Enhancing Sexual Health Through Yoga: Unveiling Its impact
Ill get right to the dirty details, dude! The Interwebs is jam-packed with wellness aficionados hawking yoga for a mind-blowing sex life, boasting about its effects on their sexual encounters – some downright obscene. But do science and facts back up these claims? Let's dive in!
Hey, not everything's about kinks and freaky poses. Yoga has been linked to various health perks such as busting stress, improving moods, and even helping out with metabolic issues and diabetes. Recent research has even uncovered intricate mechanisms behind these health benefits, showing that yoga lowers inflammation, combats genetic stress triggers, lowers stress hormones, and boosts a protein responsible for a brain's growth and aging. It feels frickin' fantastic, and some even claim it induces legendary "coregasms."
Now, let's get down to brass tacks: can yoga make your sex life better? Well, it turns out it can!
A study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine found that yoga can improve sexual function, especially in women over 45. Over 40 ladies participated in a 12-week yoga session and self-reported their sexual function before and after. At the end of the program, the women reported significant improvements across all sections of the Female Sexual Function Index – desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain. Boom! 75 percent of the women reported improved sex lives after the yoga training.
So, what positions did the seniors crack? All of them buddied up on 22 poses, or yogasanas, believed to strengthen core muscles, improve digestion, fortify the pelvic floor, and elevate mood. Poses like trikonasana (the triangle), bhujangasana (the snake), and ardha matsyendra mudra (half spinal twist) made the cuts.
Men, don't fret! Yoga isn't left high and dry. An equivalent study conducted by Dr. Vikas Dhikav, a neck doc at the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi, India, examined the impact of a 12-week yoga program on the sexual satisfaction of the fellas. After the program, the participants reported notable improvements in their Male Sexual Quotient, with enhancements across all aspects – desire, intercourse satisfaction, performance, confidence, partner synchronization, erection, ejaculatory control, and orgasm.
But, what exactly makes yoga your sexual Super Saiyan? A study led by professors at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, sheds some light on it. Yoga regulates attention and breathing, lowers anxiety and stress, and stimulates the part of the nervous system that relaxes the body and promotes healthy digestion and sexual response. Furthermore, women who practice yoga tend to be more aware of their physical states, leading to increased sexual assertiveness and desire.
Now, don't roll your eyes at the woo-woo talk about channeling energy and kundalini explosions. One concept making more sense to the skeptics is the moola bandha. It's a perineal contraction activating the pelvic region's nerves and glands, improving vaginal health in ladies and helping fellas with premature ejaculation. Moola bandha is similar to the pelvic floor exercises sex therapy centers employ to help ladies heighten their sensations of arousal.
But, how strong is the science here? While it's tempting to jump on the yogasm bandwagon, keep in mind that the amount of empirical evidence supporting yoga's effects on sexuality is limited. The Internet is flooded with anecdotal tales, but substantial, scientifically-backed studies are rare. Nonetheless, more recent studies investigating women with sexual dysfunction in conjunction with other conditions, such as metabolic syndrome and multiple sclerosis, have provided stronger evidence, showing that yoga may improve sexual function in these areas.
Hold your horses, gents! There's enough evidence to include yoga in your daily routine; it may just improve your bedroom skills and keep your pelvic floor muscles blissfully satisfied. Namaste and get freaky!
- The health benefits of yoga extend beyond sexual wellness, but a study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine suggests that it may improve sexual function, particularly in women over 45.
- Recent research has shown that yoga can boost a protein responsible for brain growth and aging, lower stress hormones, and combat genetic stress triggers, which in turn might impact sexual health.
- Despite the limited empirical evidence supporting yoga's effects on sexuality, more recent studies investigating women with sexual dysfunction in conjunction with other conditions have provided stronger evidence, indicating that yoga may improve sexual function in these areas.
