Hi I’m Dawnelle

At the peak of my 12 year yoga and fitness career, as the owner of four Cycle/ Yoga Studios in Denver, and a mom to a young son I was told (at age 41) I needed to have both of my hips replaced.
The doctor advised me hold off surgery for a year or two and to manage the pain through physical therapy, prescription medication, steroid shots, and a career change!

Instead, I refused medication, skipped the steroid shots, and made a career pivot. I started teaching and training students, clients, and injured movers like myself and took the time to learn what the pain had to teach me.
By doing so, this alternative to those traditional pain therapies was created. I call it AgeDEFY.

After years of learning from this pain and creating the AgeDEFY method, I did have both of hips replaced and now my missions is to teach AgeDEFY to everyone!