Welcome, my friend!  I am happy to meet you here.

I'm DeAnne C. Gauya, MS, CPT, LMT, NCBTMB, E-RYT 500  (I have spent most of my adult life learning how to help people become holistically fit and reduce the harmful effects of prolonged dis-stress.

I am the Creative Energetic Orchestrator (CEO) of my brand, GAUYAFIT, and the creator of GAUYAFIT Beyond Aging Gracefully using my signature SURFERS Method.  My mission is to help as many Mid-lifers as I can turn back their biological clocks, increase their health spans, and age optimally.  You can live a long, full, happy, healthy and resilient life into your 80s and beyond using lifestyle medicine, cutting edge neuroscience, and epigenetics.

My holistic fitness improvement offerings blend ancient wisdom from Buddhism and Yoga with the latest research in Exercise Science, Nutrition, Mind-Body Medicine, and Neuroscience. 


I am a passionate, life-long learner motivated to share what I have learned and help as many people as possible in my lifetime.  I am also a mom to two young adults and two cats.  At 60, I want to continue learning, growing, and evolving.  This year, I want to learn how to surf (on a board in the ocean), offer retreats, and learn how to paint mandalas.

I have helped 1,000s of clients across the country, from Hollywood stars to White House staff members, develop healthier lifestyles and improve their fitness.  I helped Alfre Woodard physically prepare to audition to play Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It?.  I trained members of the White House Staff and the Secret Service from 1990 -1992.   I have helped clients with autoimmune diseases, physical disabilities, and octogenarians.

In 2020, I adapted and reinvented my business once again; transitioning my services and educational programs to online/virtual platforms.  This new way of doing business allows me to reach people all over the world and help exponentially more people.  For the past 40 years, I have continually improved my knowledge and skills. 

I have a master's degree in Nutrition Education & Applied Physiology from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in Biology, Psychology, and German from Bucknell University. I am an ACE-Certified Personal Fitness Trainer (specializing in Mind/Body Fitness and Behavior Change), an ACE-Certified Group Fitness Instructor, an E-RYT-500 Yoga Instructor, a licensed and BCTMB-Certified Massage Therapist, and have completed two professional, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction trainings with Jon Kabat Zinn. In 2021, I completed the Inner MBA program, a joint program offered by Sounds True, LinkedIn, and New York University.