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How to Rediscover Sexy Together

When life takes the lust out of your love affair, it's time to make time for each other. Lotus Blooms talks tips for reconnecting with your lover when stress or busyness gets in the way of love.

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10 Everyday Ways to Stay in Love

How do you keep your love alive every day? Check out our 10 tips for simple ways to bring romance and intimacy into your daily life.
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31 Days to a New OOH!

Is "do more sex-positive self-care" on your list of resolutions for 2020? We're launching an Instagram campaign of tips and ideas for sexual health and wellbeing habits-- a goal you'll love reaching!
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29 Ways to Love Your Lover

Check out our kickoff post for our February Instagram campaign, aimed at helping you make sure you take the time to enjoy your lover-- including when that lover is yourself!
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The 5 Senses of Sex: Sounds of Seduction

In Part 4 of our series on using the 5 senses for steamier sex and heightened intimacy, Lotus Blooms explores the sense of hearing and the many ways that sound can be set-the-mood music to our ears.

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10 Reasons You Should Take a Sex Class

Not sure why anyone would need sex ed once they're a sexually active adult? Lotus Blooms offers a whole list of reasons why sex workshops and classes are great for a fulfilling sex life-- and helps you understand what to expect when you get there.

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Becoming an Awesome Pride Ally this June

In celebration of Pride month, we're launching #LearnwithLotusBlooms here on the blog, in our emails, and via social media to tackle Pride and queer ally education and to help our straight, cisgender friends become better allies to the LGBTQIA+ communities. See what we've got planned and get started with some advice about attending Pride events!
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In Full Bloom: The Love Language of Gifts

In Full Bloom: The Love Language of Gifts

In the first post of our new series, "In Full Bloom: Lessons in Love & Language", Lauren Moore introduces 5 common love ways to express love, and tells you how to shop for a lover who communicates love through giving and receiving tangible gifts.
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Straight Talk About Strap-On Sex: Intro to Toys and Play

Strap-on sex play may seem advanced or edgy, but it's really very common and a great way to create some variety in your erotic life! Lotus Blooms takes you through the basics of choosing and using your gear, and offers straight talk about some of the fears that get in the way of exploring strap-on play.

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How to Talk to Your Partner About Sex Toys

Talking about sex toys with your partner got you tongue-tied? We've got some advice and mini-scripts to help you get past the obstacles and embarrassment you might feel when you're trying to bring up the idea of using sex toys with your lover or on your own!
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What's it Like to Take a Workshop at a Sex Store?

Wondering what to expect from a workshop about sex at Lotus Blooms? Educator and manager Teal Dye gives the lay of the land and explains what does or doesn't happen at our weekly classes, so you'll know exactly what you're signing up for!
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Connecting with Our Communities: A Peek at Our Sex-Positive Outreach

Did you know that Lotus Blooms gets involved with a lot of events and organizations outside the store? This week, we're giving you a look at some of the ways we try to give back to our communities, from sponsorships to presentations to outreach workshops and more. Could we bring sex-positive education to your group or event?
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What to Do When Sex Is Painful

When something about sex hurts, what do you do? Lotus Blooms talks about some of the reasons why sex can sometimes be emotionally or physically painful, and ways to address them. Everyone experiences pain around sex at some point, and being sex-positive includes getting what we need to take care of ourselves at those times.

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In Full Bloom: The Love Language of Acts of Service

In our final post in the In Full Bloom series about the languages of love, Lotus Blooms describes the love style of Acts of Service and talks about how to identify and build intimacy with someone who has service as a primary mode of expression in love and sex.

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In Full Bloom: The Love Language of Affirmation

Learn to give another kind of oral in the fourth post of our In Full Bloom series about love languages, focusing on Affirmative Words. Lotus Blooms talks about what to do to build intimacy when your lover feels most cherished by hearing sweet somethings whispered in their ear!

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In Full Bloom: The Love Language of Quality Time

When your lover's primary Love Language is Quality Time, it's all about shutting out distractions and giving each other your full attention. Lotus Blooms gives an overview of this language in the third post in our In Full Bloom series, and offers suggestions and resources for deepening your intimacy during your just-for-us time.

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In Full Bloom: The Love Language of Touch

Does your lover show love primarily through giving and receiving touch? Relationship and Sexuality Therapist and Lotus Blooms Sex Educator Lauren Moore shares techniques and tools for building intimacy through touch in the second of our 5-part series on the languages of love.
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Polyamory, Swinging, Relationship Anarchy—What Do They Mean?

The wide world of alternatives to monogamy such as polyamory, swinging, and relationship anarchy can seem overwhelming at first glance! Lotus Blooms breaks down some of the different relationship styles and lingo that fall under the heading of "ethical non-monogamy".

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Holiday Gift Guide: How to Give Every Body Pleasure this Season!

Don't be afraid to buy holiday gifts at a sex store! Educator Lauren Moore's giving guide helps you choose lingerie, corsets, vibrators, and gift sets for all the intimates on your list.
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Review: Sex Positions for Every Body

Lotus Blooms reviews Dr. Jill McDevitt's book "Sex Positions for Every Body", which offers a variety of options for penetrative sex, oral sex, and outercourse.

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