Born and raised in Japan. I lived in Taiwan and Australia and have been living in New Zealand for 9 years.

Ever since I was a teenager, I have been highly sensitive and have had a deep interest in the state of the mind and body.

In my late teens, I lost my close friend and had no hope to live in this world. The relationship with my family has always been strained. The stress of self-denial caused me to lose my physical and mental balance, and I experienced such poor health and panic attacks. The accumulated stress caused an irregular pulse, hormone imbalance, and then hit my stomach and I was diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GARD).  I was told by a doctor to take medications for my entire life otherwise I will develop stomach cancer. I still remembered how scared and vulnerable I felt. 

One day, when I went to a clinic seeking advice for low depresion, just after 10mins of a consultation, I was prescribed a psychotropic drug. I was so surprised how easily psychotropic medications can be prescribed. Somehow I took the medications just out of curiosity, I suffered severe side effects that I had never experienced before. I stopped taking the medication and was determined to find alternative treatments, so I began to study more about mental health, proper diet and self care.

I discovered yoga and slowly regained my health and confidence. Over time, I found the balance of the mind and body which improved my health significantly, I stopped taking medications.

After studying nursing in a university where I could learn not only modern medicine but also traditional oriental medicine, I started working as a Registered Nurse in a varieties of fields such as orthopedic, neurosurgery, sport rehabilitation and dementia care which gave me a lot of medical health knowledges including traditional medical treatments such as oriental medicine, which is widely used as a major treatment option in Japan.