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But when it comes to sex, breaking the routine trying new positions can seriously benefit your relationship s βand keep the spark alive, even in a long-term marriage or partnership. Changing things up can help spice up the romance.
Exploration between the sheets can also amp up emotional intimacy and encourage partners to take risks and grow together, adds Shawntres Parks, PhD, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Diego. Trying new sex positions will foster vulnerability with one another inβand outside ofβthe bedroom. Ah, but where to begin?
How to do it: For this position, one partner lies down, flat on their back. The other climbs on top, so they're facing away from the other person's upper body. This creates the illusion of the number Get it? Your genitals should be lined up with your partner's mouth, and vice versa.
Alternatively, try it in a side-by-side position. Benefits: This position is one of the best for dual pleasure, as both partners can give and receive oral sex at once. Make it hotter: Sure, the mouth-to-genitals stuff is the main attraction, but don't shy away from getting handsy, too. Folks on the bottom can get a better angle to their partner's genitals by using a sex wedge such as the Dame Pillo , says Donna Oriowo, CST, a licensed sex therapist and owner and lead therapist at AnnodRight.
