In human relationships, one should not underestimate the important of touch and this article is all about using touch to show your partner how much you love and care for them.

Try it and you will find out how to convey your emotions and feelings in a totally different way that will enhance any relationship and is a fun and enjoyable form of foreplay.

The importance of touch

Goes back to our very roots of being in the womb, our mothers holding us, and then childhood innocent games with parents, siblings and friends. In later life, we tend to duplicate this, if we can, with our intimate relations.

The sexual massage is one very special way to do this, and can bring not only relaxation, but a keener sense of intimacy to both partners.

Setting the mood

To begin you will need some relaxing environment. If you are going to give the massage on a bed, it must not be too soft. If it is, use the floor, but put down first a folder blanket or a duvet. You must also have ready

Massage oil

A large towel, a smaller towel and a small pillow

Some relaxing music

A few scented candles, with some scent like cinnamon which is considered to be somehow aphrodisiac.

The room should be warm, as your partner will be naked (but not at first). Light the candles, put on the music, and you are about ready.

Many techniques include massage (or masturbation) of the gentiles.

This technique does not, but recommends intercourse as the natural conclusion of the massage.

Massage technique

With your partner lying face-down (and perhaps a small pillow under her or his head, and a rolled small towel under the ankles (to elevate the foot slightly) put some oil into your hands. Never put the oil or massage cream directly on the partners skin as it can confuse and even ruin the mood of the massage.

Back massaging

Start with the high back, rubbing with flat hands in circles (the left hand circling counter-clockwise and the right hand clockwise). This is a relaxing stroke and you can move both lower or higher. Keep your hand well oiled until your partners skin (as well as your own) has stopped drinking the oil. As you move higher and lower with this stoke, you can now move both hands in the same direction.

As you continue, you can include the whole of the back, and how your circling strokes become the swimming stroke. These are very large a movements beginning at the small of your partners back and finishing at the nape of the neck. You can continue like this for some minutes, and you will give a great pleasure to your partner; who will begin to melt beneath you.

The shoulders and neck

You next work on the shoulder and neck with the flat of your thumbs and even kneading (as if you were kneading dough for bread). Continue for a few minutes.

Buttocks & Legs

Work your way down now to your partners buttocks. Use the kneading technique at first, and then end with small circling. Work at the cleavage of the buttocks, and on the inside of the thigh, but do not actually touch your partners anus or gentiles. Come as close as you can without doing so, and tease this areas with feathery strokes.

Quickly move down each leg, massaging with the kneading movement, then the circling. Now go to each foot. Apply more oil and rub and massage each part of the foot, each toe even. Place special emphasis on the sole, and use your thumbs to massage the ball of the foot and then arch.

Asking your partner to turn over, work your way up the leg to the hips. Be careful to NOT touch the genital area, but only come as close as is possible. This is like scratching a mosquito bite, but around the bite, and not directly on it.

The front of the body

Lift your partner slightly from the small of the back two or three times. Then on your partners abdomen, do large swimming stokes, and keep this up for at least 3 to 4 minutes. This area will ignite the sexual centers, and create a great desire for sexual union with your partner; but do not yield till you are finished giving the massage.

Continue with small circling movements on the chest or breast of your partner, and then move to the next with light pressuring movements only. Go behind your partner now and work on his or her face from behind. Do very light massage, not neglecting the lips, and eyes. Move to the sides of the forehead, and then end with the earlobes. There are great sexual centers (used also by acupressurists) there, and end with light pressure to each lobe.

You end the massage now on the whole of your partners body with the back of the hands, using only the tips of the fingernails in as light and long stokes as possible.

Practice and enjoy the above

Try the above and you will find a massage will add a different and enjoyable dimension to your relationship

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Barking is the dogs instinctive means of giving a warning and it would be against your interest to discourage it. However, once you have been alerted, your dog should realize that his job is done. So select a word of praise, such as Good Dog or Okay, or command such as quiet, and give your dog a pat to indicate that he must now be still.

Hysterical barking such as during a thunderstorm, can be treated by reassurance, companionship, distraction, or if all else fails by tranquilizers from your veterinarian. Barking at a strange object can be quickly stopped by showing him that there is nothing to fear.

Barking from boredom or in order to attract attention is best treated by eliminating the cause. If you give your dog plenty of attention and exercise, you can insist on quiet behavior the rest of the time. Obedience training is of great indirect benefit due to the self-discipline it imposes and the mental and physical activity it provides.

Whining, barking, or howling when left alone should not be tolerated. It is easier to prevent in a puppy than it is to correct in an adult dog. However, even a lonely barker can be cured in an afternoon or evening if you arm yourself with patience and whatever acting talent you possess.

You must pretend to leave your dog alone, telling him to Guard the house, and that you will be back soon. As soon as your dog starts to bark or howl, you must burst furiously into your home, saying Bad Dog or No! A single experience may be enough to make it clear to your dog that his barking displeases you.

When your dog is duly impressed by your dissatisfaction, you should forgive him, settle him down, tell him to Guard the House and leave again. Be patient and hope for the best. If your dog has not barked within 5 or 10 minutes, you can be almost certain that he has learned his lesson. But if he resumes his barking, you must repeat the entire scenario, and repeat it as often as necessary.

As a final scene, stay away for a brief time, and when he hasnt barked, return, greet him fondly and praise him. Then reward him with a treat or a walk, whichever he prefers. The next day you can test him by making a point of leaving him alone for a short period of time. Chances are that he will pass the test.

In the future, if you take the trouble to give him plenty of exercise beforehand, and opportunity to relieve himself, a diverting to or bone, water and food, whenever you have to leave your dog at home alone for an evening, he will never howl or bark without some justifiable reason.

A simple trick to stop your dog from barking with joy when you come home in the middle of the night is to give him his ball or bone or favorite toy. He cannot hold something in his mouth and bark at the same time. He may gurgle with delight, but this will not disturb the neighbors.

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They may not admit it but some of our favorite celebrities are believed to have undergone blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery to eliminate their eye bags and give them a fresher and more youthful look.

This is the opinion of some plastic surgeons who have noticed the dramatic changes in Bono, George Clooney, and other stars that now look different allegedly because of plastic surgery. These interesting observations can be gleaned from mybodypart.com.

U2 lead singer Bono is no longer wearing his trademark sunglasses these days and his eye bags have mysteriously disappeared, making some doctors speculate that he has gone under the knife recently.

Dr. Lucy Glancey, a UK-based plastic surgeon, said bruising is a common aftermath of such a procedure that normally lasts for six weeks. She said this is the reason why Bono has been hiding under those sunglasses for quite some time.

I definitely think Bono has had lower blepharoplasty - lower eyelid surgery - which the plaster covered up back in December. He probably had quite a bit of bruising under the eye at this time - sometimes you get no bruising after surgery, sometimes you get bruising under just one eye, giving what looks like a black eye. A proper black eye could take up to six weeks to heal, on top of slight scarring, which would explain why Bono has remained hidden under sunglasses until now, Glancey said.

Forty-five-year-old Clooney is another celebrity whos looking good these days. While that may due to the success of his Oceans film series, others argue that blepharoplasty may be the main reason why the handsome actor doesnt look tired nowadays.

Clooney himself has joked about his alleged surgery on two occasions. At Cannes, Don Cheadle, Clooneys co-star at Oceans 13, told the actor he only had one eye done. Clooney replied that he wanted to try it first and give it a test run.

When interviewed by Julia Roberts for an Oprah Winfrey special on the Oscars, Clooney again joked about his blepharoplasty. Roberts asked the actor what was the most important change he did in his life to which Clooney replied, I had my eyes done, Can you tell? I think its important to look awake.

Whether Clooney is telling the truth or not, his remarkable appearance is doing all the talking as of the moment. Clooney no longer has under-eye bags and his eyes are more open than before. He appears to have had a full blepharoplasty on both his upper and lower eyelids, said George Lindemann at mybodypart.com.

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Janet Martin is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and published author. Many of her insightful articles can be found at the premier online news magazine http://www.thearticleinsiders.com