Flex for better sex

Has your sex life gone from spicy to icy?

We all know that a nutritious diet and regular exercise are crucial to live a healthy life. Just as nutritious food fuels our bodies, studies have shown that regular yoga practise improves one’s sex life. Certain ‘asanas’ (postures) practised outside of the love shack, can really bring back the “glitter on the mattress” (as the B-52’s sang).

Sexually dissatisfied women who practised yoga as part of a 12 week study conducted by The Journal of Sexual Medicine, for 1 hour a day, showed significant improvements in arousal, desire and better orgasms. Yoga undoubtedly increases flexibility, which also means greater blood flow to the pelvis. Sensitivity is heightened and desire is amplified due to the increased blood flow. Yoga is also a confidence-builder and improves one’s self-awareness in relation to yourself (mentally and spiritually), your body and your own needs in the bedroom.

Over the coming weeks, I will present a range of poses consisting of hip openers, inversions and twists to help develop a stronger sense of body awareness and ultimately get back the wiggle in your jiggle.

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Reference list

Dhikav V, Karmarkar G, Gupta R, Verma M, Gupta R, Gupta S & Anand K, 2010, ‘Yoga in female sexual functions’, Journal of Sexual Medicine, vol. 7, pp. 964-970.

Yoga and female sexual function 2010, Harvard Women’s Health Watch, viewed 15 January 2014, < http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Womens_Health_Watch/2010/April/yoga-and-female-sexual-function>.