Review by Library Journal Review
A self-educated sexuality coach and educator, Daedone teaches orgasmic meditation (OM). For a basic OM session, the woman reclines comfortably while her partner strokes her clitoris for 15 minutes. Both follow detailed guidelines for technique, communication, and focus. The OM community defines the entire experience as "orgasm" in that it involves intense sexual sensation and connection, although conventional climax may not occur. Regular OM is said to awaken and enrich both desire and intimacy between partners and help a woman follow her desires in the rest of her life. Daedone makes her arguments persuasively, with clear instructions and a knack for the just-right analogy or phrase, and she provides variations to accommodate oral stimulation as well as male recipients. Small drawings translate the techniques into easy-to-understand visuals. VERDICT This is not another tantra book; Daedone provides a focused and simple technique for heightening attention to sensation. While her final claims about the nature of desire don't all hold up logically, OM practice should give many people a fresh and satisfying conduit to deeper sexual intimacy. Recommended for sexuality/self-help collections.-Martha Cornog, Philadelphia (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
In the spirit of the Slow Food movement, Daedone introduces the Slow Sex movement, which urges couples to take time to investigate a woman's genitalia and her responses to contact.A 10-day life-changing starter program of Orgasmic Meditation, or OM, is designed to educate both partners about the female body and what it wants. In specific, vivid detail, the author provides instructions for exploring the different means of clitoral stimulation, while describing sensations and how to build, then ground, sexual energy. The benefits extend beyond the obvious: Women cultivate the ability to communicate during intimate moments, furthering their ability to state their needs outside the bedroom. While it allsounds wonderful, it may present a challenge to practice; OM requires a partner dedicated to a potentially awkward process and open to discussion of his technique. However, bonus chapters on Slow Oral (His and Hers) and intercourse provide sensuous counsel more universally applicable.At times far-fetched, other times keenly perceptive, Daedone offers astute insights but also makes a few questionable claimse.g., an orgasm that lasts four months, or that every woman can be orgasmicthat are validated when she redefines "orgasm" so it is no longer synonymous with "climax." Encouraging testimonials from practitioners scattered throughout offer hope, yet lack the warmth and veracity of the few personal stories the author shares from her youth.Real-life lovemaking advice from a sex specialist entangled in an idealistic program.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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