Noriko Uchida

After graduating from college in the US, Noriko started practicing yoga and meditation, where she found a true sense of freedom and learned how to connect with herself and the world in a compassionate way. Upon completing Training in Mindfulness Facilitation (TMF) program at UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) in 2016, she started teaching mindfulness to a variety of people including school teachers, care workers, nursing students, and at-risk youth in juvenile training schools. Noriko is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher - Professional (CMT-P) through the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA), and has also been a mentor for Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) teen retreats in Southern California, a teaching assistant for Psychiatry 175: Mindfulness Practice and Theory at UCLA. Currently working as a social worker in child welfare, Noriko uses mindfulness practice as a foundation for serving young children as well as teenagers and young adults. She enjoys hiking, snowboarding, mountain biking, and meditating in Japan’s magnificent nature and also gets inspired by rediscovering the beauty and wisdom in traditional Japanese spiritual practices.