The DeRose Method is a 60-year-old tradition of breathwork, meditation, and movement — built on the same science James Nestor writes about. Online classes and private sessions in San Antonio, TX.
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The DeRose Method was codified in Brazil in 1960, integrating ancient techniques that researchers are only now beginning to study. It is the applied practice behind what books like Breath describe in theory.
All classes are available live and on-demand. Beginners are welcome in every session.
Explore and optimize your breathing through targeted challenges. Techniques drawn from prânâyâma — the respiratory practices at the core of the DeRose tradition. Ideal as a daily practice or as a stand-alone session.
Build a solid foundation of breathing, self-awareness, relaxation, and focus. Manage stress, sharpen your attention, and quiet the mental chatter. The right starting point if you've tried meditation apps and found them too passive.
The complete DeRose session. A fusion of breathing, vital organ health, body awareness, relaxation, and meditation. Level 1 reduces stress and anxiety. Level 2 enhances energy, masters emotions, and silences the mind.
Develop body awareness through physical techniques that challenge your strength and flexibility. Classes integrate mindful breathing throughout — not exercise for its own sake, but movement as a vehicle for presence.
1-on-1 sessions with John in San Antonio, TX. Personalized instruction tailored to your goals — breathwork, stress management, performance, or full practice. Reach out directly to schedule. Corporate and group sessions available.
All membership plans include access to content from DeRose schools around the world. Classes in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French — available almost 24 hours a day across time zones.
I teach the DeRose Method — a tradition of breathwork, meditation, and movement that was being studied and practiced long before the wellness industry discovered it. I am based in San Antonio, Texas, and teach online through the global DeRose platform as well as privately in person.
If you have read James Nestor's Breath or Richard Davidson's work on meditation and wondered where to find a structured practice built on the same principles — this is it. The DeRose Method has been developing these techniques for over 60 years. I am here to help you learn them.
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Real accounts from people who practice the DeRose Method.
"I had read Nestor's book and was looking for an actual practice — not just theory. The breathwork sessions in the DeRose method are the most structured, practical thing I have found."
"I've tried Headspace and Calm. They didn't stick. John's classes feel like real instruction — there's a technique, a progression, and you can actually feel the difference."
"The 55-minute classes are a full practice — breathing, movement, meditation all together. I've been doing this twice a week and I notice a real difference in my stress levels at work."
Articles on breathwork, meditation, âsana, yôganidra, and living with more intention.
Modern science has spent the last decade rediscovering what this tradition has been teaching since 1960. Here is what prânâyâma actually is, how it works in the body, and why breathing is a skill — not a reflex.
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Most people pass through the hypnagogic state every night without knowing it. Yôganidra teaches you to enter it deliberately — and stay there. What it is, what it feels like, and why it repairs what ordinary sleep cannot.
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Âsana is not stretching. It is a training ground for presence — and presence is the precondition for an intentional life. What the DeRose tradition means by âsana, and how movement becomes a vehicle for self-mastery.
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