Meet Danielle
Danielle is a Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist in Boston and Needham, MA. Apart from being an experienced yoga teacher, she is also a licensed massage therapist that has helped her clients reduce chronic pain and improve their health and lifestyle.
Getting to know Danielle as a Yoga Instructor
Danielle has been practicing yoga for more than half her life and her relationship with the practice has been ever evolving. Each year, there is some new way to approach her practice and teaching. Danielle believes that yoga can be an incredible training ground for how to optimally use our bodies in our daily lives. In this multifaceted practice, we have the ability to rewire our physical and mental patterns through careful attention and intention. Danielle’s public classes are a blend of traditional asana from her years of teaching vinyasa yoga and practicing Iyengar, but may have some myofascial release or mindful muscle activation or some other surprises sprinkled in. Danielle loves to challenge and restore her students’ bodies in ways that are both expected and unexpected – variety is the spice of life, especially when it comes to how we move.
Becoming a Massage Therapist
After years of teaching yoga, Danielle turned to massage to deepen her understanding of the human body and expand the way she’s able to help her clients. With her private yoga and massage clients, she has the opportunity to work in a more focused way, targeting clients’ specific needs to help rewire their patterns to reduce chronic pain or move with more efficiency and ease.
Danielle teaches yoga and practice massage and bodywork because she loves this incredible, multi-dimensional practice but more importantly because she loves connecting with her students and clients to help them feel and move better in their bodies.
MASSAGE CERTIFICATIONS + TRAININGS
SomatoEmotional Release 1 - Upledger Institute, April 2023
CranioSacral Therapy 2 - Upledger Institute, September 2022
Positional Release Therapy - Massage Therapeutics, May 2022
CranioSacral Therapy 1 - Upledger Institute, March 2022
Cupping Massage - Massage Therapeutics, October 2021
Thai Massage Certification – Old Medicine Hospital, August 2017
850HR Licensed Massage Therapist – The Massage School December, 2016
YOGA CERTIFICATIONS + TRAININGS
Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist - Yoga Medicine, July 2022
55HR Spine Anatomy + Disfunction - Yoga Medicine, April 2021
25HR Women’s Health – Yoga Medicine, September 2020
55HR Shoulder Anatomy + Disfunction – Yoga Medicine, July 2020
60HR Nervous System + Restorative Yoga – Yoga Medicine, November 2019
25HR Cadaver Dissection Lab – Yoga Medicine, September 2019
60HR Myofascial Release Training – Yoga Medicine, April 2019
Anatomy Trains in Motion – Anatomy Trains, July 2019
300HR Yoga Teacher Training – Boston Yoga School, June 2015
200HR Yoga Teacher Training – Rancho Margot, Costa Rica December 2012
FITNESS CERTIFICATIONS + TRAININGS
Pelvis Restoration - Postural Restoration Institute, June 2023
Certified Personal Training Course – National Association of Sports Medicine, May 2023
TRX Suspension Training Course – TRX, July 2019
Schedule a Free Consult
Want to find out a bit more about private yoga or massage? Contact Danielle to schedule a free 15 minute phone or Zoom call to learn more about how you may benefit from one:one yoga or bodywork.
“Working with Danielle is the perfect mix of challenging and fun. Her classes are filled with inspiring flows and thoughtful modifications. Her knowledge of anatomy and experience in massage therapy also add a depth and relaxing quality to both her private and group classes. I look forward to every time I can get on the mat with Danielle!”
— Tori B.