Exercise: Advantages for Sexual Performance Enhancement Through Yoga Practice
Getting Flexible for Between the Sheets:
Hey there! Ever wondered if the hype about yoga improving your love life is true? Let's dive in and find out!
The world of wellness is buzzing with yogis claiming that their bedroom encounters have gone from meh to simply mind-blowing, all thanks to their daily downward dogs and tree poses. But does science back it up? Let's check it out!
The benefits of yoga are numerous, including aiding in reducing (you guessed it!) stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as lowering the body's inflammatory response and boosting a protein for brain growth and health. Sounds like a dream, right? But the juicy bit is yet to come!
So, can hitting the mat help you score? Let's take a peek at the research!
Yoga's Magic for Her
Researchers went deep into the benefits of yoga for women aged 45 and above and found some promising results. A 12-week yoga program led by experts saw a significant improvement in sexual function across desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain for 75 percent of the ladies.
The study involved teaching the ladies 22 yogasanas, or poses, believed to strengthen pelvic floor muscles and core, boost mood, and improve digestion. Some poses included trikonasana, bhujangasana, and ardha matsyendra mudra.
Yoga and Him
Guess what? Yoga doesn't stop at helping the fairer sex! A study on men led by Dr. Vikas Dhikav, a neurologist in India, found that a 12-week yoga program significantly improved their male sexual satisfaction.
The improvements were seen in desire, intercourse satisfaction, performance, confidence, partner synchronization, erection, ejaculatory control, and orgasm. You can't say fairer than that!
And here's a fun fact: researchers found that yoga is a promising alternative to Prozac for treating premature ejaculation. Think about that the next time you're pondering whether to down a pill or hit the mat!
How Does Yoga Stir Things Up?
Let's delve into the nitty-gritty of how these movements can get your sex life sizzling. A review led by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) helps elucidate some of these sex-enhancing mechanisms.
Yoga regulates attention and breathing, lowers anxiety and stress, and stimulates the part of the nervous system responsible for relaxation. psychologically, female practitioners of yoga are less likely to body-shame and more adept at recognizing their physical sensations, which may lead to increased sexual assertiveness and desire.
Moola Bandha: The Secret Ingredient
The yogic concept of moola bandha has been the subject of some skepticism, but it may hold some truth. Moola bandha activates the pelvic region's sensory-motor and autonomic nervous systems, leading to relaxed muscles and improved sexual health. A study found that practicing moola bandha can help relieve period pain, childbirth pain, and sexual difficulties in women, and control testosterone secretion in men.
In essence, moola bandha is similar to modern methods used by sex therapy centers to help women better understand arousal sensations in the genital area, thereby enhancing their sexual experience.
Reliability of the Evidence
Though the idea of a "yogasm" may seem like something out of a fantasy novel, the seeds of reality are definitely there. However, it's essential to be aware that while the potential sexual benefits of yoga are promising, comprehensive and conclusive research is still limited.
While the Internet boasts a wealth of anecdotal evidence, scientific studies that trial the benefits of yoga for sexual function remain scarce. Most of the studies focused on general health benefits rather than specific sexual outcomes, and they were often small-scale, lacking a control group.
Nevertheless, more recent studies, especially those dealing with women with other conditions like metabolic syndrome or MS, have provided stronger evidence of improved sexual function following a 12-week yoga program.
So, while we await further research to determine if "yogasms" are an achievable reality, it seems there's enough reason to hop on that yoga mat and see what it can do for you! Our pelvic floors will certainly appreciate it.
- The 12-week yoga program for women aged 45 and above showed significant improvement in sexual function for 75 percent of the participants, including aspects like desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain.
- A study led by Dr. Vikas Dhikav found that a 12-week yoga program significantly improved male sexual satisfaction, affecting aspects like desire, intercourse satisfaction, performance, confidence, partner synchronization, erection, ejaculatory control, and orgasm.
- Researchers at the University of British Columbia found that yoga regulates attention and breathing, lowers anxiety and stress, and stimulates the part of the nervous system responsible for relaxation, which may lead to increased sexual assertiveness and desire in women.
- The yogic concept of moola bandha has shown promise in improving sexual health, particularly in its ability to relieve period pain, childbirth pain, and sexual difficulties in women, and control testosterone secretion in men.
