SELF MAGAZINE, April 2001
A FRISKY FLEXIBLE COUPLE
TESTS "PARTNER STRETCHING"My husband and I had to chuckle as we flipped through Sex Flex: The Way to Enhanced Intimacy and Pleasure (Hatherleigh Press). It's filled with goofy-looking (albeit good) flexibility moves to do with a partner. Author Deborah David, Ph.D., claims limbering up with your lover helps you "touch each other in new ways to heighten sexual excitement." (Apparently, it's a trend. At www.asimba.com, you can have solo "sexercise" moves e-mailed to you daily for free.) We tried 15 of the more than 80 stretches and breathing exercises in the book. In the end we agreed: Stretching regularly could give
us more gymnastic abilities in bed. But "enhanced intimacy"? Let's just say we felt relaxed but not exactly excited. We did have fun trying it-and that's always good for a relationship.
-Karen Schwartz
1. Sit cross-legged, partner kneeling behind you. Lower torso as he presses on your lower back for 15 seconds. Switch places; repeat twice.
2. Sit face-to-face, legs spread, feet touching; cross wrists and hold hands. Lean back, pulling him toward you; reverse. Do three times.
3. Sit back-to-back, knees bent, hands on floor. For two minutes, focus on breathing and feeling your partner's back.
