​Yuri - Emotional Wellness Coach

Hi, my name is Yuri, and I am a Certified Professional Emotional Wellness Coach.  I am also a freelance stager/ballet mistress, a wife to my incredibly supportive and patient soul mate, and a mother to my unique, quirky, kind, and most loving teen boy imaginable.  

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I work with devoted, talented professional/aspiring dancers just like you, working hard in one of the toughest, yet most rewarding professions.

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I am originally from Japan, and for as long as I can remember, all I ever wanted to do was Ballet. I worked hard and was determined, focused and dedicated from a very young age, directing all my energy into pursuing my dream of working in the 'Ballet World', and that is exactly what I ended up doing for living – teaching professional dancers, first at English National Ballet in London as a full time choreologist/ballet mistress, then as a freelance ballet mistress, rehearsing dancers and staging productions for major ballet companies around the globe for over twenty years.  I have been truly blessed to have had an amazing career so far, working with and learning from incredibly talented dancers, choreographers and directors in all corners of the world, and I absolutely love what I do.

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As you all know, to be a successful professional dancer takes a lot of dedication, determination, discipline, courage and true passion from an early age.  Disappointment, anxiety, emotional stress are all part of dancers' everyday life, yet there is a very little support available for these dancers to maintain their emotional wellness.  

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The combination of my skill and training as a life coach with more than two decades of experience working in the world of ballet uniquely allows me to follow my passion of supporting dancers' emotional wellness.  

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