Today we’d like to introduce you to John Ortiz.
Thanks for sharing your story with us John. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
The story started in 2016 when I acquired my YOGA Teacher Training at JAIPURE YOGA in Montclair, New Jersey. Following the completion of YTT, I was introduced to Sound Healing through Julia Abramova of AtmaButi Sound Medicine and started my journey through sound vibrations in November of 2017. Working for a major computer tech company, I received an opportunity to relocate and work in San Diego, California, where my practice & experience for YOGA and Sound took over. Fast forward today and I’ve been gracious enough to teach YOGA and facilitate private/group Sound Healing offerings all over San Diego, for entities such as: San Diego Brain Tumor Foundation for their cancer patients/caregivers, Served Up Sober recovery group weekly meditations and beginner YOGA. And after school PE Yoga for La Jolla Country Day School for 7th & 8th graders and San Ysidro High School.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
The path has been anything but smooth; The transition alone from New Jersey to San Diego is enough to fill a chapter on “a tale of two cities.” Experiencing the differences from east coast to west coast 1st-hand, has made me into a even more compassionate and complete teacher within the realms of sharing this subtle practice of Sound Therapy/YOGA, with amazing people from all walks of life. Coincidentally, this lesson was exactly what I came out to the west coast for. “We are more powerful and capable than we think; so stop thinking so much”.
Please tell us about Intuitive Zen.
My business brand (Intuitive Zen) is a long time coming and it is the culmination of all the teachings I’ve gained from my travels since college 2012 until present day 2020. Most known for my guided meditations & sound healing offerings, I promote the impact of RELAXATION, and the wonders it can do for the human body. Sound Healing is an age-old technique the sages used to enter deeper within themselves, to find answers, remedies and healing. The idea of complete elimination of all distractions and obstructions within the body; that STOP the body from doing what it is already capable of doing; thus, unlocking more of the brain. I take pride in the detailed yet colorful verbiage that I use to provide a visual guidance for the user experience as they traverse the mind, which I believe is the “First Frontier” we ever experience.
Is there a characteristic or quality that you feel is essential to success?
One characteristic that I feel is most important to success, is my creativity and conceptualization of sacred spiritual teachings and the modern outlook that can be attached to them. For me, coming from an urban background I’ve found my creativity shines in my passion with which words I use, and the rhyme scheme I will unconsciously employ. Some of my influences are Hip Hop Artist Lupe Fiasco, Jazz Musicians Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane, as well as philosophers and writers of yesterday and today such as Alan Watts, Socrates, Plato, Maya Angelou & Florence Scovel Shinn.
Pricing:
- (Online) Beginner Yoga Classes on Wednesdays – $10
- (Offline) Private Yoga Classes – $65
- (Offline) Sound Healing Offerings – $75
- (Online) Yoga – $10
Contact Info:
- Phone: 9736195782
- Email: ORTIZJOHN0@GMAIL.COM
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intuitive.zen/
Image Credit:
@Kaplan.photographyy25
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