Today is National Nude Day. Yes you heard me right. We actually have a day that you can appreciate your body. As my friend always says, “Have a naked day!”. Walk around your house naked - you’ll stay cool during the heat of the day this way.

It’s so liberating to be in just your birthday suit. If you have not tried it then you should. If you are feeling a little shy then you could try some pasties.

On this day do you wear your hair up or down? Do you wear jewelry? What kinds of shoes would I wear? Shoes are easy - high heels. If you wear your hair down then it moves on your naked skin all day so and that can get the juices flowing. Jewelry could go either way.

Would you make certain body parts look special that day? Would you shave in honor of the day or put some glitter down there?

How are you spending National Nude Day?

The power of smell is undeniable, as the multi-billion dollar perfume industry testifies. But, is it possible that humans are influenced by airborne chemicals undetectable as odors, called pheromones? It appears so. Scientific studies have actually shown that people who used synthesized pheromone had sex more often.

Pheromones are hormones that we naturally secrete that send out signals to the opposite sex (or the same sex) that trigger power sexual response.

Pheromones are odorless, airborne chemical signals that are released by an individual into the environment. These chemicals affect the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species. Although pheromones have been shown to exist in virtually all species of insects and mammals, they also control the behavior of humans, acting as sexual attractants. The secretion of pheromones by humans is believed to dramatically increase both desirability and sexual attractiveness in both men and women.

There are two places on the body that produce the most pheromones. The underarm and pubic areas. Now these are also the areas that we try to cover up odor constantly. Yet underarm and pubic hair is specifically designed to hold odor! The follicle of the hair is shaped like an oval, so that makes the hair curly and more porus than hair on our heads. So it absorbs sweat and pheromones because pheromones arrive via our sweat. In addition to holding pheromones the hair also holds sweat odor.

There are women out there who will admit to loving the smell of their man after working in the yard for a few hours. Its not the odor they’re attracted to, its the pheromones. Sweat actually starts to smell bad when it comes in contact with bacteria and dead skin cells and the longer its there, the more bad the smell becomes. Shaving is one way we can cut down on this odor.

With gas prices going up you may find it hard to take that special person out on a date. Look for some inexpensive ways to spend time together. There are always things to do locally that cost little or no money at all.

There’s always free concerts, street fairs, and art gallery openings going on. Attending any of these will expand your knowledge and give you two some bonding time. Who knows, you may find that you like a different type of music or a new local artist.

Another great tip is to work with your surroundings. You may have lakes, rivers, the beach, or parks close to you. You can make a day out of taking a bike ride or a hike and bring along a picnic.

Visit a local vineyard and see what special events they may have going on. I used to live close to one that had a different musical group on their grounds every Saturday and you could bring food there and have a picnic and just listen to music. The best part about it was that it was free and you could go inside and do the free wine tasting.

If you are a good cook and she likes to bake then spend some quality time in the kitchen and make a meal together. Nothing could be sexier than making a meal together and then sitting down to eat it together.

If you’re looking for something a little more intimate, try visiting sex-positive shops which offer sex toys and some even offer classes geared to enhancing your sex life. You could also watch an educational DVD that will enhance your sex life like one on Kama Sutra sex positions or erotic massage.

A good date is about spending time with a person.

Sexual frustration is no myth. Couples who don’t have sex are more likely to feel stressed and to over-work themselves.

German researchers argue that sexual frustration is a complex phenomenon not to be underestimated, according to a report on Spiegel Online International. Read More

According to the study of almost 32,000 men and women, the lack of sex can precipitate a downward spiral, pulling couples into a vortex of all work and no play, literally.

Lead author Ragnar Beer called his study the Theratalk Project, and it has found that the less sex people have, the more work they seek to “work” out their sexual frustrations.

Beer’s team found that 36 percent of men and 35 percent of women who have sex only once a week take on extra work to compensate for their waning sex lives.

It’s worse for couples who don’t have sex at all. Forty-five percent of men and 46 percent of women who no longer have sex with their partner seek out other activities to replace their waning libidos.

Read more on the study here.

A new study says women are either having more sexual dreams than they were 40 years ago, or have just become more comfortable admitting to them.

The study focused on more than 3,500 home dream reports from both men and women. The results showed the both men and women dream of sex about 8 percent of the time.

Sexual intercourse was the most common type of sexual dream content, followed by sexual propositions, kissing, fantasies and masturbation.

The percentage of women dreaming of sex is considerably higher than it was 40 years ago, which led researchers to believe that females are either dreaming of sex more often than they were in the past or are now comfortable reporting such dreams because of changing social roles and attitudes.

Although men and women are dreaming of sex in equal proportions, the type of sexual dreams experienced by the two genders often differs.

The study found that both men and women reported experiencing an orgasm in about 4 percent of their sexual dreams. Orgasms were described as being experienced by another dream character in 4 percent of the women’s sexual dreams, but in none of the men’s dreams.

Women identified current or past lovers in 20 percent of their sexual dreams, compared to 14 percent of the men’s dreams. Public figures were twice as likely to be the object of women’s sexual dreams than in men’s, while men were twice as likely to dream of multiple partners, according to the findings.