Daryl VansierBorn in Montreal, Canada, in 1949, Daryl was introduced to yoga as a child and began to practice regularly as a teenager to successfully heal a painful congenital condition in his spine. Shortly after graduating from McGill University in Montreal he as introduced to meditation, and within months decided to dedicate himself to full-time practice as a Buddhist monk. He practiced Zen and Tibetan Buddhism for 11 years. At 31 years of age, wishing to re-connect with the society he had left, Daryl left the monastic setting and trained in various massage and bodywork techniques to eventually become a body/mind therapist. He was particularly influenced by Hellerwork, a process of integration utilizing structural bodywork and movement education, and their relationship to one's emotions and attitudes. Drawing on his experience of the benefits of hatha yoga, Daryl gradually incorporated classical asanas into this therapeutic setting to help his clients contact and release tensions stored in their "body-mind," and designed specific routines appropriate to each person's needs to help them sustain the harmony, strength, and mobility achieved in the sessions. Impressed with the integrity of the Hellerwork process, Daryl designed a series of yoga-posture flows corresponding to the various stages of the eleven-part Hellerwork series. This method came to be known as Divya Yoga, and is recognized by the Yoga Alliance. Daryl Vansier is an experienced meditation instructor and retreat guide, having meditated for over 50 years, training with Zen and Tibetan Buddhist Masters in the west as well as Raja Yoga Masters at the International Meditation Institute in India. In 1992 he founded Heaven and Earth Institute, a healing arts centre in Montreal, where he and other instructors offered classes, workshops, retreats and private sessions in Montreal and abroad. He closed his centre in 2009 to focus on other projects, and is currently based in Nosara, Costa Rica. During his training in Hellerwork, Daryl was introduced to the theory of sub-personalities and voice dialogue, and this became an important influence in Daryl's personal and professional life. Daryl went on to train as a facilitator and teacher with the founders Hal and Sidra Stone and their staff. Drawing on his knowledge of this approach and related techniques, such as dreamwork, Active Imagination, and his extensive experience in the other healing arts he has practiced over a lifetime, Daryl now shares his knowledge in workshops, retreats and personal lifestyle counselling sessions in Costa Rica and abroad. Read More Read Less
