Sensate Focus: Touch for Your Own Pleasure

Sometimes the simplest of ideas can be the most profound and transformative.  Developed by Master’s & Johnson in the 1960s, sensate focus is all about being more mindful of touch and touching in a way about exploring your unique sensory experience rather than focusing on performance or the other person’s pleasure.  

In sex and intimacy, we so often feel that we need to be constantly reciprocating the touch that we are receiving.  By learning to touch with more mindfulness and without the intention of arousal, we can help strip away the anxiety that can often accompany our intimate and erotic experiences.  Something that most experience is that the other person’s touch is more enjoyable when they aren’t trying to “make something happen”.  

In the workshop we will begin with object-focused touch, exploring textures, and how they feel to our hands, our faces, and our bodies. Then we will pair off with a partner and explore sensate focus, beginning with hands, face, and feet, before we begin exploring the body further.  The intimacy of the connection is designed to build slowly, only incorporating genital touch toward the end (each person's boundaries will of course be respected).  

Categories: Sex, Intimacy

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