All you need is a relaxed breath & butthole
— M'kali-Hashiki
 
Tree Roots

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What is Root & Rapture™?

Root & Rapture™ is a breathwork lineage shaped by a sacred blend of somatic practice, ancestral reverence, and unapologetic pleasure. Born from the foundations of Chester Mainard’s Conscious Breathwork, this modality is deeply rooted in relaxed jaws and relaxed buttholes (yes, always)—and it blooms outward into something all its own.

It’s also seeded by Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking essay, The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power, and nourished by Ifa—a Yoruban spiritual knowledge system where the body & Spirit/Ancestors are in constant conversation. Root & Rapture is not just breathwork for calm—it’s breathwork for reclamation, for reawakening, for resistance.

 

Why this? Why now?

Because we are living through a time that is constantly asking us to clench: our jaws, our pelvic floors, our fists, our dreams.

Root & Rapture™ is an invitation to unclench—together. To breathe into the pain and the possibility. To make softness a strategy. To allow pleasure and breath to be the tools that return us to our sacred, sovereign selves. This practice gives us the fuel to resist, not solely in mind or action, but in body and spirit.

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Who is this training for?

This training is for breathers, space-holders, healers, coaches, pleasure guides, movement leaders, ritualists, facilitators, and spiritual workers who want to:

  • Deepen their own breath practice

  • Expand their capacity to hold space for transformation

  • Give their communities physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual tools to survive, to thrive, and to stand true in the face of fascism

  • Support others in resisting and rebelling from a grounded, embodied place

 

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What We'll Explore (partial list):

The full curriculum is coming, but here’s a peek at what we’ll cover:

  • The Science Of Breathwork

  • The Vagus Nerve

  • How to Create An Online Sacred Space For Healing

  • Ancestral Work & Its Connection to Erotic Healing

  • Professional Boundaries: Creating, Communicating, & Enforcing

  • The Connection Between Your Erotic Energy & Your Healing Energy

  • The Spiritual Benefits of Breathwork

 
 

What’s Included:

  • Weekly 2-hour live Zoom gatherings, recorded for later access by participants (aka “Cohort Kin”)

  • Biweekly “Office Hours” with M’kali-Hashiki to ask questions & get any needed additional support for your journey to integrate this into your existing offerings

  • Dedicated forum for discussion and exchange with other Cohort Kin

  • Some pre-recorded content for flexible learning

  • Reflection and practice assignments each week

 
 
 

 

Registration Rates

Instead of a sliding scale I have 3 different payment tiers. All tiers give access to the same information/attention. There is nothing you have to prove to me about your financial situation, I don't ask for your tax returns or pay stubs. I simply ask that you do some honest reflection about your current financial reality from a mindset of abundance rather than one of scarcity & then choose the tier meets that reality. 

The tiers are named as they are to reflect the amount of “green” you have access to. The Meadow Tier is my “market rate”; Garden Tier is for those for whom market rate would be a hardship; and Savanna Tier is for those with abundant discretionary income. Paying Savanna Tier supports my ability to work with those with less financial resources, as well as continue to offer free sessions globally to BIPOC.

Payment plans, “Passion Pals”,
limited Pay-What-You-Can &
limited work-trade slots available.
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Savanna Tier
$2184

Meadow Tier
$1680

Garden Tier
$1176

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

In Case You FOrgot:

I’m M’kali-Hashiki, and I’ve been engaged in healing work in one way or another my entire adult life—professionally since 2004. I’m a Certified Sexological Bodyworker; a Certified Sound, Voice, & Music Healer; and a Certified Tantric Sacred Intimate. I offer group intensives, and erotic empowerment coaching for individuals, couples, and triads. Learn more about me as a person in the video. Learn more about my experience & philosophy here.