・KATE KINOSHITA ・

I was born to Japanese and white English ancestry.

My childhood years were spent in Japan, and my secondary and higher education in the UK. 

After graduating in Chinese Studies at Oxford, I spent time in Taiwan and Japan, studying movement and meditative traditions whilst working as a forest guide. 

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I work using a combination of techniques I have learned through 9+ years of devoted practice in yoga, daoyin, and meditation. 

My Background・Credentials

2017 ~ ongoing

movement mentorship with Chieko Sato, Mana Yoga

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2021 ~ ongoing

work with psychobiological coach Portia Richardson

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2020

integrative therapy course facilitated by Shannon O'Flaherty

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2019 ~ 2021

mentorship with counsellor Helen Stone

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2019

intensive taichi daoyin 大極導引 study in Taiwan

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2015~2019

retreat and tour leading in rural Japan

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2018

300-hour YTT at Yogajaya, Tokyo 

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2014 ~ 2015

rural and farm living in Japan 

2015

200-hour YTT at Vinyasa Yoga School, Rishikesh, India

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2015 ~ 2019

mentorship with David Listen

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since 2014

multiple ten-day vipassana silent retreats

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since 2013

yoga and movement teaching

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2013

BA Hons in Chinese Studies (Oxford University) 2.1

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since 2012

yoga practice

fluency in English, Japanese and Mandarin

bilingual and bi-cultural upbringing (Japan and UK). 
 

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