Embodied wisdom · Authentic joy

Clarity you
can feel

Personalized yoga therapy and transformative experiences that quiet the mind, awaken the body’s wisdom, and reconnect you with your most joyful presence.

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Joyful Presence

Where embodied wisdom
awakens authentic joy.

This is an invitation to soften the noise, listen inward, and remember the clarity and power already living within you. Ancient practices meet modern understanding in a compassionate space designed for real, lasting transformation.

Joy Rika Miyatake
Your guide

Meet Joy Rika Miyatake

Joy has been practicing yoga since 2002 and teaching since 2008. A certified Yoga Therapist, her work is rooted in a simple truth: yoga is more than poses—it is lifestyle alignment.

Her studies at Hampshire College and the University of Hawaiʻi explored Eastern spirituality through the lens of Western psychology. Today, she applies that wisdom to modern life, with a special focus on releasing trauma from the body through movement.

Joy has served adaptive sports communities, veterans with PTSD, and Cambodian genocide survivors, helping release the generational effects of war and displacement. Her approach is deeply personal, intuitive, and always centered on what each client truly needs.

With presence, Joy
Ways to work together

A path shaped around you.

01

Yoga Therapy

Virtual one-to-one sessions tailored to your body, mind, emotions, and lived experience—not a one-size-fits-all method.

02

Embodied Presence

Gentle, effective practices that move you out of overthinking and into the steady intelligence of your own body.

03

Transformative Journeys

Immersive workshops and retreats that create room for connection, courageous authenticity, and joyful surrender.

The heart of the work

Presence is where transformation begins.

Embodied Wisdom

The body holds intelligence that the thinking mind cannot access alone.

Authentic Presence

Change unfolds when we stop performing and fully inhabit the moment.

Joyful Surrender

Joy becomes available when we release resistance and soften into who we are.

Compassionate Growth

Transformation does not require harshness; it can unfold with tenderness.

“Joy’s one-to-one work is perfectly tailored to not only your body, but your mind and emotions. You leave feeling encouraged, your mind quieter, with a whole variety of tools to draw upon as life happens.”
— A Joyful Presence client
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Ready to return to your own inner knowing?

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