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From Fukuoka. She first came to Okinawa on a company transfer and joined Okinawa Beach Yoga as a guest. That session made her realise how worn down her body and mind had become from years of working without ever turning to face herself. "I want to become an instructor here and help people who are struggling the way I was. I want as many people as possible to try Okinawa Beach Yoga, and to make it a staple of a trip to Okinawa." With that in mind she left the company she had worked at for four and a half years. She travelled alone to Kauai, Hawaii, to earn her Yoga Alliance RYT 200, and studied Ayurveda — often called the science of life — at the same time. "Facing yourself through beach yoga in Okinawa makes life fuller." She wants to offer what she went through herself, and to do it with a smile.