The intimate couple : reaching new levels of sexual excitement through body awakening and relationship renewal

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A perceptive, practical intimate guide to the psychological and physical techniques that will put the fire back into any relationship, by two of America's leading experts on sexuality. Lavishly illustrated with tasteful photographs, filled with body-enlivening exercises, specific techniques for heightening sexual pleasure, and a thorough exploration of the psychological barriers to physical and spiritual intimacy, "The Intimate Couple" offers a complete and effective program for achieving not only erotic renewal but an entirely new level of arousal, excitement, and sexual vitality in committed relationships. In this handsome guide, Drs. Rosenberg and Kitaen-Morse share their spirit of adventure and discovery, their abounding hope for monogamous sexuality, and their practical advice. Whether you're seeking to stoke the sexual fire of an enduring passion or rekindle the lost spark of ecstasy in a faltering relationship, "The Intimate Couple" can make it happen. Drs. Jack L. Rosenberg and Beverly Kitaen-Morse are joint directors of the Rosenberg-Kitaen Integrative Body Psychotherapy IBP Institutes in Los Angeles, where they live, and of their ten international institutes. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Foreward Introduction Section I: Beginning the Journey 1 - Erotic Sexual Lovemaking 2 - A Psychological Overview: The Four Arenas Gender Prejudice Identification Exercise Your Emotional Pie Experiment Section II: Basic Body-Mind Practices for the Intimate Couple 3 - The Energetic Model Exercise for Presence When Energetically Split Off Exercise for Presence When Energetically Cut Off Experiencing Energetic Boundaries 4 - Energetic Charge-Release Cycle Sexual Relationship Assessment Guide Section III: Practicing Alone for the Intimate Couple 5 - Preparing to Practice Alone 6 - Charge, Breathing, and Movement Charge Breathing Exercise Moving Heightened Energy Exercise Pelvic Movement 7 - Awakening Your Body Basic Exercise Position Cross Crawl Sit-up Crunches Arm Roll Breathing-Movement Orgastic Pattern High-Charge Breathing Pattern Strap and Ball Pelvic Lift and Bridge Pelvic Bounce and Grounding Exercise Fish Position and "I Am" Awareness Sustaining Integration Exercise Series 8 - Sexual Self-Exploration and Discovery "Becoming a Lover" Exercise Section IV: Practicing Together for the Intimate Couple 9 - Building Mutuality and Trust Energetic Charge Breathing Exercise Presence Eye-alogue and Shuttling "I-Thou" Silent Conversation Dancing with Energy Sensing Each Other 10 - Awakening Your Bodies Together Approaching Body Contact Ocular Segment: Head and Neck Ocular and Oral Segments: Head and Face Cervical, Chest, Diaphram, Abtominal Segments Pelvic Segment: Moving Energy Pelvic Segment: Freeing the Orgastic Pattern Section V: Psychological Interruptions for the Intimate Couple 11 - Arena 1: Primary Scenario 12 - Arena 2: Character Style Manifestations of the Automatic No 13 - Arena 3: Emotional Agency 14 - Arena 4: Existential-Transpersonal Impermanence 15 - Fragmentation, or Intermittent Insanity Steps Out of Primary Scenario Fragmentation Steps Out of Agency Fragmentation Steps Out of Character Style Fragmentation Inside/Outside Exercise Emptying-Out Exercise Section VI: Sexual Ecstasy for the Intimate Couple 16 - The Ambiance of Sexual Lovemaking 17 - Engagement in Sexual Lovemaking Masturbation Practices 18 - Sexual Positions, Releases, and Satisfaction Man-on-Top or Missionary Position Woman-on-Top Positions Rear-Entry Positions Scissors Positions Spooning Position (Side-by-Side) Sitting Positions (Woman-on-Top) Standing Positions Heightening Satisfaction Appendix The Narrative History of Your Primary Scenario Sexual History - How it affects you today New Hints and Reminders of Sexuality Living with Abandoment Anxiety Living with Inundation Anxiety Bibliography Index