David is particularly interested in the intersection of health, self-regulation, consciousness, and self-transformation, and his work focuses on educating people about the joys of developing intimacy with oneself. First introduced to somatic practices in the radical educational and political environment of Antioch College, David was impressed by the realization that sensory awareness formed the foundation for personal and social transformation. He has pursued a broad spectrum of studies in body-mind practices ever since.

It was at Antioch that David began studies in Classical Yoga, Contact Improvisation, African Dance, Body-Mind Centering, and Zazen, and he eventually trained as a yoga teacher with Rodney Yee and Donna Farhi. David is now certified in somatic education through School of Body-Mind Centering and is a trained bodywork therapist specializing in Thai, Ayurvedic, and Orthopedic massage. Since 1993, he has practiced Zen Meditation with Yvonne Rand and Reb Anderson of the San Francisco Zen Center. In 2006, David moved to Japan from San Francisco in order to advance his studies in Martial Arts and Zen.

Currently, David teaches yoga and embodied anatomy to movement and bodywork professionals in Asia and North America and works privately with individuals doing bodywork and somatic therapy. David’s Freestyle Yoga training teaches students to express yoga from the inside out—contacting the source of yogic movement within themselves. The program is modeled after Integral Theories of transformative practice as put forth by American Philosopher Ken Wilbur.

David’s current projects include researching natural functional movement inspired by the French Physical Educator Georges Herbert and Parkour. He is registered with Yoga Alliance as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with over ten thousand hours of teaching experience.

Website: www.slowmotionsomatics.com