During this time she had started training in martial arts and qigong. Soon her journey took her to China for a number of years where she continued studying these and Chinese massage. She went on hiking expeditions with others and alone in remote areas when she had holiday time away from her teaching job. Her teaching ultimately lead to working with the Panda Research Centre and Chengdu Zoo to support Chinese University Students in educating the general public to protect endangered animals and their habitats as well as leading groups of students on hiking trips and camping expeditions to teach camping without a trace and designing and running team building and leadership courses.

After returning to the UK Kya undertook a 4 year BSc in Acupuncture at the International College of Oriental Medicine and has been in practice since 2008.

Much of Kya's leisure time is spent doing dirt time and during eight years in Scotland Kya became passionate about tracking and trailing and this is something that she is passionate about developing. Kya has always enjoyed crafts of many kinds and has had a particularly keen interest in Leatherwork for over a decade. In the last few years she has also become very interested in blacksmithing and has a strong interest in primitive skills.

After Covid prevented her from working she wanted to expand her working options and decided to look into teaching bushcraft, as being in nature has always brought a sense of well being. Kya loves seeing transformation in others, whether that is in the clinic room with health or in nature learning skills to become comfortable and proficient at bushcraft skills.