(sexy) book club PRESSURE

Pressure helps to ground us. A weighted blanket on a stressful day. Another body on top of our own. A hand gripping our thigh. A clamp squeezing our nipple. Pressure asks us to exhale. To slow down. To breathe deeply.

There is comfort in feeling held, but there can also be pleasure in pushing that feeling further. Weight, compression and concentrated pressure draw our attention back into the body, transforming something soothing into something sensual, intense or even challenging. Pressure reminds us that sometimes, to let go, we need something to hold us down if only for a moment.