{"id":4456,"date":"2016-02-15T18:18:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T18:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/15\/love-sex-surrender\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T11:08:42","slug":"love-sex-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/love-sex-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Love &#038; Sex More Meaningful Through Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4456\" class=\"elementor elementor-4456\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-767cf390 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"767cf390\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7903218d\" data-id=\"7903218d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e912c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07e912c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/How-To-Make-Love-Sex-More-Meaningful-Through-Meditation-e1676989888912-1024x725.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16301\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/How-To-Make-Love-Sex-More-Meaningful-Through-Meditation-e1676989888912-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/How-To-Make-Love-Sex-More-Meaningful-Through-Meditation-e1676989888912-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/How-To-Make-Love-Sex-More-Meaningful-Through-Meditation-e1676989888912-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/How-To-Make-Love-Sex-More-Meaningful-Through-Meditation-e1676989888912.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7793949d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7793949d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In our busy lives, the sheer volume of tasks to be done and distractions to be had can overwhelm us and our connections often suffer as a result. How many times does your partner attempt to talk to you and you find yourself on autopilot barely registering what they\u2019re saying? It happens a lot. Even when we\u2019re engaged in meaningful conversation, thoughts can take over.<\/p><p class=\"\\&quot;p1\\&quot;\"><span class=\"\\&quot;s1\\&quot;\">Or it may be, that you\u2019re feeling close enough to each other to start getting intimate, but still the mind finds itself racing with thoughts about things that simply don\u2019t belong in the little bubble you have created for each other.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d295cad elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d295cad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/find-a-course\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-discourse\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find an upcoming course<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2548a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2548a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\\&quot;p1\\&quot;\"><span class=\"\\&quot;s1\\&quot;\">It may be that your awareness kicks in and says \u2018stop thinking\u2019! 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