Core Flow

Danielle Vardakas, E-RYT500, DYT1000, BFA, began dancing at age 3 in Philadelphia. She continued to study dance at the Philadelphia Creative & Performing Arts High School. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Temple University and the Tyler School of Art in 2001. Danielle fell in love with yoga in 1994 while dancing with a junior ballet company and began teaching yoga in 2000. Her practice created balance in her body and mind throughout her professional dance career which included mainly Hip Hop and Breakin with a bit of Contemporary Modern. She was mentored by Cara Bradley. She is also strongly influenced by her teachers Dharma Mittra , John Friend and Kausthub Desikachar. Danielle is continuously training and has completed over 5000 hours of teacher training programs all over the globe. She is a registered 1000-hour Advanced Teacher with Dharma Yoga. Danielle & her family currently live in West Palm Beach, Florida . Danielle’s vinyasa style incorporates principles of alignment with power flows and bliss energy. She themes each practice so the student can evolve spiritually as well as physically. A teacher to teachers, Danielle created Garnet Heart Yoga’s 200 “Find Your Voice” & 500 hour “Live Your Truth” teacher trainings, Hip Hop Yoga Dance and Children and Tween Teacher Trainings. She has taught over 50 teacher training groups in the past 10 years. She has taught at BYC, Liberate and Wanderlust Festivals and at many Vermont Dance Festivals & Sedona Yoga Festivals. Danielle is a vegan, Reiki Master, Tao cultivator and proud mother to an amazing little yogi.