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It helps you and your partner to focus on the sensations that are produced by exploring each other’s bodies. In doing so, you learn to receive, take, and share pleasure through your encounters.  \nOften the expectation to “perform” during sex can lead to anxiety, tension and less enjoyment. This can lead to a variety of sexual performance problems and a loss of pleasure in sex. Exploring and focusing on your body’s sensations and those of your partner’s body can help increase a sense of joy through intimacy by cultivating openness, playfulness, self-expression and communication.  \nThese exercises do not involve penetration. In fact, these exercises start with an agreement for no genital contact. The instructions for the exercises apply to everyone, including heterosexual, lesbian, gay, transsexual and queer people.  \nSensate focussing exercises are done in three stages. In order to get the maximum benefit, try to practice each stage 3 times per week for two or three weeks before advancing to the next stage.  \nPreparation  \nIt is important to consider a variety of practical factors that can increase your pleasure or playfulness. These include the type of lighting, the room you use, temperature that allows both of you to be relaxed, body oils/lotions, a soft piece of cloth, etc.  \nAlso, it is important to explore potential obstacles to physical intimacy and think of ways to manage these. For example, if you are very busy then you may have to schedule a time to engage in this practice. If one partner has any current psychological difficulties, then they may need to address this first. If some areas of the body feel like “no go” areas, you should discuss this with your partner so you can feel safe and comfortable during the practice.  \nStage 1: Pleasure taking  \nThe focus at this first stage is to concentrate on taking pleasure from your partner’s body for yourself. This does not involve taking pleasure in pleasing your partner.  \nInstead, it is experiencing pleasure by focusing on what brings a sense of joy and pleasure to your senses through your contact with her/his body.  \nThere are countless ways to explore how to get pleasure from your partner’s body. Below are some very general instructions.  \nInstructions:  \nOn your first turn, get your partner to lay on their front. Explore their body through touching, stroking, smelling, kissing their back, neck, arms, buttocks and legs. Don’t forget to pay attention to their hands and feet. Pay attention to the different skin textures of your partners’ body, any marks, body odours, etc. Make sure to pay attention to the sensations, thoughts and feelings stirred up in you as you explore their body.  \nOn your second turn, get the other person to lie on their back and massage their neck, chest, stomach, shoulders, arms and legs. You may also gently massage their scalp and face without lotion.  \nSwap places and repeat the previous two steps with your partner touching your body. As yourself, your partner is invited to explore in their own way how to get as much pleasure from your body.  \nTake plenty of time (from 15 to 60 minutes), to explore the other person’s body: stroke, tickle, gently touch and massage the other person’s body all over - avoiding sexual areas.  \nExperiment with different sensations and use all your senses to “drink in” your partner’s body. Focus on your own pleasure in experiencing the texture, form and temperature of the other person’s body.  \nReflection: You might find it useful to talk about what you’ve both enjoyed while taking pleasure from each other’s bodies, e.g. ‘I really liked  ’  \nStage 2: Pleasure giving  \nIn this 2nd stage, you become open to listening and responding to what your partner finds pleasurable. The focus at this stage is to concentrate on giving pleasure to y","cbCaisgzWe3ciRcZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisgzWe3ciRcZ","pdf",421519,"English","# What is sensate focus?\n# Sensate focussing exercises: three stages\n## Preparation\n## Stage 1: Pleasure taking\n## Stage 2: Pleasure giving\n## Stage 3: Pleasure giving/taking including the genitals","[{\"question\":\"What is sensate focus and how does it work?\",\"answer\":\"Sensate focus is an intimacy practice that stimulates the five senses without penetration. 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