The Courtyard of
Health, Healing and Happiness

OTLO is whatever you want it to be — a place to indulge in conversations, an abode for introspection, an unbiased stress-free space and a safe place that gives you a sense of warmth, joy and belonging the moment you step in. My vision is to share the feeling of health, happiness and healing through OTLO, a feeling similar to the otlo (veranda) of our grandmother’s house, where we can share stories and joy with our family.

OTLO is my attempt to recreate these familial bonds while offering a natural nurturing of mind and body. By offering a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on, OTLO aims to bring back conversations to feed the mind, body and soul. After all, the power of community, of conversation, of pure, unadulterated idle chit-chat is strangely healing. It allows us to vent without imploding; share without trolling; laugh without LOLs and emote without icons. They allow us to be real, living, breathing human beings and not cyber puppets in a virtual world.

I truly believe that happy people make a happy world, and I hope that OTLO will give you a dependable companion in your pursuit of happiness and health.