Relieve your stress and rekindle your connection

Stress can be extremely devastating for our bodies and our sexuality.
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Stress doesn’t allow our bodies to function normally. It doesn’t allow us to live, feel, or take care of ourselves and our loved ones...
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A bit of theory. In stressful situations, the body releases the hormone cortisol. It negatively affects the cardiovascular and nervous systems, and we’re not talking about sexual function. To get rid of cortisol, the body needs to follow one of the three scenarios that a person has developed in the process of evolution. It’s called a fight/flight/freeze response.
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But these scenarios don’t work in real life: you can't run out of your boss's office during a meeting or play dead in stressful conditions.

What is left for us?
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Physical exercise, dancing, generally any movement that you like. Just listen to your body.
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Use massages and body practices.

Massage can be a deep and sensual way to restore intimacy and connection with a partner and achieve complete relaxation.

If massage is performed by a partner, this can also be a good way to strengthen or restore intimacy: during times of stress, we often lose connection with each other. Body massage can be a solution.

Don’t forget about the atmosphere - romantic music, candles, and gentle touches.
 

• Start the massage by finding a fulcrum - regardless of whether it’s you who are doing the massage or your partner. The leg should not hang mid-air.
• Gently knead the top of the foot, and relax the fingers.
• Move down, tapping with your fingertips on the heel.
• Massage the Achilles in circular motions.
• Then either apply massage oil or take a massager (choose one because oil is not compatible with silicone).
   

We recommend taking oil from a massage candle. It is warm and relaxing.

Follow the same steps using oil. Now you can make more active movements and push a little harder. Now we massage the middle of the foot: do not move the pads of the fingers, only the finger itself.

You can use a special device to perform this massage.

You can massage both feet at the same time or each one separately, there are no special rules.

Use this massage technique to bring excitement back to your relationship.