Improved Sexual Performance Through Yoga Practice: Understanding the Benefits and Techniques
Let's dive into the steamy world of yoga and sexual health! The net's teeming with wellness blogs shouting about how yoga's the key to a heavenly sex life, and personal stories of people finding their orgasmic zen through yoga practices. But what's the real deal? Let's find out.
Modern research is barely scraping the surface of understanding the profound health advantages of ancient yoga. A few things we know for sure - it fights inflammation, reduces stress, and boosts the brain-protein AKA the fountain of youth. But let's get down to the good stuff - can yoga truly transform your bedroom escapades? Let's peep at the research.
Yoga boosts sexual function in ladies (and some gents)
One of the studies often cited was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. This study conducted on a crew of 40 lasses over 45 found that 12 weeks of yoga bumped up their sexual function across the board. Desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain? Check, check, check, check, check and check! A whopping 75% of the participants reported enhanced pleasure post-yoga training.
Now, what did this x-rated workout involve? A mix of 22 sensual poses, like trikonasana (the height of rakishness, also known as the triangle pose), bhujangasana (the snake, if you're feeling frisky), and ardha matsyendra mudra (half spinal twist). Fancy curling up with the full list of asanas? Click here.
Yoga's got it going on for the lads (too)
It's not just the fairer sex who benefit. A similar study under Dr. Vikas Dhikav, a neurologist at the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi, India, found that dudes reported a boost in their sexual satisfaction after a 12-week yoga session. The team discovered improvements across all aspects of male sexual satisfaction - desire, intercourse satisfaction, performance, confidence, partner synchronization, erection, ejaculatory control, and orgasm.
A comparison trial conducted by the same team of researchers found that yoga serves as a drug-free solution for treating premature ejaculation. The program included 15 poses, from the simple Kapalbhati (you'll soon be sitting with a straight back, crossed legs, chest open, eyes closed, hands on knees, and rocking those abdominal muscles) to the challenging dhanurasana (the 'bow pose' if you're particularly limber).
The x-rated mechanics of yoga
How, pray tell, does yoga put the spark back into our love lives? Well, scientists at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver sorted out a few sex-enhancing mechanisms in a literature review.
Dr. Lori Brotto, a professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and her team explain that yoga helps regulate our attention and breathing, plunges us into a state of serene relaxation, and stirs things up to produce a whole bunch of sexy times hormones. And, surprise surprise, anxiety and stress reduction are linked to better sexual response.
The yogic-buzz: moola bandha and the magical coregasm
While tales of wire-free orgasms for men remain debatable, the yogic concept of moola bandha could have you questioning reality. Moola bandha is a pelvic contract, believed to whip the nervous system and pelvic region into submission, which triggers a state of relaxation throughout the body.
Some studies suggest that practicing moola bandha helps relieve period pain, childbirth pain, and sexual difficulties in women, while treating premature ejaculation and controlling testosterone secretion in men. And guess what? Pelvic floor exercises, which strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and improve sexual experience, are often recommended by sex therapy centers.
The facts (or lack thereof) on the kundalini-gasm
While moves like the lotus position, breath, and chanting are linked to unleashing the power of the kundalini energy, the research doesn't exactly back it up. But hey, who wouldn't be curious to investigate the mysteries of the ancient practice? Now, time to roll out the mat and lay down the winter blankets... Namaste.
- The Journal of Sexual Medicine published a study showing that 12 weeks of yoga improved sexual function in 40 women, enhancing desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and reducing pain.
- In another study led by Dr. Vikas Dhikav, men reported increased sexual satisfaction after a 12-week yoga session, with improvements in desire, intercourse satisfaction, performance, confidence, partner synchronization, erection, ejaculatory control, and orgasm.
- A comparison trial found that yoga serves as a drug-free solution for treating premature ejaculation, with 15 poses including Kapalbhati and dhanurasana being part of the program.
- Researchers at the University of British Columbia determined that yoga helps regulate attention, induces relaxation, and stimulates hormone production to improve sexual response.
- The yogic concept of moola bandha, a pelvic contraction, is believed to relieve period pain, childbirth pain, and sexual difficulties in women and treat premature ejaculation and control testosterone secretion in men.
- Although the research on the kundalini-gasm, associated with lotus positions, breath, and chanting, is sparse, the ancient practice continues to spark curiosity.
