Fitness Philosophy
Half hard, half soft, work the middle.

Favorite Personal Workout
Full body resistance training.

Bio

Daniel Hickman leads meditation and adaptive yoga for patients in the Military Advanced Training Center and Adaptive Recreation Center, at The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He is the director of the Multidisciplinary Yoga Teacher Training, and a mentor with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington. He was vice chair on the board of the Yoga Service Council.

He partnered with: the Howard University Cancer Center/Hospital implementing a restorative yoga intervention for African-American breast cancer survivors, Friendship Place/LaCasa leading meditation & yoga classes for recovering homeless populations, and the Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management guiding patients in rehabilitative yoga to address low back pain.

Daniel authored six instructional yoga videos including Yoga Beginnings & Vets Yoga. He was a lead trainer in the Interdisciplinary Yoga programs at the Nosara Yoga Institute in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

In his past life, Daniel was a traditional rock climber for 26 years, until he got dropped down the side of a mountain, fell 4 stories and had to hike out. Prior to that, he was an artist educator and facilitated multicultural, interactive theatrical presentations for audiences of children with: The Smithsonian Institution’s Discovery Theater, The Barns of Wolf Trap and The Kennedy Center. His site: danielofthesun.com

Coaching Style

His experience in the movement arts, and working with those wounded by war, have given him unique insight into the human body, mind, and spirit. Health is wealth, peace of mind is priceless, community heals, art saves lives, and nature is the best medicine.

Certification
National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) CPT [pending]
Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 & YACEP
Nosara Yoga Institute Professional Level Yoga Educator