The core of Danielle’s personal journey and career has been dedicated to exploring the world and Self through the lens of the body. Danielle is a Life and Wellness Coach, master Pilates instructor, Kundalini Yoga Instructor, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner (PRYT), Integrated Movement Therapies (IMT)® practitioner and Laban Movement Analyst. 

With over 30-years of experience as a mentor, educator and teacher-trainer, she has helped countless people navigate challenges and goals so they live their lives with passion and purpose. 

In her earlier years, Danielle danced professionally for over a decade with three of Toronto’s foremost contemporary dance companies. Post performance, she received a BA in Literary Studies and Health Sciences from the University of Toronto, and an MA from York University in Critical Dance Theory and Creative Movement Education. While completing her master’s, Danielle completed a concurrent two-year graduate-level program in Laban Movement Analysis at the Université du Quebec à Montreal, co-sponsored by the Laban Institute of Movement Studies in New York.  

Over an 18-year span from 1998 to 2016, Danielle owned and operated Second Wind® Pilates Plus® in Mississauga, Ontario. Second Wind® was the first Pilates studio to open west of Toronto. During her tenure as director/owner, Danielle created a movement therapy system called Integrated Movement Therapies (IMT)®, for which the studio then became known. Danielle also created a Pilates/IMT certification program that continues to today under the supervision of Laura Turnbull of Pure Pilates in Whitby, Ontario. Second Wind® Method is known for putting the soul back into Pilates. Its unique combination of Pilates, movement therapy and Laban Movement Analysis, continues today as one of Canada’s longest running and most comprehensive Pilates certification offerings.

Danielle’s services include Heart Space Life Coaching, Kundalini Yoga, Pilates, Integrated Movement Therapies (IMT)®, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy and teacher-training. 

In addition to Second Wind Method, Danielle is also a teacher-trainer for the Saibhang Institute with Sat Dharam Kaur in Kundalini Yoga and Beyond Addiction, and a member of Yoga Alliance.  She is presently a psychotherapy student in the Compassionate Inquiry^® professional training, created by Dr. Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur.

As you see there are many ways of working with Danielle. The choice is yours. Danielle is happy to meet with you to discuss possibilities…

• MOVEMENT SPECIALIST  Danielle’s focus as a movement specialist in Pilates and IMT is on functional movement training, physical rehabilitation and movement therapy, for optimal healing and active living. 
• HEART SPACE LIFE COACHING  As a life coach, Danielle offers a client-centered and trauma-informed approach to self-awareness, healing and personal growth. She believes in the vast and creative potential of each of you who walks through her door, recognizing your innate wisdom and capacity for intentional change. Walking side-by-side with you in a safe, compassionate and exploratory space, you are invited to explore your unique process of thinking and feeling in order to connect with what is truly meaningful for you. Evolving new perspectives and possibilities for inspired action, you can do none other than succeed when your values, goals and purpose are aligned with the truth of who you are. 
• KUNDALINI YOGA  As a kundalini yoga teacher, Danielle honours your personal relationship to your true self, as your guide for compassion, self-care and self-knowing. These ancient yoga practices amplify the innate physiological capacity of your body to heal itself. Simply put, they help you get well. They also connect you to the consciousness, the creative intelligence of the formless, divine, or whatever you want to call your inheritance. As the yoga of awareness, kundalini practices are a way to personally call in the divine, which then compassionately reciprocates your natural yearning and spiritual journey for goodness, wholeness and living well. You co-create in relationship. 

You can find Danielle still in motion on zoom and live, in beautiful downtown Collingwood, by the majestic Georgian Bay, north of Toronto, Ontario/Canada. Welcome!