Daniel has spent the last eighteen years immersed in body-based energy-focused practices — Kriya and Haṭha yoga through the lineage of Swami Kripalu, with teachers like Michael Carroll (Yoganand), Jonathan Foust (Sudhir), and Richard Faulds (Shobhan), Shadow Yoga, Chen-style Tai Chi, and Xingyi.

His breathwork track record dates back to 2011, starting with a version of Vivation breathwork taught in various Kripalu week-long immersions, and continued more in the direction of pranayama until 2019, when he spent two years training more formally in a mouth-breathing technique that claims to date back 5,000 years… Daniel himself does not claim to know whether or not this is true.

He has completed accredited coursework through the Graduate School of Breathing Sciences in respiratory psychophysiology and applied breathing sciences, and holds certifications in Somatic Energy Alignment and Myo-Somatic Bodywork Therapy.

Most recently, he completed the Myo-Somatic Bodywork Therapy training under Daniel Wicker, whose work bridges myofascial work via the work of Larch Hanson, CranioSacral Therapy, and SomatoEmotional release through John Upledger.

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. Darryl's influence runs through everything Daniel does as a structural presence and a source of personal orientation.

What emerged from all of it is Postmodern Solework.