In a sense there are two authors of this web site and the book Peace Between the Sheets: Gary Wilson and Marnia Robinson. They are a husband/wife team living in southern Oregon. Marnia does the writing, and Gary supplies most of the science information.

Marnia (with degrees from Brown and Yale) is a former corporate lawyer who left her career to investigate how ancient sacred-sex prescriptions can heal the widespread disharmony in intimate relationships. Her last conventional job took her to Europe as "Director of Legal Services - Europe" for Campbell Soup Company. Since 1990 she has been unearthing clues about healing the alienation between male and female. To see her in action, watch this YOU Tube video.

She says:

In some respects I’ve felt like a blind person stumbling around in a dark room filled with unsuspected obstacles. Even with the noblest intentions it is no easy trick to leave behind sex geared toward recreation and procreation - while still engaging in intimacy. It's facinating learning about the hidden potential that lies in balance.

Gary is a human sciences instructor who found himself delving into the physiology of sex, mating, and recovery after healing from a long-term addiction and chronic depression using the practice described on this web site. Gary attended nursing school before becoming a licensed massage therapist. He teaches anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, pathology, and advanced bodywork modalities (sports massage and neuromuscular therapy) at several massage schools in California and Oregon. His vocation is neuroscience, and he spends many hours scanning the Web and integrating the latest discoveries. He says:

Lao Tzu records that sex without orgasm will allow you to live forever....I say, "why would you want to?" Just kidding. Contrary to what you'd expect, there's no sexual frustration or feeling of "missing out on something." Quite the opposite....we make love a lot. Everything about my life is immeasurably better as a result of being in love and staying in love.

Gary and Marnia write and publish articles, and produce a free monthly newsletter called "Reuniting." They have given presentations in Australia, Canada and the States on the unwelcome effects of evolutionary biology on intimate relationships and the striking parallels between recent neurochemical discoveries and traditional sacred sex prescriptions to such diverse groups as The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (sexual addiction for professional counselors), Ashland's Metaphysical Library (lecture series), and the New Culture Institute (radical honesty and sexual freedom). Authors of various print magazine articles, they have also appeared on radio programs, including the "JoAnne Good" show on the London BBC, and aired videos on their material on RVTV in Ashland, OR.