This site is all about having fun and introducing you to new adventures. It's a little bit of everything with a "Bad Ash" touch!
About Me
My name is Ashley Davis... also known as "Bad Ash". I was given this nickname while working as a rock studio personality in Champaign, IL... It stuck.
I've worked for all kinds of radio stations (Top 40, AC, Hard Rock, Alternative, and AAA) in Chicago, Champaign/Urbana, Illinois and Asheville, North Carolina. Loved it, but after 10 years I needed to explore new options. I moved to Hawaii, where I did lots of yoga, surfed, and learned to slackline... and then decided traveling the world was the goal and I would work to find a way to do it.
For the six years, I have traveled the world, pursuing a life as a Yoga Instructor (check out Bad Ash Yoga!), teaching classes, workshops, and retreats all over the world. But along with teaching, I've been able to incorporate my other passions; working as a Brand, Marketing, & Promotions Consultant on Maui (learn about Bad Ash Marketing!), along with freelance voiceover acting for numerous companies, writing album reviews, and interviewing singer songwriters around the country (hear Bad Ash Voice in action!). I've taught surf lessons on the coast of North Carolina & in Jaco, Costa Rica, and worked as a server, as one of my passions is the restaurant industry.
Remarkably this all evolved into me co-owning restaurants on Maui. November 1st, 2018 the purchase of Mala Ocean Tavern happened, and on October 18, 2022, I partnered in an Asian Fusion restaurant called Duckine. I manage the marketing for both of these successful small businesses on Maui.
Bad Ash Marketing, Bad Ash Voice and Bad Ash Yoga are my outlets to share, assist, and work with you. My goal is to help you find your joys, and blaze your own trail through this amazing adventure that we call life.
The next year is being set in motion as we speak, and I hope we can work work together. I invite you to join me here on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, to follow the journey or to come along for the ride.
Highlights
Started 3 successful local music programs: Rock’n Local with Bad Ash (Extra 99.1), Local Licks (105.9 The Mountain), & Homegrown (98.1 The River)
Named 2009 & 2010 #1 DJ in Best of Western North Carolina Mountain Xpress Voters Poll
On-air intern with Emmis Communications Q101.1 WKQX
Columbia College Chicago, B.A. in Radio w/focus in Talent/Production
RYT 200 SchoolYoga Institute, Fiji
RYT 500 Abhinam Yoga School, India
Reiki - Level 1 Attunement with Reiki Master Tiffany Ketchmark - Chicago, IL
Facilitator for School Yoga Institute
Registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance
Sonsomatics 1: The Alphabet of Mantra with Makote DeGuevara in Brattleboro, Vermont