Dorianne Walkama
Dorianne Walkama is an entrepreneur and Ayurvedic practitioner based in the Greater Boston area, specializing in gut health, nervous system regulation, and women’s wellness. She is the founder of MyGutGirl and creator of the MyGutGirl Method™, a structured, holistic approach designed to help midlife women reduce bloating, restore energy, and rebalance hormones through sustainable lifestyle practices. Her work integrates traditional Ayurvedic principles with modern gut-brain science to support long-term healing in a practical, accessible way.
Her career spans more than two decades across health, fitness, consulting, and wellness entrepreneurship. She previously owned and operated Pilates studios, trained instructors as a Master Instructor Trainer, and developed patented home fitness equipment before transitioning into integrative health coaching. Dorianne later formalized her training in Ayurveda through the Ayurvedic Institute and advanced practitioner studies with Kerala Ayurveda, including clinical immersion work in India, which deepened her focus on digestive health, stress physiology, and mind-body balance.
Today, she works primarily with women over 40 who experience fatigue, digestive discomfort, hormonal imbalance, and chronic stress. Through one-on-one consultations, workshops, and her GLOWUP program, she emphasizes a step-by-step healing sequence that begins with gut and nervous system regulation before addressing hormonal and energy restoration. Her philosophy centers on empowering clients with simple, repeatable daily rhythms that support the body’s natural ability to heal and maintain balance over time.
• Ayurvedic Health Counseling Certification
• Ayurvedic Practitioner Certificate
• Master Instructor Trainer for Balanced Body
• Certified Pilates Instructor
• Certified Yoga Instructor
• California State University (East Bay) - MBA
• Chamber of Commerce
• Port City Women
• Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to courage, determination, and trusting the process. I feel like I've been knocked down a lot, like a lot of people fail, right? And to be able to pick yourself back up again and keep going - you know, to trust in yourself, to trust in the process. And know that you have to listen to your gut. Metaphorically, right? Trust your gut. Trust yourself, trust in yourself. So determination, I think, would be it.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I ever received was from my professor when I was going to school for my MBA. He told me that no matter what happens, there's always one thing that nobody can take away from you, and that's courage. That stuck with me for years.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
My advice is be ready, because you're not just an educator or a support tool. You have to have the emotional well-being to be able to support individuals, whether it's Pilates, or gut health, or consulting. Because even in Pilates, when you train people physically, you become their emotional support tool as well. They start to open up, they trust you, and they start to share more of their deeper life with you. So just know that going into this, you have people's lives in your hand. You're going to hear a lot of stories that could be emotionally disturbing for yourself, so you need to be able to breathe, be able to listen without having all of your own energy drained. Remember to take time for yourself, whether it's breathing, or meditation, or just some self-care, so that your energy isn't fully drained from working so closely with people's emotions.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenges right now are that gut health is a very crowded space. There's a lot of noise surrounding gut health with a lot of information, a lot of people promoting supplements and things of that nature. People are overwhelmed with the amount of information that's out there. They're trying different things, and things aren't working, and they get very discouraged. So the biggest challenge is, how do I stand out from all of that noise? I'm just another person telling them a different approach, right? How do I stand out? My biggest opportunity is that I believe with some visibility, I can stand out, because my approach is different. My approach is safety first, nervous system, then everything else will follow. It's not just take this supplement, eat these foods, you're not eating this, you should be eating that. It's more of a personalized approach to each individual versus a blanketed approach.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Integrity is one of the most important things to me, along with trust, loyalty, and compassion. Both personally and professionally, I am who I am in my profession. I am that person personally.
Locations
MyGutGirl
1/2 Eagle St, Newburyport, MA 01950