Denise O'Dunn

Professional experience in the Vedic sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda for more than 40 years.

Denise O'Dunn in bound angle yoga pose.
List of professional recognitions and affiliations.

Hello!

I’m Denise, although I also answer to Yashoda Ma and Gray-Ga.

I am the founder of Balance & Bliss® Ayurveda and Yoga. My professional education and training have qualified me to practice as an Ayurvedic practitioner, yoga instructor, and massage therapist.

I didn’t know when I started studying hatha yoga as a teenager in 1969 that the door had just opened to my future professional path. In the early 1980’s I received an invitation to apprentice with my yoga teacher and in 1985 I received certification as a yoga instructor from the United Yoga Institute of New Mexico.

My continued practice and study of yoga led me to discover its sister science, Ayurveda, the ‘Science of Life’. I received my education and clinical training in Ayurveda, earning a degree as an Ayurvedic practitioner, from the Ayurvedic Center for Well-Being – Florida Vedic College in 2005.

I am the founder of the Florida Academy of Ayurveda, which operated as a post-secondary school for professional education in Ayurveda from 2011 - 2021. I was the director and primary Ayurveda instructor.

I co-founded the Ayurveda Association of Florida, a professional non-profit organization supporting Ayurveda professionals and promoting the recognition of Ayurveda.

As a life-long student of these ancient body-mind practices, I know their value and use them to create balance in my life and busy schedule. I am dedicated to preserving the rich, classical traditions of Ayurveda and yoga, as they are relative and applicable to your unique circumstances and improving your day-to-day living. In my years of professional practice, I have had the honor of guiding many clients and students on an enlightened path to balance and bliss.

I’m based in Florida, but my online platform enables me to share my offerings with people virtually anywhere.

I love my work, it brings me joy and I am here to offer you the beauty and wisdom of Ayurveda, yoga, and nature.

Other joys in my life are, my husband, children, grandchildren (Gray-Ga), family, being in the splendor of Nature, and finding the Divine in the moment.