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The Bedside Kama Sutra: 23 Positions for Pleasure and Passion

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This is an okay book if you want to explore a few new positions with your partner and become exposed to a few basic ideas of the Kama Sutra. Photography is good and descriptions are fine. Generally, if you havn't been very creative in the past then this volume may help a little. If you've been creative then I'd look elsewhere.

What expectations does the Kama Sutra hold for you? Myself, I had little expectations when I bought this book but I am pleasantly surprised by what I've taken away from my reading of The Bedside Kama Sutra.
The book illustrates 23 positions for pleasure and passion but you don't have to do all twenty-three to feel like you got your moneys worth.

First things first, this book is not an exercise guide to sex. If you buy this book to execute every move to a perfect climax you'll more than likely be disappointed. Beautifully illustrated this guide is a wonderful addition to any sexual/erotic personal library. Holistic in approach to the very intimate connection between two people this guide offers a unique incorporation of the senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell to help you create sensuality and to enhance your sexual experience.

Of course the positions are the main event but they are preluded by a section called "centre yourself" that helps you explore all your senses to maximize your personal experience. Once you've recharged or reclaimed your senses with the first section you can take a good look at each position in the book.

Each position is featured over multiple pages with step by step text to help you perform the position and multiple photographs illustrating the progressive movement with in the position. Also, there is written commentary to help you understand the position and aid to your understanding of what to expect from the position. Through out the book are translated text from the original Kama Sutra that gives you some insight into this ancient highly sexualized Indian culture. Many of the translated text cover topics that are controversial even today.

Personally, I enjoyed this book but I didn't use this book as your traditional sexual guide. I read the book and assessed my own ability and the ability of my partner. Once I did that I incorporated specific aspects from some of the positions that interested me. I'm not sure any one couple can perform every position with in this book. You must take into consideration your own physical ability along with your partners' ability and realize that many of the positions in this book require a great deal of strength and flexibility by both the man and woman.

One of the many reasons to purchase The Bedside Kama Sutra is the wonderful imagery created by the photographer, the two featured attractive models, and the sensual subject depicted with dignified class.

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When I got this book, I was pleased to see that this is the first book that took the ancient Kama Sutra drawings and presented them in human figures in a step by step method.

It showed about 20 positions but it actually showed about 4 because it was just the same position in 5 different angles. Too much on how to get into the position without disrupting the mood.

I was quite impressed with this book. It gives step-by-step, illustrated instructions for getting into each position. The pictures are tasteful, and the models attractive.

For those who are simply interested in "new positions" and don't care about the spiritual aspects of Tantra, I would suggest Tracey Cox's _Kama Sutra_. _The Bedside Kama Sutra_ is a step up in addressing the spiritual side of sex.

Throughout you will find many suggestions of doing yoga in order to really delve into what Tantra has to offer. This, I believe, is because of two reasons: first, because yoga will provide the strength and flexibility needed to even do some of the more acrobatic positions. Second, because doing yoga genuinely will allow you to become more present with your body and be more open to the body of your partner. A few of the positions are (put too simply) position, insert, and simply enjoy each other's presence without thrusting or orgasm (with suggestions to gently caress each other and enjoy the simpler aspects of sexual intimacy). As one other reviewer stated: this is hard work. It really is hard to work to be with the one you love, to be in the throes of desire, and to sit and rejoice in their simply being there.

In short: this book isn't just about how to get mind-blowing orgasms (though really working on Tantra can help with that), but about how to be present with your lover (with orgasm being one aspect of that closeness) and should be practiced in tandem with yoga and meditation (if they can be separated; many modern approaches to yoga often thinks they are separable, though more traditional approaches don't). My biggest criticism of this book is that this connection is still not explicit enough, though hinted at enough that the perceptive reader will notice it. If you are not willing to do the latter, then this book might not be what you're looking for.

I've been a Kama Sutra fan for about 9 years now, and this is a pretty good book. You should check it out!

After trying 21 of the 23 described positions, my wife and I failed to feel any more passion and pleasure than we did before reading this book. I attribute this to her habit of watching television. Reading the book is exciting, especially because of the pictures, but putting these into practice is hard work. Not only is the work demanding, but they're potentially dangerous--especially if you're new at this sort of thing (which we are). Two of the positions really DO work, but we had tried them before purchasing the book. They're the easiest to work with, and the most stress free.

IT CONTAINS BAD PICTURES AND NONSENSE. THIS BOOK DIDN`T FULFILL MY EXPECTATIONS. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO TRY ANOTHER BOOK.