Shoko came to NYC to study dance in the fall 1999. She began studying and performing the Simonson Technique and later became a certified Simonson Teacher who deepened her knowledge as a teaching assistant for Lynn Simonson. She also discovered the freedom yoga can bring to one’s daily/busy life. This piqued her interest in all the various styles of yoga and the individual benefits each one bestows the practitioner. In the spring of 2006, she became a certified Prana yoga Instructor.

Since 2006 Shoko has studied Anusara Yoga® extensively and completed over one thousand hours of classes with her gifted teachers. She completed her teacher training with Zhenja La Rosa in 2009 and in 2010 became an Anusara-Inspired Teacher.

Shoko is deeply grateful to all of her teachers and students, especially, Zhenja La Rosa, Elena Brower, Dana Covello, and Sharon Kenny. She teaches throughout New York City, New Jersey and Japan.

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