Dashama Konah Gordon

Dashama Konah Gordon is the founder of Pranashama Yoga Institute, a yoga teacher's teacher, author, performing artist, and inspirational speaker. She has practiced hatha yoga since childhood and is part of a rising generation of young celebrity instructors who incorporate life coaching skills in their yoga teaching. Gordon graduated from the Sivananda TTC (Teacher Training Course), one of the oldest and most widely recognized yoga certifications, established over forty years ago by Swami Vishnudevananda. She holds a bachelors degree in Intercultural Communication and International Relations from Florida Atlantic University and presently travels the world sharing the gift of yoga and life transformation.

Dashama founded the 30 Day Yoga Challenge, a program for transforming people's lives, partnering with organizations such as National Yoga Month (yogamonth.org) and Spaweek.com to bring yoga via video and the internet to those who have no access to local classes. The 30 Day Yoga Challenge program is also available as a downloadable app and online course through Udemy.com. She has starred in 11 yoga DVDs and plans to write more books on her personal approach to yoga. Current projects include filming a docu-series realty based tv show about the 30 Day Yoga Teacher Transformation programs she leads in Bali and other exotic locations around the world. Pranashama Yoga Institute is a Yoga Alliance-recognized teacher training program, the Pranashama Yoga® School which offer both 200 & 500 hour yoga teacher certifications.

Dashama has been featured with world renowned luminaries such as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Jack Canfield and Louise Hay in 2009 "Pillars of Success" campaign. Featured in numerous magazines and media channels such as CBS, Times of India, Miami Herald, Oprah.com, NY Yoga Mag, Malibu Times, Cosmed Wellness, Boca Magazine, Aquacabana Mag (tree free!). Speaker & Consultant for large corporations such as Sony Motion Picture Studios, Waldorf Astoria, Darden Business Master Class in Sustainability, Florida Atlantic University, & Coral Springs Medical Center. Graduated Suma Cum Laud from FAU with BA in Intercultural Communications and International Business from ESIC in Madrid, Spain. Nominated "Power 30 under 30" and voted 'Student of the Year' by the Multi Cultural Pre Medical Society in 2003 at FAU. She received her Yoga Teacher Certification originally from the Sivananda lineage and advanced training through a combination of Samudra, Yoga Fox & Yoga Journey. Her Thai Yoga advanced training was from the Vedic Conservatory. Advanced healing and nutritional longevity studies with David Wolfe & the Supreme Science Foundation.