About
Meet The Founder
Certified Reiki Practitioner, 200hr E-RYT, Healer
Deserae Chanel Smith is a 200 hour experienced yoga therapist that has influenced over 14,000 students thus far. Her dream as an entrepreneur made its debut in September 2017 after she quit her corporate job in the financial field to pursue her 10 year cleaning business. After practicing yoga for 6 years on and off, she decided to go into teacher training at Dana Hot Yoga in October 2017, to learn more about the yoga practice and to help keep her centered through her journey as an entrepreneur. It was in February 2018 after graduating training, she began walking into her true purpose. Shortly after, in October 2019 she received her certification in Reiki Healing.
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Through the meditative breathing and movements of yoga in addition to the energetic healing of Reiki, she was able to heal mentally, physically and spiritually despite what physicians had told her. With the many practices she has learned to date, she is able to share her experience with the world, helping to heal and teach the beautiful practices that has changed her life for eternity.
900+
Yoga Training Hours
10+
Years of Experience
130+
Readings Delivered
98%
Clients Satisfaction
What Drives The Yoga Doctor
My Vision
My vision is to see as many womben as possible embark on their unique healing journeys—doing the inner work that aligns with their individual paths—so they can live and create the lives they truly desire. This includes holistic healing from the inside out: mind, body, and spirit.
As life continues to evolve, my intention is for the collective to learn how to create space, honor that space, and use it with purpose—to live in greater love, forgiveness, openness, and abundance, embodying the highest quality of life possible.
My Mission
My mission is to create a consistent, sacred space for womben to heal—uncovering the depths of their true selves, releasing the weight and stress of the world, and awakening to the power of reprogramming the mind through the practices of holistic wellness.
By integrating mind, body, and spirit, each woman is guided to discover a fresh perspective uniquely aligned with her authentic path—one that leads to a more loving, abundant, joyful, and liberated life.
I am here to break barriers and crack the generational codes of trauma—restoring wholeness, freedom, and divine truth to every woman ready to rise.
My Goals
Cultivate Healing Spaces for Women
Create consistent, nurturing environments—both in-person and virtual—where womben can safely release emotional, mental, and spiritual blockages through holistic wellness practices such as breathwork, journaling, yoga, and energy healing.
Empower Individual Transformation
Guide each woman to reconnect with her authentic self by teaching tools and practices that reprogram limiting beliefs, nurture self-awareness, and support inner peace, self-love, and emotional freedom.
Break Generational Cycles of Trauma
Offer educational and experiential programs that help womben identify, understand, and heal generational patterns, fostering healthier family dynamics and more conscious parenting for future generations.
Build a Supportive and Evolving Community
Establish a growing collective of like-minded womben who uplift and support one another on their healing journeys—creating a ripple effect of love, forgiveness, and spiritual evolution within the collective.
The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.
— Sakyong Mipham
