Jessica's Story

Raised by both her non-religious parents and a profoundly supportive Baha'i community, Jessica was encouraged early on to share her voice to bring healing to souls. Singing sacred songs quickly became her service to others. For over three decades, the worldwide Baha'i community provided fertile ground for Jessica to lead thousands of individuals in countless musical devotional gatherings. Her spiritual education and devotional life further evolved through participation in Ojibwe ceremonies over a span of twenty years on the Lac du Flambeau reservation, and as a young adult in Lakota ceremonies on the Standing Rock reservation. Her engagement with a diversity of spiritual and devotional singing continued - from participating in Kirtan devotionals in Chicago, to singing love songs to the Creator as a member of the Black Music Ensemble at Berea College in Kentucky. Communing with Spirit through a diversity of sacred songs became a prominent feature of her life.

 

During this time she was also walking an intense healing path. By the time she was 18, Jessica weighed 300lbs, suffered from chronic sleep apnea and hypoglycemia, debilitating anxiety, and was on her way to an early grave. Owning to her highly sensitive nature, living the standard American life was no longer an option for her, and her journey into holistic healing began. Since then, Jessica has studied holistic health and personal development with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the Heroic social training platform and the Positive Intelligence program, while serving others as a Holistic Health Counselor.

 

In 2022 Jessica developed Long Covid, which wreaked utter havoc on her nervous system and put her out of commission for over a year. With the conviction that this was happening for her rather than to her, Jessica deepened her knowledge and understanding of the nervous system and energetics, to affect her own healing. Recognizing that almost everyone these days stands in need of nervous system regulation and support, Jessica is adding to her holistic healing toolkit by studying Sound Healing with the Sunreed Center in Vermont. Experience shows that Sound Healing is one of the most effective ways of resetting the nervous system and releasing pent up emotional and physical tension. She is honored to now offer this service to her community. And she continues to learn from each and every Sacred Sound Circle.​