Yuko Kowal
Yuko’s yoga journey began in Tokyo while she was working as a hospital midwife. She started her yoga practice for getting some physical workout, but even her first yoga class awoke something different within her and drew her into the world of yoga. She became aware that yoga is not only for the body, but also affects the mind and the spirit. In 2007, she traveled to Oahu to deepen her yoga studies and received RYT200. This opportunity introduced her Ashtanga Yoga and she still practices based on that vigorous form of yoga. Because of her passion as a midwife, she has been teaching prenatal yoga classes since 2010 and she received her RPYT85. As a midwife and a mom of 2 children, she is inspired to spread the benefits of yoga to prenatal women, mothers and babies.