About Rieko Umemura
Your Ayurvedic practitioner. Your yoga teacher.
Rieko first began studying Ayurveda with Dr. V. Nagaraj, BSc, B.A.M.S, B.S.A.M, D.N.Y (India) in Mysore, India as part of her yoga training in 2012. She was teaching Bikram yoga in India at that time, but the Universe brought her to Mysore to meet Ayurveda. She finished a two-year intensive training in 2018 in Australia including herbology and pharmacology with Dr. Bosco Paul, B.A.M.S (India) being a shadow of Dr. at the clinic. She is a professional member of Australasian Association of Ayurveda (AAA).
In 2019, Rieko was at Praanadha Ayurveda Hospital and Ashtangam Ayurveda Medical Collage Hospital in Kerala, India for Panchakarma (deep internal detoxification and rejuvenation treatment) and continuous professional development. The whole experience and generosity of the doctors and staffs became treasure and inspiration for her to spread the love of Ayurveda in the community in Australia.
Rieko has trained extensively in Bikram hatha yoga series (2011 USA), Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga (2012 India), Yin yoga (2017 Australia), Trauma informed yoga training (2018 Australia), Prenatal yoga (2018 Australia) and has joined regional and international yoga asana championship (2009-2011 Philippines and USA), advanced yoga seminar (84 Hatha yoga asanas, 2009 USA). She continues to learn about The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, which refers to The Eight Limbs of Yoga, each of which offers guidance on way of living.
She teaches group yoga class as well as private class that integrates Ayurveda, Yoga Chikitsa (therapy) into your yoga practice depending on your unique constitution and current imbalance of health, called Ayurveda informed yoga. She integrates elements of different kinds of yoga styles depending on your needs. It is truly therapeutic.
Other than yoga and Ayurveda, Japanese native Rieko loves cooking, traveling, visiting temples and spending time with her husband and their beloved pug.
'One who sees equally the entire universe in his own self and his own self in the entire universe is in possession of true knowledge.'
CHARAKA SAMHITA
Harmony Within is for anyone who has interest in learning more about their health, body and mind, Ayurveda and yoga. Rieko is passionate and devoted to learning, sharing, making this ancient wisdom accessible to everyone, so we can use it, and most importantly enjoy it. Ayurveda is really about offering us insights about how we can fulfill our potential based on our own choice.
Rieko hopes that you start understanding your own nature and some of the basic principles of Ayurveda, so you can include that knowledge easily into your daily life, and it will change your relationship with yourself and Nature, you will find a path to holistic approach to self healing and nourishment, peace, happiness, and start living in harmony with your self and with Nature.
