Sexologist Alexa Andre (@sexwithalexa) gets in bed with tantric practitioner, pleasure educator, and soon-to-be author Davia Frost for a deep conversation about decentering penetration and expanding what sex can be. Recorded on the Temptation Cruise, this episode explores how slowing down, breathing, presence, and creativity can lead to more satisfying, intimate, and embodied pleasure without sex needing to revolve around penetration.

We discuss:

• What it means to decenter penetration and why penetration is overemphasized in mainstream culture

• How expanding your definition of sex increases pleasure, intimacy, and satisfaction

• Why heterosexual couples tend to rush to intercourse and how this limits pleasure

• Using the full body as an instrument of pleasure rather than focusing only on genitals

• Slowing down, softening the body, and learning how to receive pleasure

• Myths around sex, obligation, and the idea that penetration is required

• Making penetration optional without sex feeling “incomplete”

• Erogenous zones beyond genitals (neck, ears, inner thighs, behind the knees, clavicle, elbows, nipples)

• Nipple play and nipple orgasms

• Different types of orgasms and expanding orgasmic capacity

• Breathwork, sound, humming, and tantra as tools for pleasure

• Why holding your breath can limit orgasmic potential

• Presence vs performance in sex

• Oral sex as intimacy, honoring, and shared pleasure rather than a chore

• Eye gazing, kissing, dirty talk, and touch as deeply intimate acts

• Ego, vulnerability, and why sex often ends when penetration ends

• Ending sex based on satisfaction, not orgasms or penetration

• Communication strategies for talking about pleasure without hurting egos

• Sexual menus, check-ins, and having conversations outside the bedroom

• Scheduling intimacy, playfulness, and creative erotic invitations

• What straight couples can learn from queer sex culture