Let me introduce you to one of the simplest, most powerful intimacy tools I’ve ever taught: the belly hug.

Not a polite embrace. Not a windmill hug nor a pat-pat on the back like you’re congratulating a coworker. I mean skin-to-skin, lift-your-shirts, breathe-together belly contact. Your belly against your beloved’s belly. Soft on soft. Warm on warm. No performance, no technique, no agenda.

Just bodies. Just breath. Just now.

I’ve watched couples on the brink repair something real with this practice—not because it fixes the problem, but because it softens the people involved enough that the problem stops being the........

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