How are you? I'm glad you're here.
I'm Daniel Ari, and I'm blessed to serve people as they reconnect with their own built-in drives toward wholeness, freedom, satisfaction and creativity.
Reach out to me if you'd like a wise, kind, and grounded ally as you explore your selfhood and nourish your life.
I'm able to serve you in this way because of my own long path in healing through indigenous and contemporary forms of consciousness exploration and counseling. My creative life of writing, dance, improvisation, and art comes together with Hakomi, Relational Somatic Healing, Breema bodywork, PSIP, ISITTA (formerly Dharma of Trauma), and Discovering Relationship. What I've learned on my journey may serve you on yours.
I've been healing "on the mat" since 2000, assisting in group journeys since 2011 and guiding since 2018. In this culture, as avenues for consciousness exploration proliferate, it's good to work with someone with deep experience and a thriving connection to traditional ways and spiritual understanding.
When you come to me for counsel and guidance, we co-create a healing relationship around your intentions for living. We find what works for you. Our collaboration is built on the shared faith that you can wake ever more fully to all of life's possibilities—because that's what all people are naturally called to and equipped to do.
I'd be honored to speak with you, wherever life finds you now.
Reflections from those I've served
These words, shared anonymously, came unsolicited. Some time after receiving each of these reflections, I received permission to post them. Remember that outcomes are always individual and not guaranteed.
"Trusting you and working with you has been one of the kindest things I’ve ever done for myself."
"I very much appreciate our time together. I have grown through working with you, and my being is more healthy, integrated and free."
"This is the first time I'm feeling hopeful that there is a path forward to healing because it hasn't felt like that ever before."
"The work we're doing has supercharged my growth, and it’s fun!"
“A friend asked me what medicine work has done for me. The first answer that came out was, ‘I've reconciled with my parents, and I'm happy to be alive for the first time in my life.’"
“A dramatic shift for the better. I think it may have saved our marriage.”
—From the spouse of a client
"I feel like [the person I referred] is in one of the best, most grounded places in [their] life since working with you. [They are] setting more boundaries and making many changes while also being patient. Whatever you're doing is really working."
—From a therapist, after making a referral six months before. Client's name and gender have been anonymized.
"I'm feeling an upwelling of gratitude for the community gathering last night... I never would have thought that just sitting open for an extended period of time with other souls, in which any offering was welcome, would be so meaningful. It allowed me to sit with my resistances and, rather than trying to banish them, abide with them as part of me. I came away with an almost puzzling sense of calm and peace that's still with me today."
"I very much appreciate our time together. I have grown through working with you, and my being is more healthy, integrated and free."
"This is the first time I'm feeling hopeful that there is a path forward to healing because it hasn't felt like that ever before."
"The work we're doing has supercharged my growth, and it’s fun!"
“A friend asked me what medicine work has done for me. The first answer that came out was, ‘I've reconciled with my parents, and I'm happy to be alive for the first time in my life.’"
“A dramatic shift for the better. I think it may have saved our marriage.”
—From the spouse of a client
"I feel like [the person I referred] is in one of the best, most grounded places in [their] life since working with you. [They are] setting more boundaries and making many changes while also being patient. Whatever you're doing is really working."
—From a therapist, after making a referral six months before. Client's name and gender have been anonymized.
"I'm feeling an upwelling of gratitude for the community gathering last night... I never would have thought that just sitting open for an extended period of time with other souls, in which any offering was welcome, would be so meaningful. It allowed me to sit with my resistances and, rather than trying to banish them, abide with them as part of me. I came away with an almost puzzling sense of calm and peace that's still with me today."
