Meet Lisa Bermudez

Ayurveda Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, and Women’s Wellness Educator

Lisa Bermudez is an Ayurveda Health Counselor, yoga teacher, teacher trainer, writer, and women’s wellness educator based in the Hudson Valley of New York.

Since 2009, Lisa has helped students and clients reconnect to their bodies through yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, breathwork, seasonal living, and practical daily routines. Her work supports women who are navigating stress, burnout, hormone shifts, digestive issues, irregular cycles, PMS, perimenopause, nervous system overwhelm, and the feeling of being disconnected from themselves.

Lisa’s approach is grounded, compassionate, and real-life focused. She blends the ancient wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda with modern conversations around women’s health, nervous system regulation, cyclical living, and sustainable self-care.

I help women better understand their bodies so they can stop pushing through symptoms and start supporting themselves with more awareness, rhythm, and care.

Through 1:1 Ayurveda consultations, women’s wellness programs, seasonal cleanses, yoga classes, workshops, and teacher trainings, I offer practical tools for digestion, energy, sleep, stress, emotional balance, menstrual cycle support, perimenopause, daily routines, and seasonal living.

This work is not about perfection, rigid routines, or doing more. It is about learning how to live in a way that supports your body, your hormones, your nervous system, and your real life.

What I Do

Training & Credentials

Lisa has studied Yoga and Ayurveda extensively through respected schools and teachers, including:

Ayurveda Health Counselor, Kripalu School of Ayurveda
Advanced Ayurveda Practitioner Training, Boston Ayurveda School, current
Personalized Ayurveda, Boston Ayurveda School
Ayurveda Wellness Coach Training, The Sister Science
Living Ayurveda 100-Hour Training, The Sister Science
Ayurveda Community Cleanse Leader Certification, Ayurvedic Living Institute
Ayurveda Kitchen Pharmacy Training, BridgeAyurveda
Ayurveda Immersion with Ali Cramer, Yoga Vida NYC
500-Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training, YOGAMAYA NYC
200-Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training, Laughing Lotus NYC
Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training, Samba Yoga at Karma Kids Yoga NYC
Meditation Teacher Training, Stone Wave Yoga
First and Second Degree Reiki, Keely Garfield
Bhakti Yoga Philosophy and Meditation Trainings, The Bhakti Center NYC
MFA in Creative Writing, Adelphi University
BA in English and Theatre, Hunter College

Lisa is also a member of Yoga Alliance and the National Ayurvedic Medical Association

Experience

Lisa has been teaching yoga and wellness since 2009, with nearly two decades of experience guiding thousands of students through yoga, meditation, breathwork, Ayurveda, workshops, retreats, teacher trainings, online programs, and corporate wellness experiences.

Her teaching career began in New York City, where she taught in some of the city’s leading yoga studios, fitness spaces, and wellness communities, including Equinox, Yogamaya, Chelsea Piers, and The Bhakti Center, before expanding her work into the Hudson Valley and online education. Her background spans public classes, private clients, nonprofit retreats, teacher training programs, women’s wellness communities, and professional education. She has also created yoga and Ayurveda classes and educational content for YogaRenew, one of the largest online yoga teacher training schools, and continues to teach weekly classes for their trainings.

Lisa has led and supported yoga retreats both locally and internationally, creating immersive spaces where students can step away from daily life, deepen their practice, reconnect with themselves, and integrate yoga, meditation, pranayama, Ayurveda, and self-reflection in a meaningful way. Through her work with Souljourn Yoga Foundation, she has helped lead retreats and workshops that support girls’ education around the world.

Beyond the classroom and retreat space, Lisa has served as a teacher trainer, studio manager, content creator, writer, educator, and mentor to yoga teachers. She has developed teacher training curriculum, led workshops and certification programs, written extensively on yoga and Ayurveda, and helped students and teachers bring these practices into their daily lives with depth, clarity, and practical application.

Women’s Wellness, Hormones & Ayurveda

A large part of Lisa’s work focuses on women’s wellness through the lens of Yoga and Ayurveda.

She supports women who are experiencing PMS, painful or irregular periods, burnout, stress, digestive discomfort, fatigue, brain fog, emotional overwhelm, perimenopause, sleep issues, and the pressure to function the same way every day.

Rather than offering quick fixes, Lisa helps women understand the patterns underneath their symptoms. Her work explores food, daily rhythm, movement, rest, breathwork, seasonal living, moon phases, menstrual cycles, and nervous system support so women can build routines that actually match their bodies.

My teaching style is warm, practical, grounded, and honest.

I love making Yoga and Ayurveda feel accessible instead of intimidating. You do not need to know Sanskrit, have a perfect morning routine, or overhaul your entire life to begin. The smallest daily shifts can create meaningful change when they are aligned with your body and your season of life.

My work is rooted in the belief that your body is not broken. Your symptoms are information. Your energy matters. Your digestion matters. Your cycle matters. Your nervous system matters. And you deserve support that helps you feel more at home in yourself.

My Approach

A Little More About Me

Before moving to the Hudson Valley, I spent years teaching yoga throughout New York City. My background also includes writing, creative work, retreat leadership, women’s education, and community building.

I am also a dog owner/lover, skydiver, student, teacher, and lifelong seeker of practices that help us come back to ourselves.

My work continues to evolve from my own lived experience with healing, burnout, nervous system repair, spiritual practice, and learning how to live in deeper rhythm with my body and the natural world.