Expanded orgasm

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Expanded orgasm is any sexual experience more intense and extensive than what can be described as, or included in the definition of, a regular orgasm.^[1] It includes a range of sensations that include orgasms that are full-bodied, and orgasms that last from a few minutes to many hours.^[2] The term was coined in 1995 by Dr. Patricia Taylor. It was used in her Ph.D. research of intense sensual experiences of 44 couples from various backgrounds and referenced in a video she produced in 1998.

Distinguishing features of expanded orgasm are energetic sensations and contractions all over the body, especially in the abdomen, inner thighs, hands and feet, and of course the genitals. Dr. Taylor describes reports of practitioners going into various altered states of consciousness, bringing about deep emotional release and rejuvenation, profound spiritual experiences, having awarenesses not normally perceived in regular orgasm, and perceiving energy expanding beyond the limits of their bodies.^[3] Similar experiences were reported in studies by Dr. Jenny Wade,^[4] and by David Deida.^[5]

Expanded orgasm is likely related^[6] to experiences reported by Osho^[7] and Margot Anand (valley orgasm), Bodansky, Brauer, More University (see Schwartz^[8]), Otto (whole body orgasm), and those described by people who practice neotantra. For example, Brauer, Bodansky, and Schwartz report women having hundreds or thousands of contractions in one sensual connection.^[9]

Dr. Taylor reports that men are as likely as women to go into these states and have all the experiences enumerated above.^[3] In addition, both Brauer^[10] and Bodansky^[11] discuss male extended orgasm.

Theories for the biological processes required for achieving these states include the progressive and balanced stimulation and elevation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system; this is evidenced by the tantric practice of using breathing techniques^[12] (to engage the parasympathetic nervous system) during sexual activities.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The ESO Ecstasy Program: Better, Safer Sexual Intimacy and Extended Orgasmic Response, Alan Brauer & Donna Brauer, Warner Books (1991), Page 24-25, Masters in Johnson … described female orgasm as “a brief episode of physical release” characterized by either “a series of rapidly recurrent orgasmic experiences between which no recordable plateau-phase intervals can be demonstrated or by a single, long-continued orgasmic episode… status orgasmus is may last from 20 to more than 60 seconds”
2. ^ Patricia Taylor, PhD thesis (2000), In her PhD research study, the average time spent in an EO session was 54 minutes
3. ^ ^{a b} Patricia Taylor, PhD thesis (2000), These results are summarized in PhD abstract
4. ^ Transcendent Sex: When Lovemaking Opens the Veil, Jenny Wade (2004), Pages 27-28 and 272-278
5. ^ The Enlightened Sex Manual, David Deida (2005), Sounds True Publishing, Pages 95,133,142
6. ^ Patricia Taylor, PhD thesis (2000), pages 106, 99-100
7. ^ 'Feel the other's body, feel the other's energy flowing towards you and be merged in it, melt in it'... just go on relaxing', Tantra, Spirituality, and Sex, Rajneesh, B.S. (1983), Pages 103, 50-52
8. ^ As the giver of an orgasmic experience, 'you will enjoy the feelings she is having almost as much as she does and feel what she is feeling in your own body', The One Hour Orgasm: The Ultimate Guide to Totally Satisfying and Man or Woman Every Time, Bob Schwartz, Leah Schwartz (199p5), Page 136
9. ^ ESO Ecstasy Program, Brauer and Brauer, Pages 103-109
10. ^ ESO Ecstasy Program, Brauer and Brauer, Pages 109-110
11. ^ The Illustrated Guide to Extended Massive Orgasm, Steve, Ph.D. Bodansky, Vera Bodansky (2002), Page 4
12. ^ Sexual Secrets: The Alchemy of Ecstasy, Nik Douglas and Penny Slinger (1979), Destiny Books, Pages 35,36

[edit] References

• An Observational and Comparative Study of the Practitioners of Expanded Orgasm: An Investigation Of An Effective, Powerful, and Accessible Path to Transcendent States of Consciousness, Patricia Taylor, PhD Thesis (2000)
• Expanded Orgasm, Soar to Ecstasy at your Lover's Every Touch, Patricia Taylor (2002)
• The Art of Sexual Ecstasy: The Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers, Margot Anand (1989)
• Extended Massive Orgasm: How You Can Give and Receive Intense Sexual Pleasure, Steve, Ph.D. Bodansky, Vera Bodansky (2000)
• ESO: How You and Your Lover Can Give Each Other Hours of Extended Sexual Orgasm, Alan Brauer, Donna Brauer (2001)
• Liberated Orgasm, The Orgasmic Revolution, Herbert A. Otto (1999)
• The Doctrine of Vibration: An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmiri Shaivism, Mark S. G. Dyczkowski (1987)
• Silent Orgasm, From Transpersonal to Transparent Consciousness, Gunter Nitschka (1995)

[edit] Further reading

• The Tantra Experience, Discourses on the Royal Song of Saraha, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (1978)
• The Science of Orgasm, Barry R. Komisaruk (2006)