Working with the breath expands your capacity to hold energy, regulate your nervous system, and transform emotion. When you can direct the flow of breath, you can also direct your thoughts, your energy, and the essence of how you move through the world. It becomes a powerful tool to release what no longer serves you and to claim what you truly desire.

In this short but potent 12-minute practice from The Art of Sacred Intimacy (Austin, 2025), John guides you through the reed breath - a practice that grounds you into the Earth and reconnects you with your innate wildness. From that grounded place, you’ll begin to access and claim your primal desire.

Close your eyes, drop into the body, and let yourself feel what it’s like to turn up the flame of desire using nothing but your breath.

Disclaimer: Although anyone may find this practice to be useful, it is made available with the understanding that we are not engaged in presenting specific medical, psychological, emotional, sexual or spiritual advice. Nor is anything in this practice intended to be a diagnosis, prescription, recommendation or cure for any specific kind of medical, psychological, emotional, sexual or spiritual problem. Each individual has unique needs and this practice cannot take these individual differences into account. Each person should engage in a program of treatment, prevention, cure, or general health only in consultation with a licensed, qualified physician, therapist or other competent professional. Any person suffering from a sexually transmitted disease or any local illness of his or her sexual organs should consult a medical doctor and a qualified instructor of sexual yoga before practicing the sexual methods described.