The metaphysical roots of healing often reveal themselves long before we have the language to name them. This conversation began in one of those quiet, unexpected moments, a time when pain became a messenger, alignment felt emotional as much as physical, and my body was speaking a truth I could no longer ignore. My injury forced a kind of listening I had avoided, and Daniel Castro was one of the teachers who helped illuminate what lived beneath the surface.
We’ve created a yin practice guided by Daniel that reflects the same principles held in this conversation. It’s a quiet space to land, to listen, and to let the body reveal what it’s been carrying.
Watch the full yin practice created by Open Heart here: https://youtu.be/gRhvHTBulU8
Key Moments
00:00 Opening reflections on injury and intuition
01:04 Yoga as a catalyst for inner shift
01:53 Daniel’s early path into teaching
08:20 The quiet healing power of yin
11:45 The metaphysical layer of disease
17:23 Energy, consciousness, and the body
24:17 Fascia, trauma, and stored memory
26:47 Emotion, tension, and physiology
28:10 Rolfing and release work
30:03 Family constellations and lineage
32:03 Soul patterns and lessons
33:09 Karma and the roots of yoga
36:24 Surfing, flow, and surrender
41:18 Vulnerability and softening fear
45:16 Living with an open heart
47:32 Closing reflections
We first met in Costa Rica, long before I understood the deeper layers of my own healing. Daniel’s approach to yoga, grounded, anatomical, intuitive, opened my eyes to the metaphysical roots of healing in a way I had not encountered before. Through fascia, breath, yin yoga, and subtle alignment, he revealed how the body, mind, and emotional landscape are always in conversation. His teaching felt like ancient wisdom with modern clarity, a reminder of how deeply consciousness lives in the body.
In this episode, we explore how injury can become insight, how tension often carries meaning, and how stillness through yin yoga can reveal the metaphysical roots of healing that shape our physical experience. Daniel’s understanding of the body is woven from decades of teaching, meditation, bodywork, story, and deep observation. He speaks with precision and presence, guiding us into the truths beneath pain, the layers we often overlook.
For those inside medicine — physicians, nurses, trainees — who are navigating burnout, emotional fatigue, or the quiet spiritual dissonance that accumulates inside a system built on endurance, this space was created with you in mind. The heart holds what the schedule, the protocols, and the pager never ask about. Open Heart exists to name that unspoken reality and offer a place where healing feels honest, embodied, and allowed.
As a physician, I have often witnessed the gap between physical healing and emotional truth. I have seen arteries open yet patients remain unwell. I have felt intuitive signals arise long before any test result. This conversation lives in that intersection where modern medicine meets spirituality, where science meets soul, and where the metaphysical roots of healing become part of the story rather than something dismissed. It is where integrative healing, consciousness, and the heart mind connection finally meet.
Connect with Daniel Castro:
Email: nilahastayoga@gmail.com
Instagram: @nilahasta
Recommended Reading:
Your Body’s Telling You: Love Yourself! by Lise Bourbeau
Paperback (Amazon):
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Bodys-Telling-You-Yourself/dp/2920932437
Author’s Foundation (Bio and resources):
https://lisbourbeau.com/en
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Paperback (Penguin Random House):
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/314588/the-body-keeps-the-score-by-bessel-van-der-kolk-md/
Amazon (Paperback):
https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748
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