Center for the Intimate Arts

Anyone familiar with these folks: Center for the Intimate Arts ?

Looks really interesting.

 

Hmmm, well... things like "herbalism" and "energy healing" make me think the learned person is looking for the mauve bubble of the glittering clitoris spirit.

As a man in a male/female couple where pregnancy/children aren't a thing, relating good sex to practices used in pushing out a screaming Butterball turkey is a great way to kill a good time.

That and you can't really be a New Age crystals-and-beads sex counselor without coming off as a total quack since Good Sex (TM) is so many different things to so many totally normal people. The TFP is a prime example of that.

Thread direction is... uh, well... help us?

 

With leather restraints and lots of lube?

 

I kinda of flinched at the herbal spirit side as well. For me it's one thing to have an interest and look over ideas with a clinical eye, but I would have trouble taking accepting a medical degree and a complete embrace of new age stuff. I want science.
Well shit, I didn't make plan9's list.

 

Patience, goddamnit. And I added you like five minutes ago.

 

You edit a lot. I never look back. Except in my own mind which I use to whip myself mercilessly. As far as compliance:ask, tell, make.

 

Guilty.

 

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Well, now I''m familiar with them! Interesting.
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Oh God, me too. I'm such a hopelessly neurotic edit-whore. "That grammar's slightly off," or "I could rephrase that more elegantly or to have more impact," or "I could add just a little more detail there..." Always gets me.
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I'm the worst about that myself.
I'll find myself editing posts I wrote a month ago, things I know nobody is going to read.

 

But you can't argue with results.

After she bought and downloaded the book and read just a couple of chapters, my partner achieved, shall we say, a remarkable new milestone in sexual responsiveness.

She's a believer, and I'm the indirect beneficiary, so I guess I'm a believer, too.

 

Utter crap but that doesn't mean she can't teach a woman how to have a good orgasm if they are unable to figure it out on their own. Its amazing how many people don't really know their own bodies when it comes to sex.

 

That was my impression as well, just much better phrased than I could have.

 

Pretty much this.

New age-y stuff gives me the, run, run away fast, vibe.

 

To be fair, sex education doesn't cover ways to maximize pleasure. And a woman's sexual/reproductive system is a lot more physically complicated than most people realize.

For example, the clitoris is a much larger structure than the visible little pea-sized head. And even if orgasms are already happening, it turns out to be useful to know specifically where (several places) a woman has erectile tissue.

I thought I was very knowledgeable about female anatomy, for a guy, but there was a lot I had no idea about.

Also, bluntly, my wife has a lot of internal scar tissue from long-ago endometriosis surgery, so she faces more of a challenge in this area than the average woman.

From what I've read of the book (the parts she especially wanted me to see), it's all about medical/physical/functional/psychological issues, not New-Age silliness.

 

The new age aspect would have me thinking, "Uh, really?". But my philosophy would also be: If it works, go for it.

 

That might have been the kinda crap a publisher/promoter threw in because it sounds cool.

 

Now that is a distinct possibility. Who would have thought someone might misrepresent something, especially when it comes to receiving your dollars? The mind boggles.