We aim to please when it comes to writing about sex positions : Weve given you glorious positions that reliably get women off and new tweaks on old favorites .

With Valentines Day fast approaching, we figured something heavy on the romance factor was in order. Enter the yab yum position, a bedroom trick that comes to us from tantric sex .

The origins of tantra arent easy to trace. Its been around for thousands of years and it appears quite a bit in Tibetan Buddhist lineages. (Of course, Sting gave it new life decades ago when he talked about how he and his wife Trudie practiced it for hours. And hours.)

With tantric sex the yab yum position included a spiritual connection, synchronized breathing, deep eye contact and mindfulness are all important, said Devika Singh , a tantric sex and relationship coach.

Yab yum is often described as a full embrace in certain tantric translations when we are looking at Tibetan Buddhist deities depicted in this position, Singh told HuffPost. Its cosmic because its intense just looking at this position in visualization yoga and artwork produces this energy.

Heres what it looks like: