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Everyone can learn how to orgasm.
By Sheri Winston — Written on Jan 06, 2017
Orgasm is a learnable skill and every woman can become proficient at getting there. And if you already have your basic orgasm abilities down pat, you can use the same tools to expand your climax-ability.
Although sex is both natural and learned, for women, learning our path to orgasm is not always easy or natural. Just consider these statistics:
Ten percent of women have never had one (yet!), while over half of women don’t have orgasms from intercourse despite what you see in the wacky, unreal worlds of porn and romantic movies. Many if not most women are what I call “orgasm challenged”— sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t, and it’s a mystery why that is (or isn’t).
So what’s a girl to do if she longs for delicious climaxes to her solo or partnered erotic experiences?
For starters, relax. There’s nothing wrong with you — these are simply skills you haven’t learned yet. That’s right: sexual abilities are learned, just like playing the piano, speaking French or any other complex set of skills. You can learn how to improve your orgasmic capacity if you want to. It will probably take some time and you’ll definitely have to practice, but sooner or later you can get there.
Ultimately, the choice is yours. Unfortunately, in this world of ours, it’s a lot easier to find someone to teach you French than it is to find a good orgasm class. Don’t despair! I’ll get you started right now with these orgasmic tips for girls.
1. Slow down and take your time.
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Since the average time spent in foreplay for couple sex is less than 10 minutes, we have one root cause of orgasmic issues right here. For most women, full, deep and complete arousal can take up to 45 minutes. That’s right, 45 minutes. That amount of time is quite shocking to most people.
Our cultural models of arousal and orgasm are male-oriented, based on common patterns of men’s sexual responses. The male arousal pattern is of quick, hot, genitally-focused energy, leading to a rapid erection. By contrast, for most women, most of the time, our erotic energy starts cool and diffuse and takes time to heat up and coalesce in our genitals.
2. Take a nice deep breath to relax yourself.
Breath is basic. You don’t have to remember any complicated esoteric formulas or worry if you’re doing it wrong. You certainly won’t forget to do it at all. Breath happens and if you want your orgasms to happen and then to expand, all you need to do is enhance whatever your breath is already doing by itself.
Just do a little more. Breathe a little faster, draw it in a little deeper, let it out a bit longer, or open your chest and belly more. Enhance your breathing and you’ll augment your arousal. Don’t hold your breath or let anxiety tighten it up. Breathe into your pleasure, breathe into your body, keep it moving and you can breathe yourself right into a nice juicy orgasm. Keep breathing into it and your climax will be bigger and better.
3. Focus on yourself.
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Yes, in this case, it really is all about you. In order to get turned on, you need to connect to your own experience and feel your own pleasure. You can’t become a master musician only by playing duets. In order to become adept at playing your own instrument, you need to spend time doing solo practice.
Solo sex is where you can pay attention to yourself without the distraction of another person’s needs, desires, expectations, and demands. When focusing on your self-pleasure, you can discover what works for you and explore new pathways.
Repeating behavior and action is how you learn. Like driving a car or playing a musical instrument, you need to practice to get good at any learned skills, including sex. Then, just like playing the piano, when you get the learning practiced, automatic and embodied, you can let go of thinking and just let the music flow out of you.
That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t play with partners when appropriate and available. It just means that you must also cultivate your own abilities, by yourself. And learn to trust your own pleasure as your best guide.
4. Flex your pelvic floor muscles.
Inside the bottom of your body lies a hammock of muscles that surround your genitalia and associated organs. Every time you grasp and release these muscles, you’re squeezing, rubbing and fondling your sexy bits. Essentially, you’re playing with yourself without using your hands, which is convenient because during sex your hands are often busy elsewhere.
The pelvic floor muscles also act as a trampoline for sexual energy. The muscles ricochet and reverberate it all around your body, spreading your arousal and magnifying its intensity.
There isn't one right way to play with your pelvic floor muscles, so experiment with different actions. Squeeze, pull up, cinch together, flutter, vibrate, push, hold and release them as you see fit. Just get them involved and you’ll heighten your excitement, experience easier arousal and extend your orgasm.
5. Don't be afraid to make sounds.
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Sound inhibition is the enemy of freeing your orgasm, so to escalate your experience, open your mouth and let the sounds out. You don’t have to raise the roof or frighten the horses, just try playing with little gasps and moans.
Start small by making your breath audible. Play with making soft, sexy sounds as you proceed through your arousal journey. Expand your sound repertoire as you become more comfortable with your sound ability. Moan, coo, sigh and whimper and you’ll enhance your experience. Allow yourself to have fun releasing your soundtrack of pleasure.
Use sound (and breathe, of course) when you start coming and don’t stop. Allow the sound to roll out of your open mouth along with the orgasmic wave. As you’re climaxing, keep your sounds going and your orgasm will keep happening, too!
Take these ideas into the laboratory of your life and play with them. Do your own experiments and pay attention to what transpires. Try variations on each theme and notice where they take you. Explore and see what arises.
Be your own scientist and observe what happens when you do it one way or another. Discover what works for you and then see if you can expand upon that. Try everything once or, better yet, several times and attend to the results. Combine skills and notice how they enhance each other. Be creative and remember to play!
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For more Orgasmic Education, my award-winning book, Women's Anatomy of Arousal provides extensive information. You can also get our free e-book Orgasmic Abundance for Everyone, check out our in-person classes and retreats, or our private, convenient online classes.
