Meet Danielle Andisa Johnson 

Founder and Chief Calm Officer, The Inner Calm Academy

Danielle Andisa Johnson is the founder of The Inner Calm Academy, a wellness education company dedicated to helping people build calm as a practical, reliable skill for real life.

After more than two decades leading high-stakes engineering programs at NASA, including serving as Program Executive for a 2.3 billion dollar space weather satellite mission, Danielle Andisa made a bold transition to focus fully on addressing a challenge she had witnessed throughout her career: how to succeed in high-pressure environments without sacrificing well-being.

While building complex systems in space, she was also doing her own inner work and quietly helping others do the same. For more than 14 years, she has studied and facilitated mindfulness, breathwork, and nervous system regulation practices that help people manage stress, strengthen resilience, and sustain performance.

As a Black woman who has navigated demanding professional spaces, Danielle Andisa understands firsthand the invisible weight many high-achievers carry. This lived experience fuels her commitment to making practical, science-informed wellness tools accessible to those who need them most.

Today, Danielle Andisa combines her engineering mindset with evidence-informed mind-body practices to help individuals and organizations move from survival mode to sustainable calm.

Training and Credentials

Danielle Andisa is a certified facilitator and practitioner in multiple disciplines that support stress regulation and well-being, including:

• Conscious Connected Breathwork
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (Brown University)
• Trauma-informed coaching and tapping practices
• Reiki and energy-based stress regulation methods
• Yoga and mind-body movement facilitation

Her work integrates both modern neuroscience and longstanding mind-body traditions, translated into practical tools that people can apply in everyday life.

Beyond the Work

A native Houstonian who recently returned home, Danielle Andisa is deeply rooted in community. When she is not guiding breathwork or teaching, she enjoys traveling, studying her family’s genealogy, reading widely, and continuing her personal journey toward holistic well-being.