Exercises Designed to Enhance Intimacy Intimacy Practices are brief exercises performed with your partner, for the purpose of exploring, deepening, and enjoying your intimate connection. Intimacy here is not a euphemism for sex, but refers to a profound connection between two open hearts and two spirits. This connection takes place more in the heart and [...]
July 2015
Nurture your Intimate Relationship Closeness and emotional connection require attention to maintain and deepen over time. Initially, two people who are drawn to each other may be swept away by the power of their mutual attraction and the pleasure of getting closer. The early days of a relationship can feel like a delightful whirlwind of [...]
Media Representations of Sex Are Often Unrealistic Have better sex! Trumpets the headline of the latest Cosmo/MensWomensHealthFit mags in the checkout line at the grocery. By which they usually mean, have more sex/orgasms with more chiseled abs more times maybe with more partners. The net result of this approach to sexuality “education” is to make [...]
Kegels strengthen the PC muscle Justin Lehmiller, Ph.D.’s useful blog post Kegel Exercises Offer Sexual Benefits to Both Women and Men notes that researchers have discovered that Kegel exercises, which were originally developed to help women with urinary control issues after childbirth, also offer sexual benefits to both women and men. Kegel exercises are the rhythmic [...]
Successful intimate communication — talking with your partner about your sexual relationship — requires more attention and focus than most of us give to it. It’s a high-intensity, high-stakes interaction with lots of feelings on the line. Too much of the time, we slide away from facing squarely this very important conversation. I’ve written two [...]
In response to “A Pill to Boost Female Libido” (NY Times 6-12-2015) and “I’m a feminist. Here’s why I don’t support the ‘female Viagra’” (Washington Post 6-8-2015) Quest for the “Female Viagra”Pharmaceutical companies have long been engaged in a quest for the “female Viagra,” a drug to treat female sexual dysfunction. Now an advisory panel, on [...]
