my lineages come the deep mountains of miyagi and fukushima prefectures in occupied ainu mosir (northern so-called japan), and yiddish-speaking people of romania, lithuania, and germany. uta means song.

i worldbuild through film, writing, ceremonial drumming, birthwork, and song. 

i was initiated into womb and birth guardianship through an abortion, and the re-association with trauma held in my pelvic bowl. i have committed myself to the path of the birth arts out of a deep need to reclaim traditional knowledge and cosmology about the womb, which is to say the origin of life. my hunger for reconnection with and healing of origins has brought me to the womb at the center of our bodies, at the core of the earth, and at the very heart of the universe.

thank you to all of my teachers, human and beyond-human. these include adela nieves, abuela celia perez-booth, chilan mustain, kenneth jover, aya maria maldonado, rachelle garcia seliga, dr. teresa lau, crystal teng, dohee lee, dana kawano, maya blume, katina castillo, oak kalawakan, maryam hasnaa, siedeh foxie, kawahatsu sensei, the sacred plant teachers, and other vital teachers who cannot be named here.

painting by makoto aida

+ EDUCATION +

INNATE POSTPARTUM CARE 2024 - 9 month postpartum care training and certification

GUARDIANS OF BIRTH 2023 - 3 month ancestral birth arts training

MASTER SHARPENING STONE 2021 - Acupressure training

SOUL FLOWER FARM 2021 - Devas Daughters Herbal Apprenticeship

TRANSFORMATIVE ENERGY WORK 2021 - Chinese 5 Elements Theory training

NEW EARTH MYSTERY SCHOOL 2020 - Energy as Currency training

NADA ACUDETOX THERAPY 2017 - Ear acupuncture training

REIKI 2016 - Japanese energy healing training and certification