Junnon J. Sawamura-Mérigoux  (English /French/ Japanese) 

I love working with people who truly want to evolve and grow in every aspect of their lives.

Background
I have been working as a therapist for over 23 years. I began my career specializing in sports injuries. Because of persistent back problems, I was forced to stop dancing while I was part of a university dance company as a dance major. At the time, I could not find therapists or osteopaths around me who were able to help me effectively. It took me years to understand best approach toof my back issues.   Along the way, I developed my own rehabilitation exercises and eventually healed myself. That experience inspired me to become a sports injury therapist so I could help dancers like myself prevent injuries and continue pursuing their passion.

Although emotional work later became a central part of my practice, I was initially not interested in studying that field because it seemed “too heavy” to deal with. Looking back, it was a case of judging something before truly experiencing it — similar to the Japanese expression about disliking food before tasting it. Over time, I noticed that many injuries in athletes, actors, and dancers were sometimes connected to personal or professional emotional stress, and that recovery often remained incomplete if those underlying blockages were not addressed.

This realization led me to study EFT and Energy Medicine, which is related to Touch for Health and Applied Kinesiology. Through this work, I was able to help a wider range of people while deepening my understanding of the Chinese meridian system. In the end, even when clients came with trauma or difficult life experiences, I never experienced the work as “heavy.” Instead, I saw it as solving a puzzle — approaching each case both like a detective and a cheerleader supporting my clients through their process.

I also became deeply interested in nervous system work, as I realized it was the missing link in some client cases. As I encountered increasingly complex conditions and pathologies, I was naturally led to combine all of my studies into a more holistic approach.

A few years into my practice, I was no longer surprised to witness known and unknown conditions, tumors, and even rare illnesses improve or sometimes completely reverse as the bodymind returned to balance. In alternative medicine, the “label” of a disease is often less important than understanding the person as a whole. By identifying and addressing imbalances in the energy system and emotional stress, the body and mind can gradually return to harmony. In the end, the process can be surprisingly simple.

I feel deeply grateful for what I have come to understand about the body and mind, and I truly enjoy sharing that knowledge with others.

With the exception of one Australian nervous system technique, most of my training comes from the United States, where alternative and complementary medicine approaches are widely researched and taught.