In order to maintain physical strength and health, Yo wanted to do something traditional. Curiosity brought her to a nearby studio for her first yoga class. The class was greatly different from Yo’s fixed images of yoga, and the special atmosphere and the teacher left strong impressions, which made her want to learn more about yoga. Beginning then, Yo’s Ashtanga Yoga practice continues until now, and she started teaching in 2007.

Through teaching at local fitness clubs or community places, Yo came to think that people from a wider age range and with various life styles could enjoy and continue yoga practice for a longer time. She took Om Yoga teacher training in 2010, and also started teaching Vinyasa Yoga.

Yo wants her students to feel the free spaces in themselves, even if just a little, through yoga practice.

Yo teaches at studios in Tokyo and Yokohama, including Arghuta, and she assists at Ashtanga Yoyogi.