John Thomsen (known as DaddyGuru) is a gay yogi, tantric facilitator, and trauma-informed intimacy guide with over four decades of lived experience in spiritual practice, queer embodiment, and relational healing. Out since 1984, his work is shaped by direct witness to the impacts of homophobia, HIV/AIDS, religious conditioning, addiction, and attachment trauma within the gay community — alongside his own personal journey through abuse, abandonment, and codependency.

John’s teaching integrates authentic Tantra, Kundalini philosophy, breathwork, somatic inquiry, and relational awareness. His approach — often described as Neoteric Tantra — moves beyond performance-based or purely erotic frameworks, guiding men toward self-responsibility, embodied truth, and emotional sovereignty. His work creates spaces where desire, intimacy, and presence can be explored without shame, bypassing, or performative masculinity.

He is the co-owner of Casa Kāma in Costa Rica, a retreat space dedicated to deep transformational work, where he facilitates private immersions and group retreats. John also teaches internationally and virtually, offering programs that explore Red and White Tantra, Sexual Shamanism, and inner child integration as pathways to healing and embodied connection.

In addition to his spiritual work, John is an award-winning screenwriter and former senior media project manager, including serving as the first president of OutCBC, where he championed visibility and equity for LGBTQ+ employees within Canada’s national broadcaster.

John’s work sits at the intersection of embodiment, awareness, and relational truth — designed specifically for gay men ready to reclaim desire, heal core wounds, and become the love of their own life so connection becomes a choice, not a need.