- Tyomi Morgan started teaching her proprietary cowgirl workout in 2016. She took it online in 2020 when the pandemic started.
- A sexologist and tantric sex coach, Morgan used her own sex life to test her methods before releasing the course.
Tyomi Morgan is on a mission to make the cowgirl sex position the world's favorite.
Morgan told Insider that her mastery of the position, where a woman sits on top of her partner facing him, while he lays on his back — also known as riding — has led to the most empowering and pleasurable sex of her life.
"There's great power that I get to flex when on top, and I know I'll have as many orgasms as I want," Morgan told Insider.
She may be onto something. Most women say vaginal penetration during sex feels more pleasurable if they can control penetration depth and clitoral stimulation, according to one 2021 survey of US women.
Mastering the move has also made Morgan more confident than she's ever been, something she wanted to instill in other women, so she created a course dedicated to teaching the sex position.
Morgan, a sexologist and tantric sex coach from Chicago, began teaching the course in 2016 after months of internet research and trial-and-error in bed with her own partners. When she first started getting on top, she said it was "miserable" and "embarrassing" because she didn't know what she was doing with her body.
When the internet provided little guidance for improving her technique, Morgan, a curvy woman, decided to create her own curriculum rooted in her backgrounds in sexual pleasure, human anatomy, and dance. Women seeking the same answers started to notice, thanking her for her step-by-step YouTube videos, she said. When a student told Morgan that she could monetize her one-off videos with an online course model, she decided to go for it.
"It's so interesting to see how this one form of movement plagues women around the world. It has nothing to do with ethnicity, it has nothing to do with size or age," Morgan told Insider.
Creating a size-inclusive sex workout involved watching lots of porn and experimenting
While sitting atop the third sexual partner she ever had, Morgan confessed that she was "no good," at riding. She never talked to that partner again, but that moment changed her trajectory.
It was 2015, and Morgan went to the internet for answers. But she couldn't find any visual, step-by-step guides for riding her partner.
Morgan told Insider she's always felt in touch with her sensual side, so she set out to solve the problem herself, first studying girl-on-top pornographic films. "Because that was the only resource that could actually physically show me," she told Insider.
After analyzing the techniques of porn star Roxy Reynolds, Morgan said she used her years as a dancer to pinpoint the same muscle groups on her own body, and then tried the movements with male partners.
"I would get on top, do the thing, and ask them for feedback. And with their feedback, I would go back to the table and say, 'OK, this worked, this didn't. Now what else can we do?'"
After pinpointing her technique through trial and error, Morgan uploaded video tutorials to YouTube, which have since racked up tens of thousands of views. In them, Morgan and a male partner demonstrate how to ride while fully clothed.
"I knew it was really important for someone who looked like me to put a video out like this. Sometimes women will say, 'Oh, well riding is only for skinny or petite women,' and I'm like, 'No, it's for anybody who's willing to get up there and do it,'" Morgan told Insider.
Now she sells an online self-guided membership for $99 per month. It includes access to all of her video tutorials with unlimited replays, access to a community group, and weekly check-ins with Morgan. For $476 per month, clients can get a personal training membership, which includes access to live workouts, one-on-one sessions, and nutrition plans.
The cowgirl workout is for every body type and fitness level
During an online class last month, Morgan said she created her curriculum for everyone, including seasoned yogis who struggle with tight hips, curvy women who worry they might not have the strength to last on top, and the sexually timid who want to step into their sensuality. She has taught women aged 18 to 70, and offers modifications to make sure everyone and every body type can do her sweat-inducing exercises.
When Morgan first did an in-person tour of her class in 2016, she drove around the country in her friend's Buick teaching at community gyms and recreation centers. When the pandemic hit, she launched an online version of the cowgirl workout, which is now her primary income stream and the most popular way people take her class, she said. In 15 months, Morgan said she brought in $181,500 from sales.
Her class involves hip gyrations, thrusts, breath work, and yoga-inspired moves to strengthen the lower back and loosen the hips, areas where many women experience pain and stiffness, Morgan said.
"This is why I say what I do is more than just a dick-riding class. It's a holistic somatic healing program," Morgan told Insider.
Someone who regularly practices the moves, even for 10 minutes a day, should notice they have more mobility while on top in a few weeks, Morgan said.
Turning nervous women into glowing goddesses, one class at a time
Women often attend Morgan's classes looking for fun and engaging ways to stay in shape. She's witnessed out-of-shape students build up their endurance, while other women have said that they experienced a sexual confidence they'd never felt before.
Morgan said women from around the world, including Nigeria, Australia, Germany, and the UK, have taken her online classes, but she wants to reach more. "I want the cowgirl workout to be the next Zumba," Morgan said. Adding that she is planning a tour to bring her in-person class to other cities.
Morgan said connecting with and helping other women was "transformative" because it felt like they were healing insecurities alongside one another. The more she taught, the more Morgan learned to accept things like her own weight fluctuations, she said.
"I would literally be doing the moves, tears running down my face and they're like, 'It's OK. Just let it go,'" Morgan said.
She said giving her clients that same support is what the class is all about. When a recent student doubted her ability to stay in rhythm and wind her hips, Morgan said she reassured her. By the end of the 60-minute class, she was grinning and glowing, Morgan said.