Why Yoga For Better Sex

Mark Dunlop. Yoga instructor, Holistic Lifestyle Coach and Reiki practitioner.

I always recommend for clients looking to improve their sexuality to include yoga in their lifestyle.   This is not news, it’s heard in magazines and is a trendy thing to recommend.   
At first the benefits seem obvious, but they go much deeper than sensational headlines.  Yoga  will improve your ability to HAVE sex on a physical level by increasing strength, the ability to move your body, and flexibility.  More importantly, it will also improve your ability to be fully present in your body and to your partner during sex and experience more pleasure, have better orgasms and if you’re a man even things like lasting longer or maintaining an erection. 

Part of sex is physical, our bodies move, muscles contract and we get into positions.  To do this easily is a bonus since being pain free and having less effort is all important for pleasure.   The other part is mental and yoga uses movement and breath to focus.  During sex, you use movement and sensation, breath and touch and focused attention on your partner to create an experience.  Without the ability to be present and focus, to get out of your head and into your body things happen like:   lack of arousal, inability to orgasm loss of erection or premature ejaculation, circular, excessive, or self conscious intrusive thoughts that interfere with your ability to make the most of your experiences. 

Most yoga studios have intro specials for the first month to let you test run the studio. I cannot stress enough how important it is to get a good instructor and a class that is appropriate for your fitness level and personality.  Remember, yoga is for every age, gender and every body, not just the media-promoted spandex clad “yoga body”  types.  It can improve your health, your emotions, body image and sex life,  you may even run across a Sensualist Yoga for Women class at your local studio.   Give it a try! 

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