The Ananga Ranga offers only a few variations on the positions given in the Kama Sutra but it does offer one excellent variation of the ‘woman on top’ position.

The Large Bee Position

The woman sits astride the man, with his lingam entered into her yoni. She closes her legs in front of her and grasps his lingam tightly. She can then lean back and take her own weight on her arms – even gripping his ankles with her hands if she wants to and it feels comfortable. She can then begin a series of twisting movements from the waist down – this is the large bee. The advice given in the Tantric text is that she shouldn’t be too aggressive or masculine in her movements as it will upset her partner’s ego. However, modern lovers shouldn’t have to worry too much about that and the woman can let go to all her desires at this stage. Most women find this position extremely comfortable and they can maintain it for quite a long time.

The woman may like to experiment by moving her legs forwards or backwards until the optimum position for comfort and friction is found. Basically the man has to lie back and enjoy his partner doing all the work. As a man you might like to thrust your hips upwards at the same time as your partner moves her waist from side to side. The man can caress his partner’s breasts and she can stimulate her clitoris at the same time. If the simultaneous orgasm is important to you both then this is probably the best position to achieve it. The woman can bring herself to clitoral orgasm at the same time as the man ejaculates and she should be able to control the speed and pace much more sensitively in this position. If the woman has mastered the yonic squeeze technique (PC muscle) then she may well be able to bring her partner to orgasm without moving any part of her body except the yoni.