This good cuddle posture is best for when you want to maintain eye contact during a deep talk or conversation. It is a great way to develop connection with someone you are still dating or perhaps between close friends.

One person simply sits up, while the other lays down perpendicularly with their head resting in the other person's lap. The sitting person can play with his or her partner's hair, stroke the face or give light rubs around the shoulder and along the waist.