A Hybrid Life

Life, Culture, Balance, Wellness, Yoga, Motherhood

Welcome to my little corner of the internet where I’ll talk about all things related to life, culture, wellness, yoga, motherhood, and how I attempt to maintain balance through it all. I hope to spread insight, joy, and positivity, but most of all I look forward to finding points of connection with my readers as I share my experiences and thoughts on this crazy thing called life.

  • Bangkok: my getaway to “The Land of Smiles”

    Finally! A little escape from life that I’ve long been waiting for. My husband somehow pulled off getting my Indian visa conversion (from the 10 year tourist visa to an entry visa) done in the nick of time for me to travel to Bangkok. My best friend from Massachusetts was taking a family vacation in Read more

  • Visiting Coorg: The Linger Farm Homestay

    If you’ve read some of my other posts, you’ll know that moving to Bangalore has been somewhat of a challenge for me. First of all, I’m not a city person and Bangalore is a massive city that is heavily and densely populated. I’m fortunate to be living in a residential neighborhood, but peace and quiet Read more

  • My Second Hybrid Baby and Placeta Previa

    The start of my second pregnancy was the same as my first; extreme nausea, vomiting, and fatigue that lasted a few weeks into my second trimester. I didn’t do much other than take care of my toddler, sleep, snuggle with my dogs, and just wait for the miserable feeling to pass. At around 17 weeks Read more

  • Rangoli: Indian folk art I fell in love with

    There are many things I’ve grown to appreciate in Bangalore since we’ve shifted here and rangoli – Indian folk art hand drawn on the floor or the entrances of homes – is one of them. The move here has been very hard and there are still so many things I struggle with but the sight Read more

  • My First Hybrid Baby

    Oh pregnancy…it can be so exciting and traumatic at the same time. I was big on journaling throughout my whole childhood and into early adulthood but stopped right around the time I got married in 2016. I unfortunately have not gotten anything in writing in the past 8 years and I really wish I had Read more

  • My Experience with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

    Pregnancy loss is such a common thing people go through and I realized after my first one that nobody really talks about it. I was intentionally very open about my miscarriages because it helped me process my grief and also I found that it encouraged other women to share their experiences with pregnancy loss. I Read more

  • About me

    Welcome and thank you so much for stopping by A Hybrid Life. Here’s a quick About Me post to help you get to know me! I was born in Kyoto, Japan to a Japanese mother and an American father. Six months later we relocated to Singapore for my dad’s job and lived there for a Read more

  • Why A Hybrid Life?

    It was always a struggle for me to deeply connect with any one particular culture or way of life. I was born to a Japanese mother and an American father and spent my childhood in Japan, Singapore, France, and the US. Fitting in as a child, particularly in those tumultuous teenage years, was an impossible Read more