Daniel James - Music, Magic & Mindfulness

The Universe is A pretty cool place.

Hi there! If you’re in San Diego I invite you to sign up for my Magic of Meditation workshops.
They are taking place in San Diego on the second Tuesday of the month, throughout the fall.

You may have heard – The benefits of meditation are virtually endless – it’s an amazing way to feel more grounded, connected, creative, calm and aligned with your best self. Some people find meditation tricky to get into – I totally get it! There’s so many ways to meditate. I’ve learned through various teachers and trainings over the years and I’ve rolled my experience into a guided meditation process that is simple and can even be fun! (crazy, right?)

Why is it free? Simply because I love to teach this stuff and I feel called to share the power of meditation with others…
…and you’ll also be subjected to super quick Timeshare presentation.
(I’m totally kidding)

All classes are 90 minutes and begin with a nice little chat to get acquainted with each other and discuss the theme. Then we’ll follow up with a calming body scan and a guided visualized meditation. You’ll leave with tools to practice with and hopefully a feeling of lightness and alignment.

MORE WORKSHOPS COMING SOOn!

Stay in touch and I’ll let you know what’s coming up.

The Big
Let Go

Tuesday, September 17th @ 7PM

Sometimes in life we forget to take stock of where our energy is and things bubble up without our awareness. That’s when we’ve got to Marie Kondo the shit out of our souls. If it doesn’t spark joy, let it go!. We’re gonna chill and breathe and release.

In this class you’ll learn creative visualization and a bit about the energy centers of the body. Then we’ll dive deeper and release the energy that is holding us back from feeling free. Let’s drop our worries and keep our wishes – say ‘bye bye’ to the bullshit and make room for life to give us the good stuff!

Appreciation Acceleration

Tuesday, October 15th @ 7PM

So often we get wrapped up in what’s not going right that we forget to be happy that we even woke up. Once in a while we need to remind ourselves that we only get so many spins around the sun and to apply the attitude of gratitude to everything that got us where we are.

In this class you’ll tap into two things we always have readily available: our breath and our heartbeat. We’ll go through a series of visualizations to build our gratitude muscles to create a groovy feeling set-point for appreciation in your life.

TOMORROW TODAY

Tuesday, November 19th @ 7PM

This is always a fun one. It’s so important to take time to think and feel about the life you want to experience! We’ll practice appreciation for the present with an openness for future – and most importantly, learning the art of detachment so that the limitless possibilities of tomorrow can flow into life.

You’ll spend a ton of time thinking about what you want in life. Good times, right? We’ll use creative visualization to find your happy place and then soak up a bunch of awesome affirmations to get you feeling aligned and ready to fly into tomorrow.

The workshops take place in
Mission Valley, San Diego.

Civita Recreation Center
2684 Community Lane
San Diego, CA 92108

About my style of teaching: I like to make things easy and fun. This is not about shutting off your brain and achieving ‘nothingness’. Quite the contrary, in fact. I start from a place of chilling out your mind and body through breath-work and visualization. Then I guide your imagination and create a landscape to connect to and work from. From there we’ll focus on whatever the theme is, and close by flowing through some empowering affirmations to get your vibe even higher. After that, we open our eyes and take on the world!

Whether you’ve never tried meditation, or you’re able to see aura’s and levitate on command,
anyone is welcome.

Participants must be 13 and up. No experience required.
* There are a fixed amount of spaces available so book your spot today! *

CHECK OUT MY NEW CHRISTMAS SONG!

I’m SO excited to introduce this song and video into the world. Lots of laughs, tons of puns and catchy as heck. I never intended to release another song as an artist – but when I wrote this magical Motown musical theatre bop with Jennifer Lucy Cook and Peter White I COULD NOT get it out of my head, and my mind was filled with images of a video I needed to make.

My Christmas Spirit Guides were tapping on my shoulder constantly to bring the vision to life. So I listened. We wrote the song at the end of October, we recorded it in mid-November (amazingly produced by Pete), I shot a video for it in my living room and studio last week, then stayed awake for 3 days to edit it.

This is what happens when you just flow with what feels good: A fun and funny story about how shit goes wrong no matter how “in tune” you are – and that Christmas Magic lives inside us, away from the distractions of the outside world.

I love this song and had an absolute BLAST in the creative process – and I have detached from any expectation about it. I don’t give a flying Christmas f*** about streaming numbers – I just want the message out there. If you love it, please share it. Text or DM it to your family and friends who would get a kick out of it. It would mean the world! HO HO HO and NAMASTE! 🎅🏼 🙏🏼

You can stream or download Om For Christmas here!

Hi, I'M Daniel.

It's nice to meet you!

Welcome to my world. I think telling you all about me will be very introspective and even therapeutic, but better yet I love the idea that I don’t have to talk about myself anymore and I can just say “visit my website, he’ll fill you in”.

So – Who is this guy? Glad you asked.
I am a songwriter and spirit guide. What a cool combo, eh?

Speaking of ‘eh‘, I grew up in a small Canadian village called Nottawa. (No, I didn’t misspell Ottawa… you’ve just never heard of it). I now live happily in San Diego, California with my amazing husband and the team of voices in my head.

My journey has always been hilariously all over the place, but what I have learned is to celebrate the randomness of life in the pursuit of your ever-changing dreams. That’s why I love to teach others how to tap into the highest version of themselves and find that deep sense of belief that is needed to feel like you’re actually living your life – instead of life living you.

Ultimately, I’m here to share myself through the 3 keys that make up my life:

MUSIC. MAGIC. MINDFULNESS.

YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?

I'm so flattered!

Let’s go deeper. I’ve always been a very intuitive person (you say psychic, I say potato). The connection I have is one that we all have but it lays dormant and craving attention if you’re not appreciating it (been there, done that!). I was always afraid of what other people would think, and I didn’t trust that fully being myself was the answer to everything.

The Universe kept calling and I kept saying, “New phone, who dis?”

No matter how much I would try to tune out my intuition, it pulsed in my life with a steady beat. It’s like the 18th century philosopher Gloria Estefan said, “The rhythm is gonna getcha”. I’ve spent a lot of time learning to lean in to my metaphysical side and just ride the wave. Let me tell ya, it’s a wild ride. Now I’ve spent the past ten years or so developing my spiritual practice through yoga, meditation and energy channeling.

My intention is simply to trust and follow my intuition and lift up whoever I can along the way.

I'M A SONGWRITER.

I’ve been writing since I was a teenager and I dig it so so much. I love to write pop, country, and theatrical songs. I currently have the pleasure of bouncing between LA and Nashville from my home in San Diego, working with songwriters and artists.

My favorite thing to do is sit down with an artist or writer and have a little session filled with laughs, life-coaching and light-bulb moments – and then create a song out of thin air.

Sometimes I can’t help but write uplifting and inspirational songs – because I think subconsciously I’m writing them as a positive reminder to myself. I really believe the power of intention and the energy you can put into your music as a songwriter.

But it doesn’t always have to be serious and deep – sometimes it’s just fun to sing about heartbreak and drinking and gettin’ some!

Want to hear some demos?

I BELIEVE IN MAGIC.

It’s that invisible force behind everything serendipitous and inexplicable in this Universe. I’ve had way too much awesome and synchronistic shit happen to me not to believe in magic. But I think of it differently than some people. I’m not necessarily referring to magic in the hocus pocus, Harry Potter sense (though, I’m not not referring to it that way either 😉

I think the fact that we wake up breathing on a mystery rock floating through the Universe is pretty fuckin’ magical. I think we’re here for a reason and I believe we are all capable of amazing things. I believe that we are made from the same energy that created the stars and nature and all the wild circumstances that flow into our lives for us to experience.

I also believe we create our own realities by harnessing this energy through our thoughts and feelings and that we humans are evolving into our full potential slowly but surely. I use my magic to help others believe in theirs. It’s an inherent power that many people ignore. Hell, I tried to for most of my life – but it’s impossible to ignore anymore!

So, yeah – I believe in magic – and I love connecting with those who love to dive deeper into who they really are. If that’s you…

I'm A SOUL SEARCHER.

Since I was very young I always had a very inquisitive nature. And I always felt different than everyone else. I have spent my entire life finding new ways to become the best version of myself. (Hint: It’s a marathon that never ends!). It hasn’t been clear or easy and I’ve walked through a lot of self-created shit to get to where I am today, and I’m still walking and figuring out all this with the rest of the world.

I’m a 200hr trained yoga teacher and I use a mash-up of yoga principles, meditation, intuitive guidance, energy healing and a killer sense of humor to get people aligned with their higher selves.

Like many a triple-fire-sign-Sagittarius, I’ve always been obsessed with spiritual and self-development as well as personal transformation. Yeah I’m one of those people who’ve read a book or two-hundred on those topics, but mostly I’ve learned a lot from roaming this planet for over 3 decades and attempting to put together this puzzle called human existence.

My favorite thing is talking to like-minded people about getting into a flow state and connecting with your awesome inner self and all of the cool shit that happens when you truly love yourself. It’s powerful stuff!

SENDING GOOD VIBES...

One innate gift I’ve always had is tapping into someone’s energy and connecting with their higher selves and sense of self-belief. I feel my qualifications for the position of Tour Guide of the Universe includes 34 years of figuring out who the fuck I am. Combine that with my super-charged intuition and it’s made me great at helping others connect with themselves! I believe that we should all be leading and guiding each other, regardless of where we’re at in life – because our stories and experiences can affect others in ways we often underestimate.

So that’s what I’m here to do. I want to impact the world in a positive way through music, magic and mindfulness.

If you're pickin' up what I'm puttin' down,
let's connect!

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THERE'S A LOT OF FUN ON THE WAY.

I’m really looking forward to the next few months! I’m currently developing multiple series for YouTube and IGTV that I’ll be releasing in Fall 2019.

A fun and humorous look at finding the magic in everyday life through the exploration of the signs and synchronicities that make you say “Holy shit, what is happening? Life is AMAZING!” It’s gonna be a good time.

You’re like “we get ittttt Daniel! – everything is just magical”…and you’re right. It is. I’ll be producing my meditation workshops into an online series and releasing it with a bunch of accompanying meditation tracks on streaming services. Boom!

Additionally, I have been working on an online self-development course for the mind, body and spirit for last few years that I am finally getting into production and will be able to release it to the world next year!

Basically what I’m saying is – I have a lot of shit to do, so check back soon. In the meantime, if you want to keep in touch and find out when I’m releasing my next project…