イントロダクションとゲストの紹介
せーの What's up amazing people? This is IYASASA RADIO by Akane and Minami.
In this radio, we're going to talk about random topics in Okinawan Japanese and English.
はいたーい。
ぐすーよーちゅーがなびら。イヤササレディオのアカネとミナミやいびん。
うぬーレディオでぐすーよんかい。イエーイゴとウチナーグチさーに。
いっぺーうむさらはなし。トゥドゥケーアンディチ。
うむとおいびん。
エンターテイメント&ホスピタリティ。
バーバラーブリングスアユニークブレンドアーティスティックビジョン
アンストラティックプラニングトゥエブリープロジェクトシータッチズ。
アズアンエクスペリエンストイベントプランナー、マーケターアンドプロモーター、
シーアスハルプトシェイプトメモラブルエクスペリエンシス
アンドサクセスフォールキャンペーンズアクロスダイバースインダストリーズ。
チューンインアズウィダイブイントハジャーニーインサイツ
and the magic she brings to the table.
Next, Giselle with a heart full of love and a mission guiding others towards healing.
Giselle Ravello has been transforming lives through Reiki healing since 2011.
As a licensed Reiki master teacher in training with the International Center for Reiki Training,
a spiritual counselor and meditation teacher,
Giselle combines years of expertise with a deep passion for personal and spiritual growth.
As the founder of APSOL Center for Holistic Health and Wellness in New York City,
she has created the Sanctuary for Holistic Healing,
offering access to top practitioners and diverse modalities.
Known for her grounded, nurturing approach,
Giselle empowers clients to create clarity and balance to manifest authentic and fully present lives.
はい、日本語。
Next, Japanese.
友人としての絆
バーバラ・トーラさんはニューヨークでイベントプランナー、マーケター、プロモーターで活躍しています。
私が行ってたニューヨーク州立ファッション工科大学で一緒に学校に通って友達です。
Giselle Ravelloさんはバーバラの幼馴染で2021年から
レイキーヒーリングをスタートしたレイキーティーチャー、スピリチュアルカウンセラー、瞑想の指導者です。
今日はこっちでレコーディングしているスタジオが
アプソーセンター・フォー・ホリスティック・ヘルス・アンド・ウェルネスというプレイスで
ここのオーナーさんです。
Hi, thank you for coming.
It's so beautiful.
Sorry, it took long.
Thank you for coming.
Long time no see.
It's been like more than 10 years, right?
Wow, 10 years?
And I followed her, that's why I was like, I would always talk about you.
I'm like, oh, you know, that world you live in, it's so, looking into it.
And now everybody's getting more into the culture of Japan.
I feel like now everything is integrating.
I mean, even you doing Reiki.
That was something different.
We're from Japan, so.
We have a different background.
But then here in New York, this is so diverse.
You have that opportunity.
To meet people.
Country.
Languages.
Cultures.
It's one of the good things about being here.
When I was in New York, I met many friends, but they were from all around the world.
So they already went back to their countries.
But you are one of the rare friends who are from New York.
Born and raised in New York.
True New Yorker.
We like to hear that.
True New Yorker.
To other people, right?
We still have to say that we're Dominican.
Right, when we're here.
Ancestral background.
You have to pinpoint it.
We go over there.
We're not Dominican.
You're from New York.
You're New Yorkers.
So are you guys comfortable withholding your New Yorker?
Yes.
Born and raised here.
Haven't lived anywhere else.
We're New Yorkers.
Born in the Bronx.
The Bronx.
How long have you guys been friends?
Since we were five years old.
From kindergarten.
You have to say the year?
Yeah, like our whole lives.
Really.
She's always into something new.
Something different.
Our friendships always stood.
We always kept in contact.
We would talk to each other about
クリエイティブなキャリアの探求
what everybody would do in their life.
But she always did something different.
She would color her hair.
She would listen to rock.
You know?
Yeah.
It's just a different background.
She was into the fashion world.
And doing the...
What was that?
Company?
Yeah, I worked with different brands.
But I was like, wow, that's my world.
I was into fashion.
She was working it.
But it totally went a twist for me.
I put fashion into event planning.
Yeah.
Working in a nightclub.
Oh, yeah.
How do I upgrade working in a nightclub?
But it's kind of what I want to do.
So that's how the whole event planning
and going to school with you
and where we met
and learning how to just
working for designers.
Kind of the same thing I was doing in the nightclub.
But they would do it
for fashion shows
and stuff like that.
Yeah. Event planning is
huge. Many kinds.
The pandemic kind of killed it.
So that's why I was like, oh, what am I going to do now?
I mean, we even did
an event for
practitioners.
So trying to, you know,
because now that everything is
more holistic.
So how did you
go into
a reiki industry?
How did you start it?
Stress.
Stress.
So, yeah, to kind of
piggyback with Barbara's sharing.
I find that we were
both very creative people.
We've been that way our entire lives.
And so we've always been, I think,
very curious about the behind
the scenes of things,
how things work,
that creative process and all that.
So at first I was
studying music
and then
things kind of unfolded
and I just kind of landed
in the fashion industry.
And I was doing sales and marketing there.
And I was really
stressed all the time.
So I think the combination
of the lifestyle here in New York,
you know, some other things,
some other kind of complications
and then living
or working in that
industry where it's like fast-paced,
go, go, go.
You know, so many
parts and it's like you gotta keep up.
I was really stressed
out all the time.
癒しの探求
And that stress started to really
manifest in my body.
It was affecting my mental health, it was affecting
just different things.
And so I
started to think about healing
and I started to think about
how does one heal?
And I went back and I started looking at
my culture, you know.
As Barbara said, we're Dominican.
I was looking at Caribbean
medicine, like how do
we heal?
How did our people heal?
And so
I started to look at
herbal medicine,
I started to look at
how to breathe, just a simple
practice of breathing, right?
And meditating and things like that.
And so I started taking
meditation classes right around here
in this neighborhood and
I happened to take it with this
Japanese healer who was visiting from
Japan. And she was here
for the summer.
And
in those meditation classes, it was
incredible because I had such
profound healing, I didn't know what she was
doing, I just kind of like followed
how she was guiding us.
And then she asked me to work with
her one-on-one.
And
I did and
eventually she told me that she was
doing this practice called Reiki.
I never heard of it, I had no idea what it
was. And so what I did was I went
to the bookstore and
I was like, does anybody know this thing called
Reiki? Can I find a book?
Yeah, we actually have a book on it.
So I took the book home and I read
through that whole thing and I was so
fascinated. I was like, energy healing?
Is that possible?
But I knew that in those sessions
with her,
there was so much that I was clearing
out of my body and I felt more
balanced and I felt more relaxed and I
felt more like myself.
And it was incredible.
And so it took me a little while
but then I found a teacher
who was this couple actually from Costa Rica.
And they had been
here in New York for a really long time
and they taught here and in Costa Rica.
So then I started to realize, oh
there's other healers here
that are practicing Reiki
even though it had its origins in
Japan.
Reiki is
from Japan?
Japan and also
maybe China
influenced, I guess.
Yeah, so it's influenced
by a few different things
and so
our original founder
this was back in the 1920s
he was in Kyoto
and he went and had this
enlightening experience
on Mount Kurama
and then he
developed a system
and he started, there were other healers in Japan
but it's an influence of
Tende Buddhism
with Shintoism
and so it's kind of like pulling from
the native traditions
and also what came later
and it was just
this amazing practice
and it started to heal all around Japan
and so it survived
all these years
and eventually made its way here to
America.
レイキの普及
So you started
Reiki in 2011?
So I became a practitioner in 2011.
So you started before that
and at that time
was it popular?
The Reiki healing?
You've never seen
the salon?
I had to google it.
What is she talking about now?
What is she into now?
It wasn't that popular.
There were some people that knew about it
but it was very like, if you know, you know.
Like if somebody talked
about it coincidentally or something.
But it wasn't out in the open
like that, you know.
I had to really do a lot
of education, like really talk
to people about it and be like, hey, give it a chance
to see how it helps you.
But now, now people are
looking for it. It's so, so different.
So like, when was
the changes
to be like a very popular healing?
I would say
probably around
2018 I started to see a change
where people, more and more people
were seeking it out.
Definitely after the pandemic.
Yeah.
I can tell.
There was a lot of stress
and a lot of healing to be done since then.
And people started knowing about it.
So I guess they had the time.
Now they had the time from working
from home. They're like, oh, that's their
outlet.
So you also work here
as a healer with her?
No, I don't.
I just help her with
talent management.
She helps me with coordinating
events and planning events.
Oh, I see.
I've never had
Reiki before.
We have to change that.
I'm excited for that.
She had Reiki before.
I actually tried
in so many ways
Eastern, how do you say,
to my eczema.
Reiki, we call it
kiko in Japanese, probably.
We tried that.
I tried that in
acupuncture or
homeopathy.
A little sugar.
You have Reiki inside.
Yes.
Homeopathy.
Yeah, we call it homeopathic.
So for eczema?
Yeah.
I have
atopic eczema from
when I was five years old.
She's got
an amazing
remedy for that.
A lot of people come to
Okinawa to treat the eczema.
There are so many healers
in mainland Japan in Okinawa because people
mostly believe
in the spiritual.
Something we can't see.
Okinawa is like a spiritual island.
But for the Reiki
Reiki
shun? How do you say? Reiki artist?
How do you call?
Reiki practitioners
or Reiki healers.
Yeah.
It's not
It's a thing but it's kind of
secret to
find who does
those kind. So it's just
word of mouth introducing
and we connect to the
the practitioner
癒しの起源と日本文化
at that time.
That makes a lot of sense. Based on what we know
there are healers
but like you're saying it's not
out in the open.
And it's interesting how now like Westerners
are coming back to Japan
to teach Japanese people how to do it.
Right? Yeah. It's wild.
It's wild.
Hopefully I'll be able to do it.
But you know
the organization that I'm
connected to and my school and my lineage
we do a lot of
research of going back to
Japan and speaking to the elders
and speaking to all the different people who have been
involved for decades
to try to preserve it
and respect it and honor it
knowing that hey we are
foreigners who are practicing something
that originates from there.
And so we try to do everything respectfully
but there's a lot of information that we're
trying to record so that
people know where it comes from
who's involved, it's origins
and all those things.
But a lot of Japanese people
we've heard have lost touch with it
and so now it's coming back.
And there's more and more classes happening
to train people.
In Japan or Asian
country has many
ways of healing
or therapy
but
after those things
in America, America
is good at branding
all the stuff
and then
and then it comes back
to like the country
it used to have.
It's crazy but
it happens to many things.
But it can always change back
so you can reclaim it
rebrand it
and give it back to people
we can go back and forth
but I think it's important at least to
keep it alive
so that people know it exists
and then have
more people reclaim it
日本文化の国際的な人気
I love to study world cultures
there's always been healing traditions
and different shamanic traditions
and such throughout the world
and so when you lose touch
with something and somebody comes back
and introduces it
then you can explore it from a different perspective
and apply it to a more modern way
so
every part of the world has its own version
of it
but there's something really
significant and special about
this system because it survives
this long
and it has spread worldwide now
there's millions of practitioners
throughout the world
and they decide about what comes out of Japan
it's great
you started before it
became very popular
yeah
I'm also thinking about that
people are really obsessed
here with Japanese culture
I mean from
the music
I'm proud of being Japanese
it's really interesting from the music
the culture, the fashion
the healing systems
there's this real wave
that's happened in the last 10 years
I didn't know that
yeah
it doesn't even seem so far
I can think of so many people
who are into Japanese culture
or eat their food
is it
only Japan or
Korean culture is big
Korean culture is huge here
too
but I find
that it's
kind of pockets of interest
with Korean culture
at least the people that I know
it's like certain things
about the culture
but I feel like
with Japanese culture
it's very broad
Japan overall
is a thing
some of you guys before
I know at least 15 people
who went to Japan this year
alone
that's just people that I can think of
I'm sure there was more
people would say it was a dream to go to Japan
it's because it's cheap now
so it's the time
to go to Japan
it's expensive
it was too far
but this year it's good for
going overseas to Japan
there's something
going on
for you guys it's very cheap
so it's that time
we were surprised
it's been on my bucket list for many years
many tourists and
many clients from overseas
are increasing in Japan
because of yen
I feel like Japanese yen
becoming cheap is not
a very happy thing for us
but to hear that the Japanese
culture, Japanese everything
is going to be popular because of
Japan is now cheap but
it let people to know
about Japan more
internationally
it's good and bad but it's good
for the raising
awareness kind of thing
I hope it balances out
the yen coming down
to more
so that we can have music here
hopefully it eases it out
I feel like Japanese restaurant
increased in few years
in New York City
for sure
like I said the last 10 years
you wouldn't even hear
there was maybe just one Japanese
restaurant
when I was here
it was difficult to find Japanese
restaurant I mean there is but it's
expensive sushi restaurant
for us
we don't want to hate this money for sushi here
right
it doesn't taste as good
I think there is
a restaurant
did you look up
a couple in every neighborhood?
not yet
there is 3 at least around here
you mean Japanese food?
there is a lot
there is a lot in New York
I feel like we have Japanese food
at least once a week
I know
people like anime
Japanese food
music
music is
I can't imagine
why Japanese music is popular
our parents' generation's music
is popular in overseas
Showa songs are popular
to specific people
like Japanese old folk music
like to my parents' generation
yeah
it's getting popular
there is always people
who love those genres
in overseas but we just don't know
so they
you know telling me
do you know this song
I don't know
it's so famous
because you are Japanese
you should know this
like oh my god
they know something we don't know
sometimes like you know
going back to
re-introduction
you don't know this so I gotta show you
it's like that
it's like that
it's not K-pop popular
it's more like
nerdy Japanese
anyway
it's fun
do you have like a stereotype
of Japanese people
you mean Japanese American
not Japanese American
Japanese Japanese
家族との絆
the only thing I can really think of
is that you guys dress really well
oh
that expectation that you like dress
really well
and so we don't know how to compete with that
we don't know
I think a lot of people try to emulate
the style but they are just nowhere close
so yeah you guys
have a reputation for dressing really well
so you have to look fabulous all the time
how about American
so many
there is no American stereotype
like Latin American, Asian American
like white American stereotype
like so many information to us
so how about Latin
since we are Latin American
Latin American moms are strict
that's a fact
that's not a stereotype
and we speak to them at least
five times a day
she does
I had to stop
only because I am working
but she expects me to call her at least five times a day
family bond
family is more important
but that's Latin people and Italian
my understanding
my stereotype
we are kind of
groomed for our family to be the center
of our world
it can be a good thing
but also it can feel a little
self-sacrificing
she is dating someone that is not Hispanic
it's not allowed
they are like
it seems obsessive
is your mom obsessed with you?
is that okay?
she acts as mean
I am like five times a day
what are you talking about?
how about Japanese moms?
what's that relationship?
it depends on the place
Japanese moms can be very strict
or either spoil
or pamper their kids
but I think
both mom and dad
don't really do physical
affection
like hug, kiss
we don't really say to each other
I love you among family
that's Japanese style
to not say that
it's not like
we are not allowed to say it
but it's
unnatural to say it
like I love you
why do you say that?
a Latin American stereotype
is that we are too much
too touchy
we kiss you and we grab your butt
things like that
being playful
we say I love you
sometimes we get off the phone
you guys are more
expressive
you guys are the most expressive
maybe the culture
but Japan is maybe the opposite
very opposite
we change personality
when we speak in Japanese and English
sure
maybe when you guys speak
Spanish
your personality will change
yeah
I think we get louder
in Spanish
high energy
when I speak English I'm pretty chill
calm, grounded
I get with other Dominicans
that's the part
very cheerful
and festive
I'm like I need a nap
it's just a lot
but it's fun
we love to dance
in New York many races
live together in the same place
I love it
you mentioned you guys are Dominican
but you are from New York
I want to know
the feelings
and struggles
anything about
this topic
living as a Dominican
in the US
we didn't know Dominican Republic
we only knew here
and the Bronx back in the days
was full of drugs
ブロンクスの変化
the Bronx was
burned down
buildings, rubbles
crack houses
so people still have that stereotype
Bronx
I also have a stereotype
there's actually a movie
the Bronx is burning
it came out around that time
about what was going on
the epidemic that was going on
at that time
we grew up throughout that
and now it's not
there's a beautiful
renaissance that's going on
in the Bronx
where I think our
generation and even a little younger
are thinking about
let's reinvest
into our borough
be creative
you have all these entrepreneurs
you have restaurants
and bars and cultural things
happening
the Bronx is also full of
so much creativity
so much talent
amazing ideas
artists and visionaries
this is a beautiful movement
that's happening there
where I would say
in the last few years
there's more and more
that's emerging from there
we always had this reputation of being rough
and we are
but they say
what is it
pressure makes
diamonds
we live through some things
especially our generation
and older
but there's been some really awesome stuff
and awesome people
that's come out of there
in Okinawa
the rappers
are now very popular
from Okinawa
I saw the TV
it was recorded
in the Bronx
and the Okinawa rapper went there
to meet a rapper
from the Bronx
I saw a music culture
connecting to Okinawa
at the time and I thought it was pretty cool
we had b-boys
over there
what do you guys call it?
we call it b-boys
breakdancing
different styles
hip hop was born
in the Bronx
so there's so much
there and it's been
beautiful to watch over
the years how hip hop has
influenced worldwide
and all
these different cultures can appreciate
ニューヨークの文化とアイデンティティ
what was created
here and
take it to the next level
the evolution of hip hop
and so
we grew up
witnessing it begin
storytelling
good generation
so that was really cool
to live through that
and now it's like everywhere
so I've seen
a lot of Japanese dancers
in the breakdancing competitions
and I'm like wow
look at that
and then develop their own style
they bring in their own flair
and it's like wow
so impressive
especially for Okinawan people
we get influenced by US culture
like so much
than any other mainland Japanese
so hip hop is
like a main thing
to listen
especially our generation
yeah
if only music
then hip hop is number one
there's so much music
to take in
you have everything
that starts from late 70s
80s, 90s
throughout
so much talent
out of New York too
so make sure to listen to New York hip hop
okay
this might be controversial
but you know
it began here and we just have
so many amazing artists
both mainstream and underground
and so spend a lot
of time there and take that in
I want to say we're the best
but that's controversial
so I'm not gonna say that
but wink wink
but you know
that attitude is so right
because you're from Bronx
so you gotta represent
it's a thing here
that when you're a New Yorker
we don't say we're New Yorkers
to each other
we'll say where you from
the Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
you gotta say the Bronx
Bro
I'm from Bronx
yeah exactly
so you have to represent
your borough
where you're actually from
if we're outside of New York City
we'll say we're from New York
and if you know about New York
you'll say where are you really from
the Bronx
Bronx
but you gotta represent your borough
what's the image of the people
from Brooklyn
oh man we're gonna be here
we're gonna be here for a while
Brooklyn now is
not Brooklyn
I feel the same
not the Brooklyn we grew up with
Brooklyn now is like
all these cultures
all these people that are not from New York
that come from other states
and live in Brooklyn
because they heard about Brooklyn
so now you go to Brooklyn
and it's not the Brooklyn
it's like
they want to say they're New Yorkers
they want to say they're New Yorkers
with their flair and their glasses
and the style that they want to bring
to but none of them
are from there
so here's the unspoken
well I don't know if it's unspoken
you can back me up here
here's the rule
if you are from somewhere else
you have to be
living in New York
for at least 10 years
and not want to move
anywhere else
to be called a New Yorker
you need like 10 years
you need 10 years to be officially
initiated as a New Yorker
but you cannot want to live
anywhere else you have to stay here
in New York
if you leave then you're not a New Yorker anymore
we take it back
we take your card back
you don't get that stamp of approval
anymore
we have like similar things in Okinawa
so what's yours?
Okinawa is like one of the
popular place to move
because
the weather is nice
because it's paradise
but many mainland
people from Japan come to Okinawa
and start their business
and they buy
the apartment
and it's
pretty hard to live
in Okinawa as a local now
because
the housing is
I can imagine that it's getting higher
getting higher
so
10 years
is necessary
but even after 10 years
you can't become a New Yorker
right?
多様性と相互理解
no
New York is like Tokyo
so
it's different
Okinawa is like one single
small island
most of us is Okinawan
or others
but New York is like
so many races
here so we cannot put in a group
or anything
but Okinawa is like Okinawan or not
or not
so we never call people Okinawan anymore
I mean New York has always
been known as like
we call it the melting pot
it's like the hub of the world
because literally
we have so much diversity
here in comparison
to other cities
or even major cities
in the world
is it hard
to you know
surrounded by a lot of races
a lot of people
do you have any struggle to
get along with
many people in general
what I have a hard time
with is I want to know
everybody's language
I want to know
what are we celebrating
today
I want to do everything
you know
we're Jewish
we're Muslim today
we're eating matzo balls
we dive into it
we're Japanese another day
you know
it's just hard to keep up
we want to know the language
we want to know the cultures
we want to know the holidays
and here in New York
we have so many celebrations
because we have so many cultures
so it's like every weekend
there's something going on
and now the schools are actually incorporated
before it was always like Christmas
or you know
I was probably like the only Jewish
but now we have
Id Mubak
it doesn't make it hard
I don't think that doesn't make it hard
it makes it fascinating
and it's so
easy and so
you grow up from it as a little kid
like a little Japanese
little girl would be friends with a little
ニューヨークにおける文化の違い
Indian girl and they're the best friends ever
and they know each other's
cultures so you grow up with that
you know with everybody
being so together
I felt like
living in New York
as a Japanese Asian
I think it's easier
compared to other states
like when I went to Colorado
and I was at the
mall and
waiting for a toilet and
people were staring at me
Japanese people are here
it was too rare
being there as Japanese
they've never seen Japanese
people
but in New York
people don't care
you're like just another person
the funny part is that they probably don't know
you're Chinese
you're Chino
you're Korean
or Japanese
they can't tell
everyone is Chino
in a lot of places
there's Chinatowns
throughout the United States
unfortunately
I don't know the difference of Asian cultures
so there's a Chinatown
you kind of get pushed
into the same culture
so you can't tell
Japanese, Korean, Chinese
now I do
outside of New York
I don't know
I don't know what the Asian diversity is
but here I think many of us can tell
I can tell
by many things
but the language
人々のつながり
features
mannerisms
for example
if you don't know us
and if we don't talk
can you tell we are Japanese?
I think so
if we don't talk
Dominicans are very hard to read
because we are the most diverse
Caribbean
people
and diverse
in Latin America
so we literally
are like the rainbow
so you can't tell
what a Dominican person is
by appearance
until we speak
oh that person is Dominican
I always said
I know the barber is from Bronx
but I don't know
what her language is
you have an accent
probably from Spanish
and you hear it?
yeah I can tell
you have some accent
but I didn't know
it's from Spanish
my mother is Dominican
and my dad is Ecuadorian
so South American
so that's where
high cheekbones
and that's only here
I'm Dominican in New York
are you Indian?
are you Hawaiian?
nobody really knows
I can play a couple of roles in a movie
Dominican appearance
so diverse
very diverse
but you guys cannot even tell
who is Dominican
you guys have the Dominican radar
yeah we have Dominican radar
for sure
it's just a feeling
do you feel that way too?
to be able to pick out other Japanese people
it's just like a feeling
a sensing of oh you're my people
the way their clothes
and fashion
see what I mean? everybody dresses amazing
it's just like you can feel if somebody is gay
oh I know she's gay
there's a gay radar
there's an ethnicity radar
you just know your people
you can feel it
it's funny
I feel like
you guys are very positive
about the race
I feel the same
super positive
even though there are a lot of complicated events
it's still fun
that's how I feel
yeah I feel the same
when I ask about you
as a melting pot
is it hard or something like that
you accept everything
in a positive way
perspective only
feels like
Barbara and I are
those type of people
we're very optimistic
and very
positive
always seeking the good in people
or even in a situation
even in a bad situation
it's like you know what
I'm just doing it for a reason
the universe made this happen
so that later
we'll find that silver lining
we do
but I think
just naturally
who we are
we just really like people
we like people
we love being around people
and talking to them
getting to know them
友情と身体接触の文化
their background
these are just regular conversations for us
I had a class at FIT
I met people from New York
New Yorkers
but not many people talked to me
like Korean friends
or Chinese friends talked to me
because we look similar
but you were only the one
who talked to me
as a New Yorker
I thought it was pretty cool
and your
character
and friendly
you are
totally
different from
the image of the New Yorker
for me
I mean
we can be rude too
don't mess with us
I get that a lot
and that's how I met you
she would say hi
how are you?
I was like oh my god
she's so pretty
she's good at making friends
I got a new friend, Connie
I love that
if you touch me
I'm Dominican
you touch me a lot
and I like that too
I don't know
that it's such a culture thing
that they don't
I realized
that it's a little bit much
and I'm like I touch a lot
I'll tell you
I'm a hugger
we have to come with a warning sign
I'm a hugger
now I tell people
I'm a hugger
I'm asking or I'm telling
or I'm just going to tell you
artistic
that they don't like to be touched
and it's like
they still want to be touched
and it's like come
yeah I'm breaking you
yes
you are good at it
yeah
it feels non-threatening
it just feels like love
it comes from love
there's no faking
like that to me
we're warm people
we just kind of radiate that warmth
that friendliness
ニューヨークにおける癒しの実践
everybody wants to talk to her
me not always
sometimes
that's it
and then I get started
she'll bring the person in
and then we keep the conversation going
but she talks to everybody
she just literally sparkles
wherever she goes
really like that
special friends
it's not that easy to make
American friends
when we come to America
to study
because all Asians
have to stay together
that's true too
people of like-mindedness
will stick together
because it's a comfort thing
it's like
you feel like you won't be rejected
from a certain group
that you feel you belong to
but I have to say
out of the places
I've visited throughout the US
New Yorkers are definitely
I would say
we're more open
to bridge
I feel that too
音響療法の実践
it's hot
so you do
reiki
and this one too
how does it go?
it is part of the reiki
we have to end with some sound healing
can you play that?
sure
how do you call it again?
these are
called Tibetan sound bowls
sound bowl
sound bowl
in Japanese
the idea is that
when you play it
the vibration will sync
with your body
so this one specifically
is for grounding
so it helps you to ground
when your body is listening
to the vibrations
it starts to create that same effect
in your body
I don't know if you'll be able to see
but there's feet
at the bottom of the bowl
so that
lets you know
all of the markings are different prayers
and affirmations
these are specifically made by families
who have kept the tradition
going for a long long time
so they're very special
so you want to try it?
everybody take a deep breath
you could stay there right?
I'm in another universe
I was not in New York
my son
she did an event
and she had sound baths
so I brought my son with me
and he loves
he loves all this stuff
but he really doesn't know
the first one was the sound bath
and he went in the room
I left, I sat out there
he comes back
you're talking about your son?
my son, he's 8 years old
he's like, mom
I went to sleep but I wasn't sleeping
and he came back again
he was like, can I do that again?
another 45 minutes
when I was in the hospital
she was my doula
she was there, she did the Reiki
when you were pregnant?
when she was
having the baby
we set it up, we did aromatherapy
during the give and take
she was with me
but she was in the room with me
talk about it
it's incredible
doing it with babies now
doing Reiki with babies
we can work with anyone
but with her
I felt, my gosh
it was one of the biggest honors of my life
she was my best friend
her babies were all excited
she asked me
I want you to be with me in the room
I want you to be my doula
and do our thing
we were into the crystals
into the aromatherapy
the essential oils
we had a whole plan
we meditate together
all these beautiful things
I get emotional talking about it
it was so special
we had the room all set up
she had a vision
for how she wanted to bring the baby
into the world
I was giving her Reiki
出産におけるサポート体験
Reiki is hands on
it's touch
I am channeling energy
we call it Ki
I'm transmitting that to the body
your body absorbs that energy
it helps you to cleanse
recharge and balance yourself
it's good for pain relief
pain relief
while you're in birth
it helps you to ground and center
it helps you to
calm your nervous system
it has so many benefits
I'm doing that
I'm massaging her
we're talking and doing affirmations
positive affirmations
we're breathing
things took a turn
because
the baby
the baby's heart rate had dropped
we were ready
for a natural birth
things changed
we have to make sure the baby is safe
things turned
it was an emergency
cesarean
it was terrifying
I talk about this a lot
it's such a vulnerable
experience
here she is
she has this mindset
she wants to do it
things feel out of control
it happened so fast
it was so overwhelming
they're shoving papers in her face
sign this, do this
people are coming at her
she's like what is going on
she gets rushed into the operating room
her mom and I
we're talking things through
I'm trying to keep her mom calm
she's like my daughter
she wanted to make sure she was safe
luckily I was able to go into the room
with her
to witness my best friend
going through this
and feel like she had no control
you have to be at the mercy
of other people
to keep her safe
and to keep the baby safe
thankfully everything went okay
she was incredible
she is a champ
she got off
she got off the table
and started walking around
after the surgery
I went like this
from the operating table
they're like you feel your legs
I'm like no
it was wild
the funnier part now is that
my son is into
crystals
he's our magic baby
he's like
he'll breathe in
mom breathe in through your mouth
クリスタルとエネルギー感受性
breathe in through your nose
out through your mouth
he's a healer
he remembers
I'm guessing
I don't know
him coming into the sound bath
he loved it
he still talks about it
he gets into
he calls it sleep
that's how he's explaining it
he's into crystals
he has over 250 crystals
he knows the name of them
and if he doesn't
he looks it up
and if he meets you
he'll give you a crystal
he wants to share
that love
he's like wait I got something
he'll go into his little room
he'll specifically pick one
that he feels that it goes with you
I don't say nothing to him
I just let him do this
I observe
can he read emotion
or color of the person
there's a lot of kids that are
artistic
he is friends with them
your son is so sweet
nobody else plays with them
I don't know if he knows
that they're special
he just knows that
it's a different playing
a different way of playing
my son is touchy too
like you
I see that
they know that it's not
threatening
they allow it from him
knowing that
that's something they don't like from nobody
I see that
he does have that knack
it's similar to my husband
he does the same thing
not the same thing
but he can see
how people feel
he always takes care of
the people
people who are weak
or not strong
we call it an energetic sensitivity
or being empathic
we can sense other people
and people do it different ways
sometimes you can sense people's thoughts
or feelings
or you can sense changes in their body
or what their health is like
or if there's something
off balance
it's an interesting thing
because we could be in a conversation
and if you slightly change something
you're like
you're like
you're like
wait a minute
I just had that thought
sensitive
but you feel it
highly sensitive person
yeah, HSP
highly sensitive person
that's you?
I get too tired of it
it can feel overwhelming
that's why you need Reiki
and you learn how to block it
you have to learn how to block that
you have to learn
there's a lot of tools
that you can learn to be able to manage it
but you have to be able to
kind of turn it off
you know
when we call Ki
in Japanese we call Ki the same thing
well that's where I got it from
yeah
at least that's what I was taught
but you call it
you call it more like Ki
right?
we call it Ki
shorter version of Ki
anyway
in Okinawan people
or who likes to
spiritual things
how to write a Chinese character
of Ki
is different
standard Japanese
I don't know if it's true or not
after World War 2
maybe the US government or GHQ
changed how to write the Ki
but old version
means by more energy
Ki
but right now it's more like a play
modified to like
not really
original Ki
but so
they changed how to write
Chinese character
and then meaning also changed
so it's like not really
important thing anymore
自然との再接続
but people knows it
try to use old version of Ki
so when we texting each other
I can say oh
you're the one using this Ki
so you like the spiritual thing
yeah
and you believe in like something
invisible or like some energy
like around the people
there are many people
who like those things in Okinawa
like power
energy
Ki
there are so many healers in Japan
I don't know in Okinawa
I think
people are more accepting about
what you do
we need to go
it's interesting
would you say that
the people of Okinawa
are more connected to nature
yes
we worship nature
so if you're still
connected to nature
the elements, the land
you're really in touch
with the spirit of things
and so another way to say
like energy
is spirit
just like
you and I being spirits
and the plant being a spirit
and the water is a spirit
and that we're still
we are nature
and sometimes I think people
lose themselves when they start to see
themselves apart from nature
that happens a lot when you live in a city
when you're not connected to the trees
and to the ocean
or the waters and the plants
and I think that
now more than ever
we're realizing we have to get back
to nature
we have to go back to respecting the land
and having a relationship
with nature again
so that's why New Yorkers
as much as we love living here
we know we also need to
leave sometimes
do you guys
feel that way
like you were born and raised
in New York and you sometimes feel
you want to go to nature
I have to
just the other day
I went to my father's house
he lives upstate
as soon as I got to his house
I took off my shoes and went on the grass
I was like
I don't know how to explain it
I was like
ahh
I needed grass
and I'm like this
I don't
study that but I know that it feels good
at the beach
and the water
I live by the water
I live by the beach
I love to be around water
don't get in the water
沖縄のスピリチュアリティ
but I like to be around though
I'm air
not water
I'm water
yeah there's something
so you would say back home
you still have that kind of
relationship and respect
for the earth and everything
we
spiritual island
okinawa
we have like many spots
protected
by government too
people are not allowed to go
in there because there's a
god there
power spot
what's it called?
ugandju
in okinawa
power spot
it's english
but i think english japanese
power spot
we have
vortexes like sedona let's say
it's like a vortex of energy
and you get healing from that
from that spot
but I learned that
in shintoism
the different
gods and goddesses
or the nature deity
we call kami
that's the english
god
we even say like there is a god
in
rice
in a grain of rice
everything is a living
being
so everything has a spirit
like the kanji
i want to show you guys the kanji of reiki
if you haven't seen it
because the part of it
the key part
it said that
it was rice
cooking rice
cooking rice
it has changed
it has changed
but it was the rice cooking
so the change
of the physical matter
and the steam
the evaporating water
that change of alchemy
from one thing to another
that's life force too
so life force can have
all these different expressions
it could be air, it could be water
it could be earth, it could be fire
and so the boiling pot of rice
that it represents all the elements
and how it changes from one point to the other
and i was like
mind blown
i'm like this is brilliant
沖縄の観光と食文化
i want to know how you feel about okinawa
after learning some things
this is the sign
we just told her
this is the sign, we're going over there
i think you will love okinawa
it's a totally different place
it's like the caribbean of the asians
that's what i was going to say
how people come
go to the caribbean to vacation
from here
it's kind of cool
just her describing your pictures
convinced me
i was like i'm going
it's amazing
i have a fun question
what would be the top
three things in okinawa
that we would have to do
and then we'll answer it
new york version
three things?
swim in the ocean
snorkeling, diving
snorkeling
i can recommend
we have beautiful corals
one of the most beautiful
coral reefs
and we are
it's controversial
but it's alright
food
okinawan food
okinawan food
is influenced by
japan and china
and america
so we have like mixed culture
sounds delicious
we also have
taco rice
taco rice?
what is this?
taco rice is like tacos
but with rice
but it's not wrapped
it's just rice and
rice, pork meat
and lettuce
cheese and tomato
in a bowl
it's like rice
it's like one of the
most popular
food in okinawa
it's very huge
in the ocean
try taco bowl
wait, taco rice
taco rice
alright, so number three
number three
drink
we have many places
awamori
do you guys?
we have like okinawan sake
local sake
and we also have like snake sake
snake?
it's called
habushu
habushu is like a
strong poison snake
but when we make alcohol
we
exclude the poison
and then we put the snake in
awamori
it's like energy
it said like it has
gives you more like
energy
or like
it's more like a herb
herb and snake
sometimes
it's really good
so with the scorpion
yeah
kind of stuff
I don't think it has any
properties to help
we don't know that
we may not know that
but that's pretty cool
at the end of the day it's alcohol
so you don't have to drink for health
but if you wanna drink
but at least if you're drinking
it has some health benefits
maybe
yeah
it's drinking with a purpose
yeah
I'm down for that
that's really good
generally speaking
okinawan people are nice
they are
and they are slow
I can go with same
we're too fast here
it's like people in Hawaii
I think it's similar
I'm so excited to go
I know right
I've been looking at it
it's easy to come to Okinawa
it's easy to enjoy
because we have many American people already
and then some restaurant
can speak English
they have like English menu
we
get used to be with
American people
I think it's
it's nice
now I'm gonna do my homework
I'm gonna do a whole report on Okinawa
you guys wanna go to Tokyo too
right?
Tokyo, Osaka
and I wanna go to Kyoto
because our Reiki origins
are from there
Tokyo is like coming
yeah I think same
but it's really
I mean I guess
it's such a different
I love the lights
oh top 3
you wanna pick one
and I'll pick one
let me see
I was thinking
they have to
go to Coney Island
wow that's a classic
you gotta go to Coney Island
actually Friday
they have the mermaid for me
the mermaid
in Coney Island
so Coney Island is in Brooklyn
ニューヨークの名所
and it has
I think I've been there
that's a spot
for a date
it's an amusement park
and a boardwalk
that's like a
native New Yorker classic
and you have to have the hotdog
you gotta have the hotdog
and you gotta have a beer on the boardwalk
and if you like clams
some people go for the clams
yeah but it's super fun
and it's like people from all over
New York
it's just a good time
they have fireworks at night
it's just a good old time
you can spend the whole day there
especially now in the summer
everybody's just kinda hanging out
and also it's like partying all the time
people dancing on the boardwalk
it's really awesome
sounds fun
Coney Island
so we're going classic
you could go
yeah I think another
classic one that you get
a lot of props for
is if you walk
the George Washington Bridge
or the Brooklyn Bridge
yeah
that's like you're hardcore
that's awesome
take pictures
yeah and take pictures
the Brooklyn Bridge is nicer
because it has like
the Manhattan
yeah you get like a different
view but
to cross the rivers
I think those are
really exciting
and it's accessible
you could do that year round
nice
ニューヨークの食文化
how about a third
food
I think if you
really want to have a New York experience
you gotta do like a food tour
food tour
a bacon egg and cheese
oh you got
yeah
so a New York
classic
you have to say it correctly
it's a bacon egg and cheese
what's that?
bacon egg and cheese
bacon egg and cheese
so you go to
what we call a bodega
a bodega is like a
it's just like a convenience store
and every neighborhood has
many
there's one at every corner
and you order a bacon egg and cheese
one word
bacon egg and cheese
bacon egg and cheese
bacon egg and cheese
bacon egg and cheese
and you put like salt and pepper ketchup
salt and ketchup
toast it
toast and ketchup
salt and pepper
and ketchup
no and
salt and pepper ketchup
salt and
salt, pepper, ketchup
and if you
really want to take it up a notch
a coffee
coffee
not a coffee
a coffee
light and sweet
coffee
what is coffee?
you know like coffee, like the drinking coffee
like caffeine
but in New York we say coffee
coffee
can I get a coffee?
light and sweet
light and sweet
so there's going to be lots of milk
very light with milk
and very sweet with sugar
so you got to get a coffee
light and sweet
coffee
so that's breakfast
bacon egg and cheese
salt and pepper ketchup
coffee light and sweet
coffee light and sweet
that's for breakfast and then for lunch
you do the next one
the chopped cheese
so you want to explain the chopped cheese
the chopped cheese is chicken
chopped
or beef
and then they just put it in a roll
in a sandwich
so just the meat
sandwich
sandwich
sandwich
sandwich
that's where the Spanish
sandwich
sandwich
so you get the
chopped cheese
chopped cheese
sandwich
that's it?
coffee
that's for the morning
coffee is for the morning
so chopped cheese is for lunch
unless you want to be like J-Lo
with the orange drink
everybody was like what is she talking about
the orange drink
she was trying to say that
I remember when I was in the Bronx
and I used to have chopped cheese
with orange drink
and everybody was like
orange juice
well we don't want to
drop names because you know
it's a podcast
but you know
there's some fun drinks
that we like here
that are flavored drinks
but we're not going to drop names
because you know
so later
we'll tell you later what to order with your chopped cheese
ニューヨークの朝食
so yeah, New York City classics
yay
I can act like a New Yorker
I can try that
in the breakfast
can you say
so we're going to practice one more time
so for breakfast
you're going to go to the bodega
and you're going to order
Big Nugget Cheese
Big Nugget Cheese
they know exactly what you're going to get
you can say it with an accent
they will know exactly what you mean
Big Nugget Cheese
Toasted on a roll
Toasted on a roll
Toasted on a roll
yeah
if you want to be extra
with the coffee
light and sweet
what are you going to say? Toasted?
at that point they ask you
you want to toast it?
what do you want it on?
you can say roll
you can say hero
you can say toast
you can get it on
but they usually yell it out
you want it toasted?
yeah
you need to yell
for sure
the thing is that New Yorkers
we speak very fast
the New York minute
is a thing
we get very impatient
if you speak slow
or if you're taking too long
we're like hurry up
or you get cut off
so you have to talk really fast
especially at the bodega
because they're busy
what do you want?
I experienced
exactly the same
this morning
because she was preparing
with her makeup
I'm going to go to a small store
サンドイッチの注文
to order a sandwich
sandwich
sandwich
I went there
but I was so lost
there are so many menus
and people keep coming
and keep ordering
it was like a competition
everybody has their favorite bodega
that they go to
and they're loyal to that bodega
because they know how to make that stuff
so you don't go to another one
you go to the one you really like
that's so interesting
let's be quick
big nigga cheese
I'm going to order that in the morning
send us pictures
we're happy dog first
big nigga cheese
love it
it's going to be funny
it's not the big nigga cheese
I could grow older after
it's always a risk
when we order some food
I don't even know
what kind of food is coming to me
I say it wrong
but they say like
they prefer different things
sometimes it happens in the States
because I talk so slow
and I can get confused
they're just making it
so what is this
and you get what you get
and that's the thing here
nobody wants to
you don't want to send it back
or tell them they made a mistake
because people get mad
so you're like okay I'll just take it
are you going to eat this?
or we trade
you don't want to make them mad
people making your food
I get what I get
you get what you get
good lesson
do you have anything
to promote
or tell the world
I do work with people
around the world
I'm so happy to be able to say that
especially because
it's New York
and I get to work with so many people
they end up either moving
to different places
or they're here temporarily
or they go back home
so I have this ability
to work with people anywhere
as a healer
and a guide
personally
I'm happy
to work with anyone who's
looking to create more balance in their lives
looking to de-stress
and heal
and
Upsil is
this beautiful healing sanctuary
in the middle of New York City
so if you come visit here
we can take care of you too
I like your studio
thank you so much
feel comfortable
you feel the peacefulness
the key
good key
it's very Reiki charged here
I'm glad you guys got to experience it
thank you for having us
thank you for having us here
so we will see you
in Okinawa
we'll see you in Okinawa
and in New York
we'll make it happen
thanks to everybody
for listening
should we end with
another meditation?
take a deep breath
that's all folks
that's all for today
bye
