Below are a few ways to deepen your experience of intimacy in the bedroom.

Recognize the importance of cultivating an intimate friendship with your partner.

Intimacy also requires acceptance, understanding, and, of course, physical attraction.

Bernardo Mendez

Connect deeply to your own body.

Unfortunately, these effects of stress trickle down into our sex lives.

(Here are afew ways to learn how to connect with your body.)

Kristina Hallett, Ph.D., ABPP

This is essential to keep in mind for intimacy in the bedroom but also outside of the bedroom.

One of the ways this happens is through suppressed intimacyemotionally, sexually, and beyond.

Embrace the light, the dark, and the gradations in between.

Many couples fall into the trap ofmonotonous sex in long-term relationships.

Maybe expressing your fears about something in your relationship strikes you as “bad,” something to avoid.

Surrender to the outcome.

What if the entire outcome was to experience your partnerin the momentand offer something deeply yours to them?