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Denver, CO

David Okafor

Meditation & Yin Instructor

RYT-500 · Certified Meditation Teacher · 11 years teaching

“Almost everyone I teach arrives convinced their mind is the problem. It usually isn't. The mind is doing exactly what a mind does. Our work is to give it somewhere better to go.”

Years teaching
11
Students taught
5,900
Based in
Denver, CO

About David

David came to yoga through a decade of clinical mental-health work, and it shows in how he teaches: slowly, with an emphasis on what is safe for a nervous system that is already overloaded. He is a Certified Meditation Teacher and a Certified Breathwork Facilitator, and he leads our Yin Deep Release and Meditation & Breathwork courses.

He teaches from the Denver studio's natural-light loft and runs our free monthly community breathwork circles, which regularly draw two hundred people online.

In the classroom

David's classes are unheated, well-lit and quiet. He teaches with a lot of silence, which surprises people who expect him to be chatty.

Certifications & training

  • RYT-500 (Yoga Alliance, 2021)
  • Certified Meditation Teacher (IMTA)
  • Certified Breathwork Facilitator (Global Professional Breathwork Alliance)

Specialties

  • Yin
  • Meditation
  • Breathwork
  • Nervous system care

Courses taught by David

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