よろしくお願いします

my name is tashi 歌. i was born, raised, and currently live on ohlone land in the bay area. i weave star and earth lineages from the deep mountains of ainu mosir (northern japan) where the celestial waters touch the earth, and jewish yiddish speakers of romania, lithuania, russia, and germany. i am here to offer ancestral & cosmic medicine toward the restoration of sacred interdependence with all of life.

my life work is interdisciplinary and hybrid, weaving together film, writing, taiko drumming, energy work, ritual, birthwork, performance, and music to create worlds that can hold the immensity of the transitions we move through on the path of personal and collective liberation. 

i entered my study of japanese energetic medicine in 2016, guided by my obaachan and hi-obaachan. we are women of the clear spring water, accompanied by guardian animal spirits of the deep mountains of ainu mosir (so-called northern japan), and the spirit of the ceremonial taiko (drum). i am on an ever continuing path of reclaiming jewish mystical practices and traditions, liberating them from erasure and collusion with white supremacy and zionism, and give thanks to the spirit of the chicken woman who fortifies me on my path.

i honor all of my teachers of reiki, shinto, konko-kyo, chinese medicine, korean medicine, nada acudetox therapy, buddhism, network spinal therapy, somatic sensing, birthwork, astrology, herbalism, and energy work. these include adela nieves, abuela celia perez-booth, chilan mustain, kenneth jover, aya maria maldonado, rachelle garcia seliga, dr. teresa lau, crystal teng, dohee lee, dana kawano, maya blume, katina castillo, chani nicholas, oak kalawakan, maryam hasnaa, siedeh foxie, kawahatsu sensei, rodney yano, alan matsui, joanne tolosa, the sacred plant teachers, and other vital teachers who cannot be named here.

painting by makoto aida