Nanse comes from a maternal lineage of intuitive women from northern Japan’s Tohoku region, an area known for its deeply animistic relationship to nature and enduring traditions of ancestral awareness. Even outside of formal spiritual practice, many families from Tohoku carry strong cultural threads of intuition, stoicism, sensitivity to nature, dreams, omens, and reverence for the unseen. She feels honored to carry that sensitivity forward into her generation and growing community.

Growing up in Jamaica in a haunted house, and later living in Hawaii—where animistic relationships to nature are also deeply woven into everyday life—further shaped her spiritual perspective and approach to healing.

Her vision is to bridge what she has inherited through her roots, upbringing, lived experiences, years of trial and error, and dedicated study, and translate it into guidance that feels grounded, approachable, and relevant to modern life.

Her style is direct, practical, and deeply grounded. Healing through the five senses is a foundational part of how she lives and works, rooted in an Ayurvedic holistic philosophy.

Yes, she experiences premonitions. But her practice is firmly anchored in the present. She works from the understanding that the quantum field holds variable possibilities, and that where your heart, nervous system, and attention are directed right now influences what becomes available to you.

A session with Nanse is less about prediction and more about reconnection. Through intuitive channeling, energetic healing, and grounded guidance, she helps clients access their higher self, clarify where they may be out of alignment, move through energetic or emotional blocks, and orient toward a life that feels more aligned, conscious, and resonant.

pictured: grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother

Nanse Kawashima is a New York City–based psychic channel & medium, animal communicator, tarot practitioner, and Reiki Master.

Her intuitive abilities and mediumship are deeply rooted in her maternal lineage and have evolved through years of dedicated study in Ayurveda, energy healing, astrology, and tarot.

Nanse’s work blends intuitive insight with grounded healing practices, offering clients guidance, energetic support, and deeper connection to themselves and their path. Drawing from over a decade of study in Ayurvedic healing and sensory-based wellness, Nanse distills ancient wisdom traditions into supportive practices that resonate with modern life and personal evolution.

Nanse studied under Vaidya (Dr.) Naina Marballi Ayurvedacharya and served as a teacher’s aide in her Ayurvedic Nutrition Study Program, with a focus on healing through the five senses. She received Reiki Master attunement from Nana Deleplanque, who has practiced Reiki since 1989, including extensive work with hospital patients during the AIDS epidemic.

Photograph by Kotaro Kawashima