Dr. Ki Florence-David: Visionary Leader in Holistic Healing and Integrative Wellness
Founder/Director DCH, LMT, CPT, RYT, Ayurvedic Doctor and Pancha Karma Specialist, Jaimini Scholar/Jyotish Pandita/Counselor, Ashtanga & Kundalini Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master, Master NLP -Hypnotherapist and AIT Practitioner.
Dr. Ki Florence-David is a prominent and innovative figure in the realm of health and wellness, celebrated for her integrative methodology that harmoniously blends ancient Vedic wisdom with contemporary wellness practices. As the Founder and Director of the Ki-Atsu Institute for Vedic Sciences, she passionately dedicates her expertise to fostering transformative educational experiences and providing compassionate care to her students and clients. Her overarching mission focuses on empowering individuals to attain both physical and emotional well-being through a holistic approach that values the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit.
With an extensive array of professional credentials, including Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT), Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), Ayurvedic Doctor (NAMA), and Pancha Karma Specialist, Dr. Florence-David exemplifies a commitment to lifelong learning and healing. A distinguished Ashtanga and Kundalini Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master, Master NLP-Hypnotherapist (5 PATH & 7th Path Self-Hypnosis), and Certified Advanced Integrative Therapist (AIT) Practitioner, she is uniquely positioned to guide others on their transformative journeys toward health and self-discovery.
Dr. Florence-David's rich and diverse background—rooted in her birth in France and enriched by her upbringing across several countries, including Australia and Vanuatu—has shaped her holistic approach to wellness. Her career began in the fitness industry, where she was captivated by bodybuilding and later owned a successful gym and spa in Vanuatu. After moving to the United States to pursue professional bodybuilding, a significant back injury redirected her path, urging her to explore alternative healing practices. This pivotal experience expanded her knowledge of emotional trauma and karmic patterns, deepening her appreciation for the mind-body connection.
In 2001, Dr. Florence-David established the Uma-Sri Institute for Vedic Sciences, drawing on over 30 years of experience in the Movement & Mental Health industry. At the Ki-Atsu Institute, her goal is to cultivate a nurturing community where growth, compassion, and educational excellence are paramount, enabling individuals to achieve and maintain their highest potential in life and wellness.
As a pioneer in holistic healing, Dr. Florence-David emphasizes the profound implications of emotional beliefs on physical health and integrates her understanding of Vedic Sciences, including Ayurveda and Jyotish, to guide her clients in recognizing and addressing their unique health imbalances. Her innovative Uma-Sri Method encourages self-discovery and healing, offering effective strategies for wellness and fulfillment through the science of consciousness and neuroscience.
Dr. Ki Florence-David continues to make significant contributions to the field of integrative health as both a scholar and a speaker, inspiring individuals from all backgrounds to embark on their unique healing journeys, ultimately fostering harmony and well-being throughout the planet. With her compassionate guidance, those she encounters are empowered to illuminate their paths toward enlightenment, self-empowerment, and joy.
"Never having been more vulnerable or more fragile, I put myself
in Ki's hands and together we embarked upon a journey."- Uma-Sri Client
Dr Florence-David's research led her to appreciate the role of the mind body connection, and how the beliefs and memories of a person can manifest physically, as well as studying the karmas being expressed in one's current incarnation. Dr Florence David's research also led her to rediscover the benefits of bodywork modalities in the maintenance of health, prevention of injury, and rehabilitation from injury. She also went back to previous researched work of Joseph Pilates, whose work and exercises were long used by many performers and athletes to build core strength and prevent injury.
Upon rehabilitating herself from her injury, Dr Florence-David formulated a vision to rediscover a career as a facilitator in self healing and teacher. Her own recovery was achieved by utilizing several different modalities, and her intent was to become a facilitator who would incorporate several different modalities to help her clients overcome the challenges in their lives, as well as to teach these modalities to others.
Dr Ki Florence-David instructed at the Nevada school of Massage Therapy and has taught in her own institute ofr over 25 years. She continues to formulate oustanding education to Spas and Corporation around the world. Licensed in Clinical Hypnotherapy, and Alternative Health from Albert University, Bennet Stellar University, 7th-Path Self Hypnosis® & 5-PATH® Hypnosis, AIT, while also having studied Pilates, Yoga & Ayurvedic Medicine all over the world, she has had the privilege of studying with some of the worlds experts in the field, such as Body Building World Champion Charles Glass , and Judith Aston for movement, bodywork and ergonomic coaching, Shashadre in India for Ashtanga Yoga, as well as many other oustanding teachers in the field of healing.
Educated in the Vedic Sciences at MIU where she earned a degree in the Science of Conscioussness and the Entangled Quatum Mind, Dr Florence David now focuses more on facilitating the healing process through education using the Ancient Art & Science of Ayurveda, Jyotish & Ashtanga Yoga, to ccultivaate an understanding of the Science of Conscioussnes. Ayurveda "The Science & Knowledge of Life", allows the practitioner to fully understand the nature of the clients constitution, the nature of the imbalance, as well as the ability to formulate an appropriate program to allow the client to return to a state of balance and health. Jyotish, "the Science of Light" is an oustdanding Vedanga, a Limb off the Vedas, which allows the therapist to understand the unfolding of the karmas of the individual through the understanding of Time & Space, as it relates to the persons life events. Ashtanga Yoga "the Eight limb path" provides a sequential way to reach the Unified field of consciousness, through a systematic approach to reaching higher states of consciousness by understanding 8 limb path cleary described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. 7th-Path Self Hypnosis® & 5-PATH® Hypnosis allows Samskaras to be released while also helping the practtioner to reconnect to the Unified field of consciousness in an ongoing way.
This is the goal of the Uma-Sri Method. Whether you are coming to Dr Florence David for professional education, or for client services, we will show you the most effective techniques and educate you, so that you can understand your own constitution, take responsibility for your own healing, and return home to a state of Bliss.
Bio Dr Ki Florence-David
Founder/Director, AyD, Dr of Ayurveda & Pancha Karma Specialist, Jyotish Kovid/Counselor, Ashtanga Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master, Certified Master Hypnosis & NLP Practitioner, Certified Aston-Patterning Practitioner, Pilates Instructor and Educator
Dr Ki Florence-David was born in Paris and spent her youth in France, Australia, and Vanuatu, then moving to America to pursue her career. Her career in the holistic health industry began over 30 years ago and has been a journey of personal healing as well as facilitating healing in others.
Dr Florence David came to America to compete as a professional Body Builder, with the intention of being a healthy role model for women. After rising to the top and traveling worldwide, she sustained a career ending back injury. She eschewed the idea of surgery, despite her doctors’ recommendations, after having a spiritual re-awakening which strenghtened her desire for understanding the true nature of her life, and what had led her to this experience.
Dr Florence David injury and subsequent recovery inspired her to develop an understanding of her own character armor that formed as a result of emotional scarring and early childhood traumas, causing deeply embedded Samskaras (imprints). Her research led her to appreciate the impact of the mind-body connection, and how beliefs and memories manifest physically. Through Yoga, Ayurveda, and Jyotish, she came to understand the blueprint of her present Karmas, how to live harmoniously with her constitution, and the path to liberation through Ashtanga Yoga. Following this path, through her dedication and search for knowledge, Ki was drawn to study the Vedic Sciences. Ki’s exhaustive research on her travels gives her a unique perspective on the vast spectrum of knowledge that is the Vedic Sciences. Dr Florence David first graduated as Jyotish Ratna through ACVA and has been awarded the title of Jyotish Kovid through CVA. She studied Ashtanga Yoga in India and holds a degree as Ayurveda Doctor & Pancha Karma Specialist from the California College of Ayurveda, as well as ongoing advanced studies.
She is an ongoing student and scholar in the Parampara of Pandit Sanjay Rath of Orissa, India. Dr Ki graduated as a Certified Jaimini Scholar, and Jyotisha Pandita after decades of study, allowing her to help those in need by seeing the Karmic imprints in her clients lives, and teaching ways to overcome their suffering.
Dr Ki also uses techniques of Cosmic-hypnosis in her practice, to help alleviate emotional pain and suffereing, by helping her clients understand how the Grahas and the lessons they bring as agents of our karmas, are there to motivate us to take action and illuminate the path to enlightnement, or freedom from illusion.
The Uma-Sri Institute invites you to be a part of a new generation of seekers in the world and return yourself and our planet to Harmonious Living through Jyotish, Ayurveda, 8 limbs of Yoga and Hypnosis.
The mission of Dr Florence-David and the Uma-Sri Institute for Vedic Sciences is: To provide to students the highest quality educational experience and to stimulate the desire to constantly improve ones' knowledge.
