David

David Daniel is a best-selling author and speaker who tours the world teaching the tenets and philosophy of the improvisational comedy technique, "Yes, And", and yoga and meditation.

A Funny Thing Happened…

I have always found it interesting how my life has led me to this current stage of life.  I grew up in a small town in Iowa that was settled on the Mississippi River.  Life in Iowa was consistently non-eventful; the people were hard-working, kind and not demonstrative in the least.  From a very young age I felt a burning desire to become a stand-up comedy.  Almost everyone told me that my dream wasn’t possible.  Although I never took anyone’s doubt seriously, I always considered it strange that people didn’t think it was possible for me, or anyone for that […]

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The Joy of Kindling

As the winter nights while away and the dawn of spring approaches, I am left feeling contemplative.  The world’s wonderment lays before my eyes and I fundamentally understand that both beauty and chaos can be perceived by those very eyes.  I have come to understand it is I that must seek the very beauty that exists everywhere in the world.  In the face of the chaos, I must perceive the beauty because the beauty of the world has been ignored for far too long.  Too many of us find triumph in the defeat of others, pleasure in the pain of

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This Too Shall Pass

I remember a time many years ago when I was much younger and far more prone to allow the outside world to affect me that I came to my father with something that was troubling me.  In hindsight, for the life of me, I cannot remember what was troubling me at the time however I will never forget the words that he imparted upon me.  When I told my father the dilemma I was facing, he simply sat and listened to me and then when he heard all of the details of my affair he quite succinctly said, “Son, this

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Snow Day

Snow fell on Texas.  This isn’t a common occurrence and when it does happen it seems time stops just a little bit for those that are graced with its semi-annual presence.  Usually, in alternating years snow will sneak up on North Texas and give us a light dusting that becomes the talk of the community.  Instagram pages light up with pictures and text messages fly, “It’s snowing.”  There is something mystical about snow, especially when it is a rare episode.  Snow has this unique ability to bring people together in a state of joy.  Kids race outside to play and

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The Wisdom Series

“Build a Covenant.” Messages come during Sadhana.  It’s inevitable that when we quiet the mind nuggets of inspiration break through the silence demanding action. “Build a covenant.” This message poured into my soul and I wasn’t even certain exactly what it meant.  If truth be told, I had to look up the word “covenant” to even understand the meaning.  I learned the word covenant means “agreement.”  I understood even less what I was being instructed to do.  Build an agreement?  With whom? What would this agreement entail? Then, Adi asked me to join her with Siri Bahadur to do a meditation

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