Daniel has spent the last fifteen years immersed in body-based and energy-focused practices. His background includes Kriya yoga & pranayama through the lineage of Swami Kripalu, Shadow Yoga, Chen-style Tai Chi (Taiji), and the internal martial art of Xingyi, and other movement practices that fall under the broader Movemont Culture umbrella through teachers like Ido Portal, all of which inform his grounded and evolving approach to breathwork, movement, and life.

For the past six years, his primary focus has been breathwork, both in practice and facilitation. His one-on-one and group sessions draw on conscious connected breathing, de-armoring bodywork, and subtle energy work, woven through a framework of nervous system attunement and relational depth.

Two years of training in intensive breathwork for spiritual purification showed him how far off the deep end healing can go when approached with force. This led him to retrace his steps back to the roots of what it means to simply pay attention and make oneself available to be in service to life. From there, he came to Somatic Alignment, tracing its roots back to the pre-modern breathwork world of Wilhelm Reich.

Nowadays, Daniel considers his work more adjacent to Reichian breathwork therapy, informed by the modern understanding of evolutionary biology and relational depth that Somatic Alignment mirrors. He has also taken accredited courses through the Graduate School of Breathing Sciences, founded by Peter Litchfield, in respiratory psychophysiology and applied breathing sciences. However, his main and ongoing mentor is Darryl Slim, a Diné (Navajo) Keeper of Songs who learned traditional medicine directly from his grandparents, Danny and Aurora Joe.

Somatic Alignment & Breathwork: A Guided Process of Deep Reorganization

My work is not about striving for outcomes. It’s about recognizing what’s out of alignment and creating the right conditions for the body to unwind naturally. In other words, it’s about being in relationship with the moment and tracking the subtle cues and messages the body communicates.

I don’t have answers or solutions. I listen deeply, offering reflections that support your process of remembering, through verbal cues, hands-on work, or simple presence.

How I Work with Somatic Alignment and Breathwork

Healing begins with recognition, not control. We return to the natural rhythm that’s already there. I don’t impose an agenda onto your process. Instead, we listen to what your system is saying and offer the kind of support it’s asking for…. breath, awareness, or touch. My guidance isn’t about fixing, but about helping you notice what’s already unfolding. When the conditions are right, the body knows what to do.

At Rainwater Breathworks, we use breath to build awareness, ease, and responsiveness in the system.

To learn more about my approach, how Somatic Alignment works, and what a typical session looks like, check out my blog or email me at rainwaterbreathworks@gmail.com.