About Dave

PhD, RYT, TIYT, PDC, CPT(t)

Hi! I'm Dave, founder of Holos Therapeutics. I strive to live the theory and values behind my work, and what I offer has grown organically from the soil of my own diverse life experience. Here are some of the highlights of my experience, education, and training:

I've always been fascinated by human mind and movement. After earning a degree in psychology at the University of Northern Colorado, I made my way to Syracuse University, where I was awarded a Doctoral Research Fellowship in the School of Education. My PhD dissertation explores the currently-developing paradigm shift in the life-mind sciences that replaces the obsolete mind-body dualism with the theory of deep life-mind continuity. I focused my research on embodied cognition, ecological psychology, autopoietic biology, mindfulness, quantum neurophilosophy, and dynamic systems theory.

At Syracuse, I was a founding member of the Contemplative Collaborative, a campus-wide collective effort of students, faculty and staff working to bring mindfulness into the academic experience. I've practiced yoga for over 10 years and I'm certified as both a yoga instructor and in trauma-informed yoga therapy. I'm also a life-long learner, so now I'm training to be a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and to be a certified instructor in Fascia Movement through the Art of Motion Academy.

Growing up, I was active in sports (baseball, football, track, soccer, cycling and gymnastics) as well as music and art. During college, I worked at a youth summer camp leading high ropes courses and backpacking trips in the Colorado Rockies. I've worked in a wide range of occupations including farming, gardening, permaculture landscaping, trail building, universities, non-profits, retail, and government. 

Today, I apply everything I've learned through my formal education and life experience to my work in Holos Therapeutics. Ultimately, it comes down to this: mind and body are one, and any legitimate sense of health rests on this basic principle. Toward this end, I have practiced and studied a variety of modalities and theories that have equipped me to uniquely support your own holistic health. These include the following trainings and certifications:

  • B.A. Psychology - University of Northern Colorado
  • M.Sc., Ph.D. - Syracuse University
  • registered yoga teacher (Yoga Alliance)
  • certified in trauma-informed yoga therapy (Sundara Yoga Therapy™)
  • trained in trauma-sensitive mindfulness with Dr. David Treleaven
  • Certified Personal Trainer (National Academy of Sports Medicine - in progress)
  • FAMO - Fascia Movement (in progress)

I am also conducting independent research into the new paradigm of living anatomy, which departs from the obsolete theories of biomechanics, and which is grounded in biotensegrity and the past few decades of groundbreaking research on fascia.

In my recreational life I enjoy a wide range of activities including cycling/mountain biking, rock climbing, slacklining, backpacking/hiking, yoga, working out, drumming, poetry, and gardening.

I've also learned just how much we are capable of through the unique experience of a vision fast in the wilderness of Utah's canyonlands. During a 12-day backpacking trip, I solo fasted for four and a half days. This was a challenge, to be sure! But I was astounded at how much strength I still had, even after being so depleted for so long. This experience taught me so much, but the key insight was simply that we are capable of so much more than we typically believe - and, to tap into this potential, we must learn to align all our different energy systems, which is to say integrate "body" and "mind." When we do this, we are unstoppable.

Today, I keep myself moving through many forms of physical activity and I also continue to research as much as I can in the realms of embodied cognition, fascial conditioning, fitness, natural healing, biotensegrity/living anatomy, and diet/nutrition.