Happy hello to my classmates! I’m so very excited to know you, and look eagerly forward to meeting and learning and practicing together in person!!!
I’m Dawa. I may slip and call myself Sher. I took my vows with OHP/Susan in June 2025 and am trying on my new name, and with that… new way of being.
Let’s see… I’m a Canadian woman…a Pisces, an eneagram 8 wing 9, and an ENFP. Lolz.
I’m a Counsellor, working with couples and individuals. Formerly I have been a Physio/Massage Therapist, Bikram Yoga Instructor, Media copywriter, and a few other side hustles… essentially i am a chameleon and multi-potentiate person who gets bored and loves change and starting things people say are madness.
I’m also a Mother to 2 teens (!) And a wife to a pretty cool, British special-needs teacher who bakes fantastic sourdough. These 2 roles especially (Mom and Wife) have me needing to lean in to my Buddhist practice A LOT.
We live in Japan right now. We have been nomads, living in Africa, Europe, and Asia.
I bake and cook (a foodie), study wine as a hobby, power listen to audiobooks and podcasts, i apprecaite indie films and post apocalyptic themed anything (dune, pluribus, silo) and stand up comedy, I hike and do yoga, spoil my 2 cats, long for a pug or French Bulldog (mine died and i’m just not ready yet) love anything 80’s, especially music (am I giving away my age yet???) …and am potentially clinically addicted to travel…almost anywhere, by almost any means in almost any class and with others or alone.
I look forward to using this training to host classes here in my community of expats in Japan.
Does that cover it? I’m going to go back now and pour over all your profiles and probably realize I said too much! See you Saturday. I’ll be online with you from midnight to 2 am because of time zones. Yep, committed 😉
Any questions? Ask away!