What is the Yoga of Intimacy? | Justin Patrick Pierce & Londin Angel Winters

What is the Yoga of Intimacy?

The word "yoga" means practice. Not the stretchy kind. The kind where you show up to the same thing — repeatedly, honestly, in your body — until it changes you at the root. The Yoga of Intimacy is that, applied to the most challenging and most alive territory most of us will ever enter: deep intimate partnership.

Londin and I have been teaching this work together for over 16 years. We are also living it — as a married couple, as parents of a young daughter, and as partners who have weathered the same pressures that collapse most relationships. That is where the Yoga of Intimacy begins: not in theory, but in real practice, tested in a real life.

What the Yoga of Intimacy Teaches

At the center of this teaching is the Alpha and Omega Polarity Framework — a gender-free model of sexual and relational polarity grounded in nondual philosophy. Alpha is the principle of Consciousness: presence, stillness, the quality that witnesses without flinching. Omega is the principle of Light: aliveness, emotional expression, the radiant warmth that fills a relationship with energy and feeling. When these two orientations meet — one partner holding space, the other filling it — the charge between them is unmistakable. You feel it in your chest. In your belly. In the way your body leans toward another body.

From Playing With Fire:

"Without Alpha and Omega, you can talk, tap dance around touchy issues, and try to improve yourself as much as you like, but you won't produce sacred sexual fire. With Alpha and Omega, you no longer have to psych yourself up to get into the mood. Genuine sexual turn-on climbs up your spine, and it's almost impossible to keep your hands off each other."— Playing With Fire

This is not a philosophical ideal. It is the practical promise. When the polarity between two people is alive, desire is not something you chase. It rises on its own.

The teaching also includes two core practices: the I See Practice and the I Feel Practice. The I See Practice trains the capacity to witness your partner with undivided, undistorted attention — to see them as they actually are, not as your fears and projections say they are. The I Feel Practice trains the capacity to take full responsibility for your emotional experience and express it as a gift — not as a weapon, not as an accusation, but as depth offered freely.

From Awakened Woman's Guide to Everlasting Love, Londin describes what learning this framework meant:

"Learning how to create polarity was a breath of fresh air for me. When I learned how to inspire Justin's desire any time I wanted, my life changed. I was no longer the victim to love's whimsy... Polarity gave me the courage to commit again. It also gave Justin the confidence to claim me for life. For both of us, knowing we could keep the charge alive made our commitment not only possible, but thrilling."— Londin Angel Winters, Awakened Woman's Guide to Everlasting Love

Who the Yoga of Intimacy Is For

This work is not only for couples in crisis. It is for anyone who wants to go deeper in relationship — or who wants to be genuinely ready when the right partnership arrives.

Couples come to this work when the fire between them has cooled — when the love is still there but the desire has faded, when communication feels like a performance, when they sense they could be so much more together than they currently are.

Men come to work on their capacity to be present — to hold steady under relational pressure, to lead from a place of genuine groundedness rather than reactivity or withdrawal.

Women come to work on their capacity to open — to drop the armor of self-sufficiency when they want to, to trust without losing themselves, to let their full emotional depth be a gift rather than a liability.

Singles come because they know the patterns that have kept them from the depth they want — and they want to meet the next partnership from a fundamentally different place. The practices are available to anyone regardless of whether they are in a relationship right now.

Professionals — therapists, relationship coaches, and intimacy teachers — come because this framework addresses dimensions of relationship that clinical training rarely touches: the embodied dynamics of desire, polarity, and presence-based practice.

How Yoga of Intimacy Is Different from Therapy and Traditional Yoga

This is not therapy. Londin and I are teachers, not licensed therapists. We do not diagnose, treat, or process trauma in a clinical sense. What we offer is a living framework for understanding and practicing the dynamics of intimate relationship — including desire, presence, polarity, and devotion. Many students work with therapists alongside this work. The two approaches are complementary, not competing.

This is also not traditional yoga. "Yoga" here means what it meant before studios and mats: a disciplined path of practice that changes you at the root. The Yoga of Intimacy uses your relationship as the mat — as the place where the practice happens. The friction, the heat, the difficulty, and the beauty of partnership are all part of the teaching.

How to Engage with the Teaching

The Yoga of Intimacy is available at three levels:

• The Books: Playing With Fire: The Spiritual Path of Intimate Relationship and The Awakened Woman's Guide to Everlasting Love are the foundation. Start here.

• The Patreon Community: The Yoga of Intimacy Patreon offers three live monthly calls — a Men's Group led by Justin, a Women's Circle led by Londin, and a Couples Call for both partners together. These are the most direct way to learn in a live, interactive setting.

• Private Mentorship: For those ready for personalized, one-on-one guidance, Londin and I offer private mentorship sessions online. Schedule an exploration call at justinpatrickpierce.com.

"This isn't some woo-woo self-help guide that talks at you. It's a deeply personal, vulnerable, and practical roadmap from two people who have walked through fire together."— Amazon reviewer

About Justin Patrick Pierce and Londin Angel Winters

Author and founder of the Yoga of Intimacy, Justin Patrick Pierce offers workshops, online classes, and private mentorships for men and women around the world to help them overcome challenges in relationship, master the embodiments of sexual polarity, and pursue a life of spiritual depth alongside their chosen partner. He and his wife, Londin Angel Winters, are the authors of Playing With Fire: The Spiritual Path of Intimate Relationship and The Awakened Woman's Guide to Everlasting Love.

FAQs: Yoga of Intimacy

Q: What is Yoga of Intimacy?

A: Yoga of Intimacy is a teaching and community founded by Justin Patrick Pierce and Londin Angel Winters. It offers a practical framework — the Alpha and Omega Polarity Framework — for cultivating lasting desire, depth, and presence in intimate relationship. The name comes from the Sanskrit meaning of "yoga": a disciplined path of practice. Here, that practice happens in relationship itself. The teaching is available through two published books, a Patreon community with live monthly calls, and private mentorship.

Q: Is Yoga of Intimacy a religion or spiritual practice?

A: It has a nondual philosophical foundation — grounded in the understanding that Consciousness and Light (Alpha and Omega) are the fundamental principles underlying all polarity in life. But the teaching is practical first. Most people come for the concrete practices and the lived results: more desire, more depth, more connection. Whether you are spiritually oriented or not, the framework works on the level of embodied practice.

Q: Who teaches Yoga of Intimacy?

A: Justin Patrick Pierce leads the Men's Group and co-leads the Couples Calls. Londin Angel Winters leads the Women's Circle and co-leads the Couples Calls. Both teach from 16+ years of living this framework together, including as parents of a young daughter. Their teaching is grounded in real, sustained partnership — not just peak relational experiences.

Q: Is Yoga of Intimacy only for couples?

A: No. Singles are welcome and actively engaged in the Men's Group and Women's Circle. The core practices — including the I See Practice and I Feel Practice — can be developed solo. Many members join as singles and find that the work fundamentally shifts what they are available for in their next relationship. Professionals also use this framework to deepen their work with clients.

Q: How is Yoga of Intimacy different from relationship therapy?

A: Yoga of Intimacy is not therapy. It does not diagnose, treat trauma clinically, or function as a substitute for licensed mental health care. It is a teaching framework focused on the embodied practice of polarity, presence, and desire — dimensions of relationship that therapy often doesn't address. Many people engage with both a therapist and this work simultaneously, and the two approaches complement each other well.

Q: What books are associated with Yoga of Intimacy?

A: Two books are currently published: Playing With Fire: The Spiritual Path of Intimate Relationship (2023), co-authored by Justin Patrick Pierce and Londin Angel Winters, and The Awakened Woman's Guide to Everlasting Love (2018) by Londin Angel Winters. A third book, The 7 Scales of Sexual Polarity, is forthcoming. The books are the recommended starting point for anyone new to this work.

Q: How do I join the Yoga of Intimacy community?

A: The primary community is the Yoga of Intimacy Patreon, which gives access to three live monthly calls: the Men's Group, the Women's Circle, and the Couples Calls. You can also begin with the books and, when ready, schedule an exploration call through justinpatrickpierce.com to discuss private mentorship.