About Me
My healing journey began 10 years ago at a time when I experienced significant health challenges.. Living in Tokyo and traveling often, I began to feel the impact of a high stress, high demand lifestyle. In response, several of my body systems, including my reproductive system, stopped functioning correctly. I felt what it was like to be disconnected from this miraculous and sacred system, not only within my own body, but also the greater womb of the earth and natural cosmic cycles. Something so deeply connected to my womanhood, I always knew I wanted to carry children, and had never considered the possibility of infertility.
Experiencing the impact of stress and the consequences of ignoring my body’s innate wisdom was a loud wake up call and the catalyst for a significant change. Someone referred me to try out Craniosacral Therapy, which had a deeply profound effect on my health. Within several sessions, my menstrual cycles resumed after being dormant for over a year. I felt a strong calling to pursue this work as a practitioner, which changed the course of my life. I quit my job in Tokyo and created the space to heal. I began to listen to, rather than ignore, my inner voice, my body’s wisdom, and this has guided me steadily on my path ever since.
Inspired by this profound experience, I dove into several years of study in the healing arts: Esalen Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Prenatal Massage, Mindfulness Practices and Yoga Therapy. I find that, through the healing arts and being able to support others in their healing journeys, I am, in turn, able to heal myself and my body time and time again. It always feels like I get just as much healing out of this work as my clients.
My work is rooted in the belief that people hold the resources to heal their own bodies and live a fulfilling life; my role is to hold a safe space for clients to discover these resources, and offer guidance to harness them as tools for healing.
After having a practice in Tokyo and San Francisco for 5 years, I became certified as a Life Coach through CTI to deepen my knowledge, and began integrating coaching into my practice.
In 2016, I moved to Esalen Institute in Big Sur to live in community and continue my studies in the healing arts. During my time there, I sat in a Sweat Lodge ceremony (Temazcal), a ritual native to Mexico and South America. A representation of the womb, The Temazcal allowed me to journey back to my roots: to remember where I came from, and to heal and honor my Japanese ancestral lineage.
For the next 4 years I walked on the red path with the Sacred Fire of Izachitlatlan, studying with Carmen Vicente, doing vision quests and sitting in temazcal ceremonies. I realized during my time on the mountain and in these ceremonies that so much of what we carry is connected to energetic, physical and emotional imprints passed down through our lineage, specifically through the womb. Important to my healing journey was to honor those who came before me, freeing me to re-write my story that I would pass on to future generations.
I am forever grateful to all of my teachers; Carmen Vicente, Ellen Watson, Dina Amsterdam, Erika Gagnon and Janet Stone, for my ancestors for paving the way before me, and for all the teachings of the mountain and temazcal (sweat lodge) and the many others who have held and supported me on my path. My time on the mountain solidified my vocation and life’s purpose, and also instilled in me a deep sense of humility and reverence for the work that I am truly honored to be in service of.
In 2020, my partner and I were blessed with the pregnancy of our first child after our own personal fertility journey. During my pregnancy, I began to deepen my studies and passion in birth work and fertility. After working with many women on their pregnancy journeys through prenatal and postnatal massage and yoga for the past decade, it felt natural to discover Doula work, an expansion of the ways I can support my clients throughout birth and into postpartum. I am deeply passionate and honored to be a gatekeeper for women and their partners in this sacred journey in their lives.
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