A good sex life takes time and effort to maintain. It won’t always be
 easy — our busy lives are taxing and often leave us tired and devoid of
 the imagination and motivation required to keep up the pace. Having 
good sex doesn’t necessarily mean spending hours and hours of frolicking
 or adding a few vibrator or other sex toy into the mix, it can be as simple as doing something a little different just for a change.
Women are cyclic creatures, and her sex drive will vary depending
 on her hormones and what’s going on in her life. Sometimes it takes a 
bit longer to get her hot and the same-old song and dance may not be 
enough. This applies to you too. Therefore, it's important to add a few 
more stimulating aspects to your sex life to keep things interesting.
Here are 9 tips for having better sex, which should keep the two of you hot for some time to come.
1. Use A Blindfold
Sexual pleasure has many dimensions, but the most important sexual 
organ we have is our brain. When one sense is hindered, our other senses
 — via the brain — clamor to compensate. For example, a deaf person has 
increased sensory awareness — sight, smell, touch, and vibrations. For 
No. 10 entry on our 10 tips for better sex guide, we're telling you that
 you can tap into this innate ability of ours and use it to your 
advantage: Blindfolding your partner
 increases her sensory awareness. She doesn’t know where you are or what
 you are going to do next. This creates anticipation for better sex — 
the tease. Tease her mercilessly with sensory objects, such as a feather
 or your tongue. Start off softly, as this excites her nerve endings and
 makes them far more sensitive. Be careful not to overstimulate the 
nerve endings, however, because after a while the neurons stop firing 
with such intensity and the sensation becomes null and void.
2. Try Being A Teacher - And A Student
After a while you may think you know how to please your partner in 
every way, but this is very rarely true. There is always something you 
haven’t tried, and there is bound to be something one of you always does
 that could be done differently.
To combat this, have a lesson session in which you don’t think you 
know it all, and are at each other's mercy as teacher. Talk about things
 you haven’t tried, but would like to, then choose one suggestion from 
each partner, and get down and dirty. We often get caught thinking we 
know what our partners like, and after a while it becomes "the way it’s 
done." Lose this myth and put yourself in the student's chair for a 
while for better sex you won't regret. 
3. Trade Sensual Massages
Sensual touch is one of the most highly relaxing and sexy things you 
can do for your partner, which is why it makes it onto our 10 tips for 
better sex list. Our bodies are almost without exception tense in some 
area, if not many areas. This hinders our energy flow — including sexual
 energy flow. Imagine a car that has a clogged fuel filter: the fuel 
(our energy) can’t get to where it needs to go quickly and smoothly, and
 the car performs inefficiently and ineffectively. 
A relaxing sensual massage can unlock her body to some very intense 
orgasms and much better sex in the end. The ability to relax your 
partner in this way should be high on your list of skills to master. The
 same goes for her: The difference between a deeply relaxing massage and
 a sensual massage is in the manner of touch — you don’t want to relax 
her too deeply because she will probably fall straight to sleep.
The key in this case is to keep her senses alert, but her body 
relaxed. This means a firm touch, coupled with some sensory 
feather-light caresses. Once you've relaxed her major muscles — 
shoulders and back — work your way down to her buttocks. Strokes can 
then start to wander near to, but not on, her inner thighs, butt crease 
and vagina. Don’t forget her hands and feet — there are thousands of 
nerve endings in our hands and feet that are very sensitive to touch. If
 you have no idea what a good massage feels like or how to perform one, 
spend some time in "lesson time" with your partner and learn what you 
both like or just run your hands all over her body — all over. Don’t skip to the hot spots or you’ll ruin the effect. 
4. Get Into Some Dress-Up
Pretending to be something you're not comes easily to some people. 
However, it has its benefits when done for fun. Stepping out of the role
 of being "yourself" can be a fun way to give each other permission to 
behave differently for better sex. Playing the role of someone else 
during sexual play is a very enjoyable way to give your partner some 
different sensations, and try things that you haven’t done before. Role playing
 is a great way to have better sex and to have fun with your partner in a
 light-hearted but sexy way. It is often the woman who does the dressing
 up simply because A) They enjoy it; and B) They have the resources of 
clothes, underwear and makeup — but don't forget that you can play too..
5. Talk About Your Fantasies
Talking about your fantasies with your partner is a very conducive form of sex play. It increases communication with your partner,
 which is of great importance, as well, it also helps you get to know 
each other better for better sex. Yes, you may be surprised by what 
comes out of her mouth, but this works both ways. Keep it light at first
 and don’t throw her in the deep end with fantasies about people you 
both know or reveal fetishes you aren't sure about. Sit back with a 
glass of wine and keep your clothes on — for now. Fantasy play can also 
be incorporated into a game for better sex. Use your imagination, and 
keep it sexy. Take it in turns and see where it leads you.
6. Play A Game
Get a pack of cards and play strip poker for better sex. It may seem 
like something you would have done when you were in high school (given 
the opportunity), but adult strip poker is a good way to get naked. Once
 you are both naked (or nearly naked), you can start on the really fun 
part: A loss means the other person gets to choose what action is 
performed on them by the loser. Time limits like one minute on said 
action means that it is a prolonged game of seduction, which by the end 
will have you both clamoring to be both the winner and the loser. There 
are many other games you can play "strip" to, as long as there is 
regular winner and loser to reward and punish respectively. The great 
part about these games is that you can both ask the other person to do 
something in a certain way that you may not necessarily have ever done 
before. It can get rather filthy, and definitely lead to better sex in 
the end. 
7. Talk Dirty
Talking dirty has turned people on for millennia and will continue to
 do so because it has something other sex play doesn’t: words. Because 
our brains are our largest sexual apparatus, we respond to the spoken 
word automatically — especially when someone says our name. The spoken 
word evokes emotions, sensations and blood flow to various regions, 
depending on the topic. This works very much in your favor when it comes
 to talking dirty to your lover because women are especially susceptible
 to what goes in their ears (and I don’t mean cotton buds or ear 
candles). Talking dirty is, however, an art form and when done badly can
 result in fits of giggles (which, lets face it, ain't so bad but isn't 
quite the goal here). Don’t let this deter you.
Start off easy with neutral dirty-talk topics, such as how you feel 
inside her, how much you are enjoying the act and what you would like to
 do to her next. Don’t get too carried away, but let it flow out of you.
 Dirty talk can be a bit daunting at first, if you are not used to 
verbalizing these things, so practice. You will see how she responds to 
you. Dirty talk also comes under the "encouragement" category — when she
 sees that you like something very much, she will be more interested in 
doing it more. The rawness of the sexual passion aroused with dirty talk
 is why it is so effective. Be careful with swearing too much — though a
 good dose of foul language is part and parcel with dirty talk (its not 
called dirty talk for nothing), too much swearing/name calling can be a 
turn off. Try to stick to positive words, and leave the commonly used 
insult words out. Watch what you call her body parts
 too — just make sure she can handle it before launching into your 
tirade of filth. Chances are, the passion from you will ignite hers 
two-fold.  
8. Try Some New Positions
You already know how to bring her to orgasm
 in two ways (probably). You repeat these regularly because they work — 
there's no harm in that. However, if you never, ever try any new 
positions again, how will you ever know? New positions need a reasonably
 high level of arousal in your lover, so choose your time to strike a 
new pose when she is quite obviously feeling very randy.
There is no limit to the number of ways to have sex, so you can use 
your imagination and come up with as many weird and wonderful inventions
 as you desire. Simply changing locations can dramatically change the 
position, so consider this too (for example on top of the washing 
machine, on a bench, beanbag or table).
9. Use A Cock Ring
Cock rings
 slow the drain of blood out of your erection, and keep you harder for 
longer. A very hard penis stimulates a woman’s insides slightly 
differently — and much better — than one that is getting soft around the
 edges. Cock rings are inexpensive and usually nice to look at, and make
 an interesting male sex toy to add to your collection. Cock rings 
ensure that you can maintain the pace without faltering for better sex. 
This is very pleasing to your lady friend.
