Daniel’s Education and training
began while working and living at the Esalen institute in Big Sur California from 1990 to 1992, studying a wide range of body/mind therapies and alternative healing techniques.
These include certification in Esalen massage, Cranial Sacral therapy, Spiritual massage and energy work, Chakra clearing and balancing, certification in clinical hypnosis and NLP, month long training in gestalt therapy and group process.
He participated in numerous group processes and conflict resolution encounters with Esalen facilitators and therapists from around the United States.
In 1998 He obtained a certification in Neuro-Somatic Integration from the Heartwood institute in Northern California.
In 1999 He became a member of Finca Argayall, a retreat center and intentional community in the Canary Islands, La Gomera, Spain. www.argayall.com.
Shortly after arriving at Finca Argayall he became a member of the bodywork/massage crew giving hundreds of sessions from 1999 to 2018, as well as facilitating community meetings, teaching weekly yoga and meditation classes.
In 2024 completed 60 hours of advanced deep bodywork training focused on lower back ,shoulders and arms.
Quality of touch is an essential ingredient of my work.
Quality of touch involves sensitivity and deep listening as well as applying all techniques skillfully and intentionally to address physical and emotional needs of the client.
Quality of touch is the ability to attune, to adjust, to allow and maintain a compassionate presence.
Quality of touch is the key
“THE ESSENCE IS LOVE”