Daniel E. Hickman, E-RYT-500, Program Director.

Daniel E. Hickman, E-RYT is a nationally certified yoga instructor-educator at the 500-hour level with the Yoga Alliance. As a faculty member at the Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica he co-teaches the Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher Trainings as well as leads his own weeklong retreats. He is originally from Washington, D. C. where he instructs at the Department of Justice, the White House Athletic Center and the Military Advanced Training Center in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He is the author of the DVD series Yoga Beginnings: Awareness which is made for every body and mind. 

In his past life, Daniel performed for several years as an artist-educator in the theaters of the Barns of Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, BAPA's Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and The Smithsonian Institution's Discovery Theater in Washington, D. C. He also danced with Maru Montero's Mexican Folkloric Company, Tony Powell/Music and Movement and attended clown school in Guanajuato, Mexico with Sigfrido Aguilar at El Estudio Busqueda de Pantomia Teatro. When he is not facilitating yoga seminars somewhere around the world, you'll find Daniel high above the earth uniting with nature while rock climbing. His other pastimes include Chinese martial arts, writing and drinking tea.

To learn more about Daniel go to: www.silkroadyoga.com