Dan is an osteopath and dedicated teacher and practitioner of yoga for the past 30 years and he loves to keep yoga simple. His method of weaving traditional yoga philosophy and asana together aims to help guide students to a better understanding, appreciation, and application of yoga in everyday life.

Yoga has always been a way of life for Dan, his mum, an eccentric Hatha yogini with over 50 years of experience, used to drag this grumpy little boy to her yoga classes each week. Initially, Dan hated going to yoga because it was filled with old people wearing lycra, but secretly he grew to love it, especially when it was time for relaxation. As Dan grew, he started to understand the value of practicing yoga and how it could be used to enhance all aspects of life.

Dan completed his first teacher training with the IYTA in 1998 and soon after took his first trip to India, where he fell in love with the practice of Ashtanga Yoga. In 2003 he completed a nine-month teacher training with Lousia Seers in Byron Bay before moving to Sydney in 2004 to study and teach with Eileen Hall at Ashtanga Yoga Moves. It took Dan a further 12 years of travelling to India to receive his level 2 authorisation from the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India. Over this time Dan had the honour of studying with many great Indian philosophers, poets and lovers of life.

In 2009 Dan opened Ashtanga Yoga Newcastle where he spent the next 10 years building a flourishing yoga community, being a dad, husband and trying to surf as much as possible. Dan is currently working full time as an osteopathy, training yoga teachers and teaching workshops in Australia and New Zealand.