Even though he felt like he got hit by a train the following morning after each of his first few classes, for some reason Dan practiced every day during his week-long visit to NYC, and returned back to NH with a strong desire to practice this yoga with consistency.

Dan wore a ten-pound back brace for almost three years during his teens in an attempt to correct a life-long severe kyphosis of the spine (forward curve).  The curvature of his spine was still prevalent after three long years of wearing the brace.  He had worked with physical therapists and strength training coaches at the gym, putting on extra muscle in an attempt to support and straighten his spine. After all of that, the kyphosis remained and his back was tight and sore almost all of the time. Once Dan found Bikram Yoga, however, he couldn’t help but notice that it started to heal his back almost immediately. Other people notice too. Dan's posture began to correct itself and his height changed from 5’10 to almost 6’1.

Dan returned back to NH in 2000 and started commuting to Cambridge MA almost daily to practice Bikram at the closest studio to me at that time. Although the amazing results of practicing were so obvious to him, the long drive to class made his practice sporadic.  Then, in June of 2004 Miranda Chicklis opened a Bikram Yoga in Nashua…right down the street from his house! The consistency of his practice increased significantly, to a near-daily practice starting towards the end of 2005.  After a fortunate series of unexpended events, Dan went out to Los Angeles for Fall 2006 teacher training.

Dan has competed in the New England Regional Yoga Asana Championships in 2007 and 2008 and he took third place for the Men's Division in 2007.

He now has the pleasure of both practicing and teaching Bikram Yoga. His back feels great, he loves his profession, and his body is well on its way to realigning itself into the form it was intended to be.