Daniel Squire
Daniel worked for over two decades as a professional dancer, primarily in New York with Merce Cunningham and in London with Michael Clark, before becoming a Soft-tissue Therapist and Pilates teacher. Throughout his dance career he negotiated injuries and rehabilitation from operations, with the aid of various health practitioners; and he brings this wealth of experience and rich understanding of the body to both his studio- and his clinic-based work.
Daniel works in a relaxed and nurturing environment where his clients step away from their hectic lives to connect with wellbeing. He has a wealth of experience working in tandem with Osteopaths, Physiotherapists and various movement practitioners.
Pilates
With over thirty years experience as a movement teacher, Daniel’s Pilates work helps people access, strengthen, and clarify healthy movement patterns and balance the body. He places emphasis on movement initiation, relationship to gravity, functional articulation and release of tension. He combines mat work with equipment work in a bespoke approach for each individual.
Sport & Remedial Massage
and Soft-tissue Therapy
Combining Sport & Remedial Massage with various techniques of Soft-tissue Therapy, soft-tissue aspects of many chronic and post-acute injuries are treated. Through these sessions, clients' quality of life and movement is enhanced through working towards optimal efficiency. Areas of tension soften, chronic and post-acute injuries are addressed with specificity, and repetitive strain is identified and treated. Additionally: many medical conditions such as IBS and arthritis result in soft-tissue patterns which also benefit greatly from massage treatment, alleviating symptoms and lessening the impact of these conditions.
Qualifications and experience
Daniel holds a BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Clinical Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy from the London School of Sports Massage and has been a member of the Institute of Sport & Remedial Massage since 2015.
He has worked as a massage therapist with runners, elite dancers, cyclists, writers, labourers, upholsterers, and physiotherapists (among others); both in clinics and at performance venues such as Tate Modern and Sadler's Wells theatre.
Daniel completed Alan Herdman Pilates' Fully Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training Course based on the method and teaching of Joseph H. Pilates. This includes Pilates Mat Work and Pilates Equipment — Reformer, Trapeze Table, Chair, Ladder Barrel & Step Barrel — and Addressing Common Conditions and Special Populations.
He additionally holds an ActiveIQ Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Matwork
“I believe that both Pilates work and massage treatment can positively impact on your sense of self and everyday life, whether you're coming to me for rehabilitation from an injury, to enhance performance of a specific physical activity you pursue, or purely to find more ease and resilience whilst calmly reconnecting with your body and energy.”