The Blooms Blog

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.

Spice up your sex life with bondage toys! Lotus Blooms takes you by the wrists and walks you through the different categories of restraints, recommends the best ones for beginner play, and offers tips on safety and basic use.

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.

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.

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!

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.

“You touched me like there was more to me than skin.”  This quote from poet Emma Bleker stresses the importance of touch. Today on the Blooms blog, we’re continuing our Love Languages series with a exploration on pleasurable touch.

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".

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.