Our intention is to offer you a sense of calm and relaxation as well as lasting health benefits through the healing properties of the herbs in the most intimate way.
By experiencing herbal steam, we hope you feel recentered and at-home in your body and heart again – to thrive as a true version of yourself.
Our Mission
Therapist Profile
Fukiko, the main steam therapist at Poca Poca is dedicated to serve the community through the whole-body herbal steaming and fermentation that are based on Japanese ancestral wisdom. She collaborates with other therapists and healers to create special healing events and retreats at special occasions. Please signup with the Poca Poca newsletter to receive all of her unique offerings!
Fukiko Ostensen
Steam Therapist, Herbalist, Founder of Poca Poca, a DBA of Kannon Herbs and Steam LLC
Fukiko is an herbalist born and raised in the Japanese countryside, now based in the Catskill region nestled within pristine nature. Ever since she arrived in this region in 2018, she has been learning about medicinal properties of various plants through the Hudson Valley herbal community and earning her herbalist certification from Ecoversity.
After studying and earning a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Environmental Science in the United States and living abroad in Nepal for 4 years, Fukiko discovered her true passion in educating and working with other women to help heal from women’s physical and emotional issues that are often ignored, and preventing them from being the best and healthiest versions of themselves.
Utilizing wildcrafted and organically grown medicinal herbs combined with ancestral Japanese herbal steam practice, she supports women’s health and spiritual nourishment that can be accessible to all women as part of their self-care routine.
When she is not offering herbal steam service to clients, you can find her harvesting in nature, making plant medicines, spending quality time with her family and friends, and being engaged in community activities.
Qualification:
100 hr Herbal Certification Course from Ecoversity
BotanicWise Herbal Guide to Menopause Magic
5 yrs of hands-on learning with Ashley Jensen, the owner of Medicine Weaver Apothecary
Plant Spirit Immersion with Pam Montgomery
Earth Practices with Rebecca Singer