On my recent vacay, I learned a valuable new skill that makes me pity any man that had sex with me before. Why? Because, after many failed grade-school sleepover party attempts, I can now, finally, hula hoop. And since I have mastered the fine art of keeping it up, er, the hoop I mean, with my new and improved hip swivel, I know my next boyfriend is going to be an extra lucky man. But as the weather gets too cold to use hula hooping in a bikini as a stud magnet, we girls have to get creative. Despite the … Read More

Remember how much fun you had playing the airplane game as a child? There you were airborne, hoisted onto someone else's knees. Well, you can relive the fun now with your man through this acro-yoga workout. This relatively new variation of yoga starts with standard poses and then adds layers of influence from Thai massage and circus tricks. The Washington Post puts its newest fitness columnist, Leonard Bernstein, to the newbie test with this acro-yoga routine made for couples. It was his first time ever trying any sort of yoga—and we'd say he passed with flying colors.

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Although we scoff when perfectly taut starlets claim "it's from yoga!" we'll certainly dust off our stretchy pants and mats if the downward facing dog may help us reach orgasm more frequently.

A recent study claims women who practice yoga and some of the eastern-based thinking techniques of mindfulness report more satisfying sex lives. While the article doesn't mention exactly why, it touches on the fact yoga is, after all, derived from many of the positions in the Kama Sutra and is meant to increase flexibility. 

The second tier of the study, mindfulness, actually makes perfect … Read More

YourTango's Love Lexicon updates your dating slang for 2008. Today's words: Downward Dog, E-male and Shrinky Drink

You spend an hour testing your strength and flexibility in pretzel-like positions. Your skin is slicked with sweat and your heart is pumping. Resting afterward, you feel elated, inspired, and energized. Is it yoga or sex? How about both?

While it's easy to associate yoga with striking contortions—think scorpion and wheel—the practice can also enhance your intimate encounters (and we're not just talking flexibility here). That's because sex and yoga are a divine pairing. At once physical and emotional, uplifting and challenging, they both use the body to calm the mind and stimulate the spirit. And just as a … Read More

If you're like most Americans, chances are good that you have preconceived notions about tantric sex. Many dismiss it as the domain of new-age hippies who wax poetic about chakras and life force. But these days, as tantra programs pop up in spas, yoga centers, and private homes across the country, the practice is finding a host of new adherents.

Tantra, from the Sanskrit word for "interwoven," is an ancient philosophy threaded through Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. While Westerners tend to associate it with the acrobatic positions illustrated in the Kama Sutra, practitioners say it actually has little to do … Read More