Santa Barbara yoga teacher, Daniel Geiger
 

Daniel Geiger

Bio: I have practiced yoga for about 12 years prior to completing RYT200 training at Divinitree in May 2019. I approach yoga as a workout using body-weight, while paying attention to breath to movement coordination and alignment.

I gravitate towards energetic flows where we work towards peak poses involving inversions and forearm balances, complemented by strength-building slow and intentional transitions. I enjoy putting together a soundtrack with eclectic juxtapositions such as traditional arabic rebec & tambourine pieces and recent dark-wave releases.

I earned a Ph.D. in marine biology from University of Southern California in 1999 where I taught for a few years. I research systematics of marine snails and also orchids as a curator at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. I am exploring opportunities for combining science & natural history with yoga.

 

  • My classes are:

    Alignment-based, strong, surprising, always with options.

  • I like the studio:

    Warm (75 - 80 degrees)

  • When I'm not on my mat I'm:

    listening to and playing music, learning and teaching natural history, photography, cooking & baking, restoring and binding books.

  • I grew up in: 

    Basel, Switzerland

  • Something you'd never guess about me is:

    I have an orchid species named after me.

  • Catch me on Instagram:

    @wildhomeweekly