Born in Montreal, Canada, David worked in the banking industry for 20 years prior to pursuing his life-long interest in yoga and meditation. He holds a 500-hour yoga certification from the Kripalu Institute of Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts. He is a staff yoga teacher at the Trauma Center in Brookline, MA where he co-teaches the trauma sensitive certification program for yoga teachers.

David teaches an 8-week stress reduction program as part of a research study conducted by the Dept. of Psychiatry at MGH and Mclean Hospital involving young adults with childhood maltreatment.

David is also a co-founder and board member of True North Insight Meditation Center in Quebec, Canada.