Sensate Focus Sex Sounds a Lot Like Tantric Sex

FOXSexpert Yvonne K. Fulbright discusses the latest trend in sex therapy: sensate focus sex. To me, sensate focus sex sounds like a new name for an ancient practice: Tantric lovemaking.

You can see it, you can feel it — nice, slow lovemaking where all you do is focus on your sensations.

Sex therapists are all about it. Whether your sex life is in a rut, has become routine or has been sabotaged by a sexual problem, becoming sensate-focused can renew your sex life as you rediscover each other.

A series of behavioral practices, sensate focus exercises offer variety and increased personal awareness through basic touch.

They will challenge your beliefs and assumptions about what makes for a rewarding sexual exchange. They will put you in a new mindset, one that will expand your capacity for erotic pleasure.

So what does this approach involve? And what makes it so incredibly effective? Read more