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.
Author(s): Jack Lee Rosenberg, Beverly Kitaen-Morse
Edition: 1
Publisher: Distributed by Andrews and McMeel; Turner Pub.
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 296
City: St. Louis, Mo.
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
