Lessons for couples on increasing intimacy

A similar course has been planned on April 3 by Dr Shirish Patwardhan,president of the Association of Maharashtra Society for Gynaecologists,who says,“We want to tell couples how to enhance their sexual life,” says Patwardhan and adds,“Couples will be taught to be sexually fit.”

The focus will not be on sexually transmitted diseases but “salvation” through physical intimacy in a monogamous relationship,he says.

On April 11,a certificate course on sexual medicine will be conducted by Dr Vivek Billampelli,Dr Shantanu Abhyankar,besides Patwardhan for medicos. Clinical sexologist Dr Shashank Samak who has conducted over 300 programmes on sexual fitness for,newlyweds,couples above 40 and teenagers,says scouples seek consultations prior to honeymoon.

The aim is to be sexually fit,says Samak who helps couples develop sexuality and intimacy. “There are people coming in from rural areas too and they talk of problems in their sexual life,” says Samak.