding you back?

I want to live my life to my ultimate potential; I want to fulfill my soul’s desire thereby being/living/experiencing fulfillment, joy, bliss in this life, despite the rollercoaster of experiences we all inevitably have in this life journey. I want to feel fully alive and a co-Creator in my life experience. I want to fully BE myself – not who the world expects me to be or sees me as, but who my soul came here to be.

Are you with me? I'm so glad you're here.

Much love, xoxo

Jess