About Chiharu's
Journey to
Flower of
Life
What’s truly remarkable is that it’s never too late to experience healing
I was born and raised in Dazaifu, Fukuoka. My playground was the entire Dazaifu Shrine, and my favorite pastime was exploring and sneaking into hidden places, pretending to be a ninja. From a young age, I dreamed of becoming a mother or a kindergarten teacher, and my passion for working with children led me to pursue a diploma as an Early Childhood Educator.
In 1994, I broadened my horizons by moving to New Zealand, where I lived on a farm in Te Kuiti. There, I gained hands-on skills—from assisting in a difficult calf birth to caring for orphaned lambs, riding a dirt bike across the fields, and bonding with a pet pig named Comet. I also volunteered at local kindergartens, sharing Japanese culture while learning about New Zealand traditions.
Returning to Japan, I combined my love for children with teaching English, earning a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies of Culture and a secondary school teaching diploma. I then began my career as a junior high school English teacher. Later, I moved to Canada, and at 26, I fulfilled my childhood dream of becoming a mother and have been blessed with five children. While raising my children, I felt a profound inner guidance that led me to take courses and embark on a healing journey. These experiences helped me face and release long-held traumas—from being severely bullied from time to time throughout childhood and adolescence, living as a highly empathic soul in a challenging world, enduring abuse, and repeatedly attracting toxic relationships. Each course became a stepping stone, guiding me toward self-awareness, self-love, and the strength to break generational patterns, allowing me to parent with greater compassion and presence. My approach to parenting has been deeply influenced by Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy, as well as my volunteering experiences at the Calgary Waldorf School.
In 2011, I began a transformative journey through Integrative Chakra Therapy for the Whole Human Being (formerly “The Healer’s Training for the Whole Human Being”) with Dr. Richard Jelusich, lead faculty at the California Institute of Human Science. This experience guided me to release old patterns and embrace inner strength, wisdom, and self-love. Combined with Anthroposophy, it helped me understand the importance of being a “whole human being,” balancing mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects.
My work is strongly influenced by childbirth psychology and the profound impact of early life experiences from conception through 18 months after birth. In 2014, I began the lifelong journey of womb healing through the teachings of Sri Kaleshwar. I deeply believe that the mother is the sun—her joy radiates outward, healing generations. By tending to our own wounds and ancestral lineage, true transformation is possible. As Sri Kaleshwar said, “The mother is the number one healer in the universe. She is unbelievably loving, caring, and sharing—true love.”
In 2017, I completed a two-year Body Intelligence practitioner diploma, training as a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy practitioner. This work was inspired by healing my own traumas—including birth traumas, miscarriages, and childbirth experiences—on somatic, neurological, physical, and metaphysical levels, supporting deep integration of mind, body, and spirit.
During the pandemic, I worked as a Montessori preschool teacher for three years, temporarily putting my BCST practice on hold, while continuing to nurture my own growth, healing, and self-discovery.
Outside of my professional and spiritual work, I enjoy the outdoors—camping, off-grid adventures, hiking—as well as ecstatic dance, music, movies, and stand-up comedy.
I see challenges as opportunities for growth and approach life with responsibility, courage, and compassion. All of these stepping stones—my experiences, healing, and learning—now support me in pursuing my passions and sharing the wisdom I have gained. I believe it’s never too late to experience healing, cultivate self-love, and embrace the journey of becoming fully alive.
✨ Every baby carries wisdom. Chiharu listens, gently supporting each family to heal, connect, and grow together.
Chiharu is a mother of five who has personally navigated a wide spectrum of pregnancy and birth experiences, from two miscarriages to more than 23 hours of complex labor. She has experienced chemical induction, forceps delivery, epidural, and, during her first birth, a cord wrapped around her baby’s neck. During her second birth, a nurse ruptured her membranes to accelerate labor—an intervention that, while medically common, felt rushed and impersonal, and did not fully honor the emotional and energetic needs of mother and baby. She has also experienced a very fast 40-minute labor, a freestyle birth in a private hospital in Japan, and a home birth with midwife and doula support.
These personal experiences have given Chiharu a deep understanding of how a baby’s earliest environment and birth experiences shape their nervous system, attachment, and sense of safety in the world.
These lived experiences not only shaped her understanding of birth—they also guided her path toward becoming a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) practitioner. Through her own healing journey, Chiharu came to understand how birth trauma can remain in the body and nervous system. When birth is experienced as traumatic, mothers often carry a deep sense of guilt, even when circumstances were beyond their control. This response is rooted in the natural instinct to protect and bond, as well as in how the nervous system processes moments of fear, intensity, or loss of control.
She also came to recognize that unprocessed trauma and grief can influence not only a mother’s internal state, but also the relational connection between mother and baby. With compassionate support, the nervous system can settle and these experiences can be gently integrated. As a mother regains a sense of safety and self-trust, the connection with her baby can deepen, allowing space for repair, attunement, and connection.
Through her training in prenatal and perinatal psychology, as well as her BCST training with Body Intelligence, Chiharu has developed a deep understanding that the fetus is an active, sensing participant in pregnancy. The intrauterine environment—including the mother’s emotional state, medical interventions, and relational context—can leave lasting imprints on the developing nervous system.
When the body experiences high stress, fear, or sudden interventions, the nervous system may adopt survival patterns such as heightened vigilance, emotional shutdown, or disregulation. These early adaptations can influence brain development, sensory processing, motor coordination, and attachment patterns, shaping how a child experiences safety, connection, and embodiment in the world.
By integrating this knowledge with her lived experience, Chiharu supports parents in processing and integrating unresolved birth experiences, as well as gently holding space for grief when loss has occurred. Her work fosters greater coherence, safety, and relational connection for both parent and baby.
When Chiharu first conceived her child during the immigration process, she found herself in a new country without close friends or family nearby. This experience of isolation gave her a deep understanding of what many parents go through, and has shaped her compassion for those who feel alone, overwhelmed, or unsupported during pregnancy and postpartum.
Chiharu is also an Early Childhood Educator and a former Junior High School teacher. Her professional and personal experiences working with children have shaped her ability to listen, observe, and respond to each baby as a whole being, not a diagnosis.
Her approach is further informed by long-term study of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophical philosophy and lived experience within Waldorf education, where reverence for natural rhythms, developmental timing, and relational presence are central. This perspective guides her to meet babies where they are, without force or expectation.