Credentials
April 2004 - Asami attended her first-ever yoga class at a church basement with her mom, Yuko.
August 2006 - Began practicing regularly at a local yoga studio in downtown Montreal.
August 2009 - Completed her first 200-hour teacher training in Byron Bay Australia with Santosha Yoga Institute.
March 2010 - Began teaching right after the training in Sydney Australia.
May 2012 - Completed and assisted a 200-hour teacher training led by Zoe Trenwith in Bali Indonesia with SBC Yoga.
May 2012 - Relocated to Singapore to teach at Hom Yoga for 3 months.
September 2012 - Relocated to Montreal Canada.
November 2012 - Attended a weekend workshop with Sarah Powers and affirmed the love of Yin Yoga.
April 2013 - Completed her Yin Yoga Teacher Training at HappyTree Yoga in Montreal Canada.
June 2015 - Met Amy Ippoliti at Hanuman Festival in Boulder Colorado.
February 2017 - Started her 500-hour Advance Teacher Training with Amy Ippoliti and Vesselify School of Yoga. Attended modules in Boulder CO, Sunshine Coast Australia, Nosara Costa Rica, and Seattle Washington.
March 2017 - Started one of the mentorship programs at Vesselify School of Yoga, On The Road, with Amy. (Assisted in Toronto, Texas, Connecticut and online modules)
April 2020 - Started a meditation program with Sally Kempton.
November 2020 - Completed her 500-hour training and received 300-hour Advance Yoga Teacher certificate from Amy Ippoliti and Vesselify School of Yoga.
October 2021 - Taught Online 300-hour Training for Vesselify School of Yoga as a part of support faculty. Led weekly classes to over 80 yoga teachers worldwide and facilitated 8 months long mentorship cohort sessions for 25 yoga teachers.
November 2021 - Completed 75-hour study of Social Justice and Yoga with Michelle Cassandra Johnson.
December 2021 - Completed 222-hour Kundalini Illuminated Residency with her friend Kimiko Tao Fujimoto.
May 2024 - Became a lululemon ambassador.