Our Philosophy
Ms. Russell believes that being healthy today isn’t just about being physically fit. It means having a healthy attitude that will carry you through your lifetime. Curbing stress with holistic health techniques is a proven means of achieving mind-body wellness. As she often says, "It is not about standing on your head so much as standing on your own two feet.”

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Harriet L. Russell, Director
Harriet Russell is an international coach and educator with a wealth of hands-on experience in the global business world. After Boston University graduation, she lived 8 years abroad, first in Spain, then in 1975 travelled overland through Iran, Afghanistan and Asia to live in total immersion in Japan. Harriet was the sole ABC News consultant and interpreter at the 1979 Tokyo Economic Summit, she wrote the How to Teach English to the Japanese published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, she was commended by the Fulbright Commission for her cross cultural business endeavors, she was the technical translator for the Spanish National Railway (RENFE) and Mitsubishi Corp., and she was the first foreigner to receive a Masters in Linguistics from the Japanese campus of Sophia University becoming a TV and news phenomena… all by the time she was 30!

When she returned to the USA, it was to further her career in American business environments in New York City, as Manager of Public Relations, Sony Corporation; Japan Desk at the Metallgesellschaft German trading company; and a short stint in banking on Wall Street. Harriet was sent as the first American to work inside Nissho Iwai Corporation Tokyo. As stress management and yoga gave her balance to this fast paced lifestyle, Harriet moved her international work into the areas of holistic health education and in 1992, launched a joint venture between the largest wellness center in the USA and local Japanese government, and spearheaded a yoga retreat site in Belize.

Then, she came back to her roots in Ohio. For the past 20 years, Harriet has been involved in bridging communication and cultural gaps through trainings and coaching. She taught Intercultural Communications and Japanese Language at Baldwin Wallace College, and consults with local businesses in the world marketplace.

Fluent in several languages, Harriet is currently studying Russian to continue her volunteer projects in Kyrgyzstan and has been invited to present at the Coaching Conference in Belarus.

Harriet was recently awarded the Paul Harris Fellow Award from Rotary International "in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world."

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Holistic Health Certifications
Ms. Russell is a Certified Holistic Health Educator, Certified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist, Shiatsu (Acupressure) Massage Trainer, Certified Body Worker, and former martial artist of Aikido.

Ms. Russell was Program Director for eight years at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, MA, the largest residential wellness retreat and program center in the United States, with 15,000 guests annually. She studied the science of Yoga and Holistic Health, Diet and Nutrition, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Macrobiotics, Body Mind Sciences, and was Head Mentor for 55 teachers at the Center. She trained thousands of people in the U.S. and Canada in methods for stress management, health and wellness.

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Contact Us
Phone: 440.236.6366 (Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM)
Email: harriet@bhumiinternational.com
Mail: P.O. Box 545, Columbia Station, OH 44028

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