The Oumré Journal

Getting started

If the thought of booking makes your stomach do something complicated, good: you're paying attention. Here's what actually happens, and why the nerves are the most normal part of it.

Tantra

There's a version of tantra you'll find in weekend workshops and luxury retreats. There's an older one too: more demanding, considerably less comfortable, and rarely mentioned in the brochure.

The science

Twenty years of research quietly dismantled the hydraulic model of arousal most of us still carry around. Here's what replaced it, and why 'just try harder' was always doomed.

Couples & relationships

"Mismatched libidos" is one of the most common things couples bring to therapists, and one of the most misdiagnosed. What's usually happening is subtler, and far more workable than it feels at 11pm.