How to Have Magnificent Sex: The 7 Dimensions of a Vital Sexual Connection (Hardcover)

by Lana Holstein M.D. (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
How to Have Magnificent Sex is designed to put the tiger back in the tank for the 43 percent of women and 31 percent of men who have sexual problems. Lana Holstein, a Yale-educated physician who is medical director of women's health at Canyon Ranch Health Resort, believes a healthy sex life is a "birthright" and presents a plan for eroticizing encounters gone bland. Using anecdotes from her 25-year medical practice (patients are referred to by first name only, of course), Holstein illustrates seven principles that she says make or break sexual euphoria, theorizing that all must work in harmony for the most tantalizing results.

Lest you think "ecstatic sex" comes naturally, Holstein likens erotic encounters to tennis, suggesting that practice, and lots of it, makes perfect. By experimenting with all seven dimensions--understanding the body, exploring the senses, recharging desire, opening the heart, boosting intimacy, baring the soul, and embracing the spirit--Holstein says couples can achieve a more perfect union, and she coaxes lovers along with techniques to try at the end of each chapter (for example, to heighten your sensual dimension, go dancing and try other means of nonsexual contact; to become more soulful, create a love room filled with candles, incense, music, and colors). And for more advanced students, there's even a section on tantra, the path to enlightenment via sexual practice made famous by popular singer Sting.

Entertaining as the book is to read (one of Holstein's workshop attendees exclaims, "I'll never be too tired again!"), the real fun for the reader starts, of course, when you shut the cover and head under the covers. --Deborah Geigis Berry

Review
"From testosterone to tantric sex, Dr. Holstein's book is an engaging, informative, multifaceted gem crystallized from her rich experience working with couples at all stages of life's most intimate journey."
-- Susan Rako, M.D., author of The Hormone of Desire: The Truth About Testosterone, Sexuality, and Menopause

"If you find that sex has become routine or that it's the one thing on your 'to do' list that is the easiest to ignore, then you have to read Dr. Lana Holstein's smart, sexy, thoroughly honest book. A Yale-educated M.D. and the Director of Women's Health at Canyon Ranch, Dr. Holstein has helped thousands of women and men revitalize their sexual relationships and rediscover the passion that is so much a part of love."
-- Olivia St. Claire, author of Unleashing the Sex Goddess in Every Woman -- Review

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harmony; 1 edition (January 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609607537
• ISBN-13: 978-0609607534
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #638,725 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whole-Person Sexuality!, February 18, 2001

By A Customer

Dr. Holstein's book is exceptional in the breadth of its approach to human sexuality. The seven dimensions she identifies for sexual experience are in fact the seven levels on which all human experience takes place, from the basic biology of our organic existence to our relationship to God. Her ability to show how our sexual energy partakes of all these domains of experience, and not just the ones we have been conditioned to think of as sexual by the imagery of today's media and institutions, is original and profound, as well as being useful in a very practical way. Bravo!

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book I've been waiting for!, March 1, 2001

By A Customer

Bravo, Lana Holstein, for writing a book about sex that answers practical questions while sparking new wonder. It's amazing how much most of us don't know about sex. Here's a book that scientific, highly readable and obviously written with love. What a gift!

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Steps to Successful Relationships, January 31, 2001

By A Customer

This book is incredible. Dr. Holstein explains what is involved in attaining and maintaining a wonderful, loving relationship with your partner. This is much more than a "how to" guide; it's a real common sense direction to finding true intamacy and balance with your mate.