Peace Between the Sheets: Healing with Sexual Relationships

by Marnia Robinson

Book Overview

Peace Between the Sheets offers a simple but revolutionary analysis: modern relationships often founder because of dysfunctional sexual habits. But when couples shift away from "heat-centered" toward... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583940871
• ISBN13: 9781583940877
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Frog in Well
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Works for us

My wife and I have been practicing the ideas in "Peace" for two months now, and this is the closest, and most consistently-loving that we have been in 11 years of marriage. The thought of giving up orgasm altogether is unsettling, but the potential in this idea merits exploration. I was interested to read Satyr's review. I did not see Peace Between the Sheets as a polemic against any sexual practices. Rather, the author's point is that the over-stimulation (at a brain chemistry level) of orgasm creates a desire for separation between partners of any sexual persuasion. As she points out, this wisdom has been around for thousands of years. We just never hear about it. For me, it was interesting to contemplate, as Robinson does, whether this built-in separation trigger may be behind all forms of alienation between the sexes. It seemed to me that she was no more against masturbation or homosexuality than she was against celibacy or churning in heterosexual relationships. Her views are, in fact, quite inclusive. I find the book very sex positive, very pro-intimacy, and refreshingly clear in defining the benefits to be gained from lasting relationships. It works for us.

Returning true intimacy to your relationship

Marnia Robinson has researched the split and tension in modern relationships between men and women. Her solution-a return to the ancient ways of intimacy. Rather than devouring each other and leaving each other empty and feeling a depressing sense of lack, Robinson offers us not just theory but the how-to of healing with sexual relationships. The healing is not justphysical and mental but spiritual. The final chapter of Section I, before the how-to of the Ecstatic Exchanges in Section II, describes a Divine connection-one which the ancient Taoists and Tibetan Buddhists have always known. You cannot be selfish and generous at the same time; you cannot be hungry and nourished at the same time. Therefore, with the sexual energy transmuted through the heart center to nourish each other, the flow of abundance in life balances with the life force and merges us not just with our partners but with the Source from whence we came.Review first published in Innerchange Magazine by Kathryn Lanier.

Creating Love, Harmony, Groundedness In Sexual Relationship

Reading "Peace Between The Sheets.." has had a profound impact on my outlook regarding sexual expression and intimate relationship. My life has been filled with endlessly unsatisfactory interludes interspersed with long "dry spells" when I was "not getting any. I have often "been on the prowl" looking for my next relationship. In clear, concise language; Marnia Robinson weaves together pieces of solid neuroscience and ancient tantric knowledge to create a new path towards harmonious and loving intimacy. She explains the "how" and "why" of cupid's poisoned arrow. The culprit is the neurochemical "dopamine" which is released with the BIG O; and which also has the nasty side effect of causing emotional crashes. The cure is to create more oxytocin in the body through nurturing intimacy. This is a must read for anyone who is seriously looking for a new paradigm of relationships.I first heard about this book when Marnia gave a talk at a local bookstore and was immediately impressed. I read the book and have begun to make deep changes in my own life.

A new approach to building strong relationships

A well-written, slyly humorous book that recommends an entirely unconventional approach to atrengthening intimate relationships. Although the book's suggestion to achieve sexual satisfaction by avoiding instead of pursuing orgasm is in opposition to the daily messages we receive in American culture, the author, Marnia Robinson, makes a compelling case -- via both psychological and scientific arguments -- to give it a try. The book is definitely worth a try too.

A common-sense, informative, & strongly recommended resource

Peace Between The Sheets: Healing With Sexual Relationships by Marnia Robinson is a candid guide to improving and sustaining the quality of one's sex life. Practical advice concerning the profound and sometimes negative impact biology has on sexual and love lives; straight talk about female orgasms; practical wisdom concerning the importance of seeking balance; user friendly checklists and activities for fourteen "ecstatic exchanges" to rejuvenate oneself and one's passion; and so much more fill the pages of this practical, common-sense, informative, and strongly recommended resource.