Sensuality is without a doubt a key element to great sex. Sensuality, intimacy, surrender, eroticism – all essential elements that don’t necessarily have anything to do with the genitals.

Live sensuously. We have five senses which can constantly bring us delectable, luscious sensuous experiences. If we’re open to them. Once we are, we can bring that awareness into the bedroom – and make magic.

Let’s practice. Choose a peach, or any other other suitably juicy fruit such as a mango.

Pick up the fruit:

• First look at it, then listen to it, then smell it, touch it against your skin, cheek, forearm, then bite into it and taste it.

• Really taste it.

• Then bite again.

Feel the peach flesh give as you bite down into it. Feel the juices release into your mouth. Hear the sound of the flesh give way. Smell the scent of the peach beneath your nose. Taste the sweet flavour of the peach consuming your mouth. See the pinkish orange of the raw peach flesh.

Now that’s eating a peach!

Try the exercise together. Have a peach each and take it in turns to watch your partner completely consume the peach. Then expose your own sensuality as you bite and lick and devour your peach.

Or share the peach. Look into each other’s eyes as you suck, nibble, chew and swallow the peach flesh and juice. Taste it on each other’s lips, follow the dribble of juice down your partner’s body, suck it off their fingers.

Why would you put up with lacklustre sex when you can really, and truly, eat a peach?

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