Here are a bunch of techniques you can experiment with if you’re curious. There’s more emphasis on how the other parts of your body aid in your sexual pleasure. There’s no one way to define what counts as “hands-free.” If you aren’t using your hands to stimulate your body, then you can consider it hands-free. It may involve using toys, energies, breathwork, household items, other parts of the body, or just the mind. If you want a truly hands-free experience, you can opt for a technique that doesn’t include anyone else’s hands either or even a technique that’s totally touch-free. “We can tap into a deeper sense of pleasure if we start to widen our experience of our own internal sexual terrain,” certified sex and dating coach Myisha Battle, M.S., tells mbg. You practice this technique by letting a hypnotist put you into a trance-like state where you’re immersed in a sexual fantasy. This deep “relaxation through meditation helps you access erotic energy,” Battle explains, and it doesn’t involve any actual physical stimulation. You can search online for an erotic hypnosis video to give it a try, or get in touch with a sexuality professional who offers this service. Instead of restricting your pleasure, you make space for every kind of sensation. Tantric sex educator Barbara Carrrellas offers a helpful audio guide to try it out. A lot of the sexual charge of BDSM and other kinky play comes from types of touch and impact that don’t necessarily involve genital stimulation, such as spanking, rope play, and temperature play. Communicate with your partner about boundaries, safe words, and expectations before exploring. It involves breathing deeply, remaining present, and moving slowly. Many tantric practices don’t involve direct genital stimulation and yet produce orgasmic feelings—for example, tantric eye gazing or tantric massage. Here’s mbg’s full guide to tantric sex. To practice this technique, you will need to learn how to separate physical stimulation from orgasmic pleasure. Here’s mbg’s full guide on how to have an energy orgasm. The next time you’re in the bath or the shower, get creative! Experiment with the water pressure on different parts of your body. Zero in on the sensations you feel. Toys and hot tubs are also in play. For people with vulvas, be careful not to spray anything directly into the vagina. Using a showerhead on the clitoris or positioning yourself under a running faucet can feel great, though. Feel free to wander around to other areas of your body with a tool or toy of some kind. Or include your partner and do a little nipple play with them. If you do tend to dip a finger or two in when you’re giving oral sex, leave the digits out. See what happens when you let your mouth do the talking. Some sex toys can provide a particularly hand-free experience too: There are wearable sex toys, remote-controlled sex toys, and air-based sex toys that involve no physical contact at all. There’s also butt plugs, cock rings, nipple clamps, and undies controlled from your phone—and that’s only the beginning. Though they tend to happen accidentally and aren’t that common, they can happen to anyone. To have a coregasm, try focusing on core exercises while adding in Kegel exercises, and use your mind to focus on the sensations in your pelvic region. That mind-body connection is “a function of the body that we don’t necessarily lose,” Jasmine says. “We just need to work a bit to get reconnected to that function.” You can’t control the orgasms you have when you sleep, but sleeping on your stomach may make you more likely to have a sex dream. “When you’re lying on your stomach, your genitals are more likely to be activated,” sexologist Gigi Engle writes. “Having them pressed against the bed can cause physical stimulation and therefore erotic subconscious thoughts.” You may need to position yourself in a certain way to get the right angle. Then, the vibrations from the turbulence do the genital stimulation for you. Marla Renee Stewart, M.A., a sex educator with adult wellness brand Lovers, recommends fantasizing for anyone looking for a more challenging hands-free technique: Imagine taking your saucy daydream one step further, and instead of snapping back into reality, you go with it. It’s a great way to access sexual pleasure, especially “for folks with limited mobility or who may have a disability that makes genital stimulation difficult,” says Battle. Dirty talk is also something you can do with anyone from anywhere, whether you’re together in person or connecting virtually. If you’re watching with your partner, you can also use their hands for stimulation. There’s even an entire category of porn to watch that shows people having hands-free orgasms of their own, if you need a little inspo. As you listen to an intoxicating voice saying all the right things, let your mind visualize the sensations you’re experiencing. Here are 10 places to listen to sexy stories. When you’re comfortable with your orgasms in general, hands-free orgasms may come more naturally. If you want to try hands-free for the first time without your partner, awesome. If you want to try hands-free the next time with them, super. Either is OK, but talk with them anyway. Without having that patience with yourself, “you limit yourself in your ability to find this different type of orgasm,” says Stewart. No matter how many times you’ve explored hands-free techniques, patience is vital. You can become more mindful of sensations by practicing edging. When you understand what turns you on, you can pick hands-free techniques that correlate. On that note, “Not everything is for everybody,” says Stewart. If you don’t enjoy a technique, then move on. Listen to your body. If it tells you hands-free isn’t your jam, then that’s OK. Hands-free orgasm is one of the many ways we get to explore and play with sensations. Anyone is capable of experiencing pleasure in new ways that feel erotic to them. All it takes is a little curiosity. With a unique view on life, she taps into her own experiences to guide folks to live life for themselves, empowering them to explore their inner wild and find their own way in adulthood. 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