Sex positions for connection are slow, face-to-face positions with lots of skin contact, eye contact and room to kiss. The best are slow missionary, the coital alignment technique, spooning, lotus, side-lying, woman on top leaning forward and a seate...
Communication and intimacy grow together: couples who talk openly about sex report higher sexual and relationship satisfaction. Start outside the bedroom with appreciation, share one wish as an “I” statement, ask what your partner would like more of,...
Sensate focus exercises are structured touch practices for couples, created by Masters and Johnson in the 1960s. Partners take turns touching each other with no goal of arousal, intercourse or orgasm, then slowly add genital and mutual touch over sev...
Tantric sex for couples is a slower, more mindful way of making love that focuses on breath, eye contact and full-body touch rather than a race to orgasm. Partners create a calm space, breathe together, take turns with slow touch and let arousal rise...
Aftercare after sex is the care partners give each other once sex is over: staying close, checking in, offering comfort and easing back down together instead of rolling away. It started in the kink community, but it helps every couple. A few warm min...
To spice things up in a relationship, bring back novelty and anticipation on purpose. Flirt during the day, try one new thing together each week, talk openly about what you each want now, slow down foreplay and protect time for intimacy. Routine is n...
You can have sex after having a baby whenever you both feel physically and emotionally ready. There is no set waiting time, but many people wait until bleeding has stopped and they have healed, often around the 6 to 8 week postnatal check. Go slowly,...
To talk to your partner about sex, choose a calm moment outside the bedroom, start with something you appreciate, then share one wish as an "I" message, such as "I'd love more slow kissing". Keep it short, ask what they would like too, and thank them...
There is no right number for how often couples should have sex. Large studies suggest the average adult couple has sex about once a week, and wellbeing tends to rise with frequency up to roughly weekly, then levels off. What matters most is that both...
An open relationship is a committed partnership in which both partners agree that one or both of them may have sexual or romantic connections with other people. It is a form of consensual non-monogamy. It can work well when both people truly want it,...
