The Flower in bloom
In its poetic prose, the Ananga Ranga often refers to sex positions with fruit and flower names1. Similarly, French poets André Breton and Paul Eluard have compared a woman’s sex with an orchid in full bloom, perhaps owing to its lip-shaped petals reminiscent of an open vulva2. You and your partner should have no trouble pulling off this floral escapade, which makes it possible to visually enjoy each other during lovemaking.
© Alejandro Rodriguez
The woman lies on her back, her legs folded until her knees rest close to her breasts. The man kneels over his partner and penetrates her gently while she rests her feet on either side of his hips.
In the tender embrace this position provides, the man doesn’t need to prop himself up on his hands and can cuddle and feast his eyes on his darling’s face, shoulders and breasts, thereby adding the sensuality of his touch to the sexual excitement. The woman’s hands are free to hold her lover’s head and to caress his arms and shoulders.
The back-and-forth thrusts stimulate the woman’s clitoris by rubbing it against the base of the penis. The penetration angle brings the penis in close contact with the front wall of the vagina, a particularly sensitive area of the female sex which, when stimulated, can lead to orgasm. If she feels like it, the woman can move her pelvis up and down in harmony with her partner’s thrusts. The man, spurred on by her pleasure, moves freely and can alter the depth and rapidity of his strokes. He then lets himself get carried away in a delightful flow of sensations and accelerates his thrusting until the couple reach their final peak.
1 – The Ananga Ranga was written 1,500 years after the Kama Sutra. Unlike its predecessor, this Hindu text upholds the sacredness of marriage and seeks to preserve it from sexual boredom.
2 – L’Immaculée conception (Immaculate Conception) is a short book with poetic overtones, dealing with conception and human relationships. It was written in 1961 by the French poets André Breton and Paul Eluard. In the chapter entitled “L’amour” (Love), they mention thirty or so sexual positions, all described in short sentences.
Anais Barthélémy
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