Arisa Yura's guest appearances

Arisa Yura

SBS Japanese - SBSの日本語放送

Art Smitten

The Renegade Mama

Rachel Reed

Peter Gray

Emilee Saldaya

Kim Anami

Natalie Meade

Jane Hardwicke Collings

Adele Allen

Julia Jones

Laura Shanley

Maryn Green

Catherine Bell

Shelley Butler

Alex Rees

Jenny Blyth

Taylor Bland

OwlTail

Today on the show I speak with my good friend Arisa Yura. Arisa and I go way back and she was actually one of my bridesmaids! The reason I wanted to get Arisa on the show was, besides being an all round awesome person - Arisa is Japanese Australian and she is represents a group in the homebirth community that is so often underrepresented. Arisa went into homebirth a little unsure and a comment from a friend’s friend saying that the “Asian anatomy is not suitable for homebirth.” surely didn’t help. This kind of racism is baffling and obviously utterly ridiculous. Arisa’s post about this on Facebook, caused quite a stir here in an Australian Homebirth Facebook group with many outraged. Arisa went on to have a beautiful homebirth and proved that her anatomy is designed perfectly for her and her baby! Arisa is so different to me and this is what I love about her - the ying to my yang . She gives such a unique perspective on homebirth and she is so gentle and consider in her approach. I hope you enjoy this conversation between two friends. More about Arisa: Hello! I’m Arisa. I’m a great friend of Renegade Mama, Nat! I’m an Aquarian mother to gorgeous boy Renon and wife to my ‘Kei Nishikori &amp; Michael Chang’ power team husband, Gareth. We are both actors and are very proud of what we do. I’m a 1.5 generation Japanese Australian and Gareth is a 3rd generation Chinese Australian. As a first time home birther, I didn’t know many other Asian home birth mums before my pregnancy but leading up to the birth, it was really comforting and encouraging to meet and find them all. So I want to share my birth story especially to mums with Asian heritage that’s thinking and dreaming of home birth

Today on the show I speak with my good friend Arisa Yura. Arisa and I go way back and she was actually one of my bridesmaids! The reason I wanted to get Arisa on the show was, besides being an all round awesome person - Arisa is Japanese Australian and she is represents a group in the homebirth community that is so often underrepresented. Arisa went into homebirth a little unsure and a comment from a friend’s friend saying that the “Asian anatomy is not suitable for homebirth.” surely didn’t help. This kind of racism is baffling and obviously utterly ridiculous. Arisa’s post about this on Facebook, caused quite a stir here in an Australian Homebirth Facebook group with many outraged. Arisa went on to have a beautiful homebirth and proved that her anatomy is designed perfectly for her and her baby! Arisa is so different to me and this is what I love about her - the ying to my yang . She gives such a unique perspective on homebirth and she is so gentle and consider in her approach. I hope you enjoy this conversation between two friends. More about Arisa: Hello! I’m Arisa. I’m a great friend of Renegade Mama, Nat! I’m an Aquarian mother to gorgeous boy Renon and wife to my ‘Kei Nishikori &amp; Michael Chang’ power team husband, Gareth. We are both actors and are very proud of what we do. I’m a 1.5 generation Japanese Australian and Gareth is a 3rd generation Chinese Australian. As a first time home birther, I didn’t know many other Asian home birth mums before my pregnancy but leading up to the birth, it was really comforting and encouraging to meet and find them all. So I want to share my birth story especially to mums with Asian heritage that’s thinking and dreaming of home birth

Arisa Yura - Representing the underrepresented; Asian Australian Homebirthers