The Key To Better Sex Is All in Your Breathing
You've probably considered a yoga class once or twice—maybe
your girlfriend tried to convince you—but for one reason or another it never
stuck and you're still skeptical. Consider, then, one huge bonus of the
practice you may not be aware of: it can improve your sex life.
Here's how it works: the key to yoga's claim on your sex
drive is in the breathing technique used during yoga, pranayama. It releases
the same chemicals in the brain as sex does, meaning you can leave the studio
post-yoga with enhanced sexual desire. Plus, during your practice, certain
postures increase blood flow to the pelvic region, lighting up your sexual
response. The heart rate of yogis in deep meditative states can even mirror
that of frenzied lovers.
Maybe that's why Diplo, Colin Ferrell, and Sting are spotted
with yoga mats slung over their shoulders. But the benefits are for everyone: regular
yoga is linked to longer erections and doubled testosterone. You don't even
need to go to a class to reap the benefits, either. Here are five poses you can
do anywhere to get you started—in more ways than one.
1. Chair Pose
Chair pose engages your pelvic region by forcing you to lift
your pelvic floor as you lower your tailbone. It's the same muscles that are used
in Kegel exercises and it leads to more intense control of sexual organs..
2. Squat Pose
This deep squatting pose keeps pelvic joints healthy by
forcing you to work your inner thigh muscles, pull up the pelvic floor, and
engage your abdominals. It's also thought to stimulate your sex glands and
spleen.
Do it: From a standing position, place your feet hips-width
distance apart with the toes turned out. Bring palms together in front of your
heart, and slowly lower down toward the mat to come to hover just above the
floor. Place your biceps just behind your knees to spread them wider and to
help lengthen your spine, reaching your chest up to the sky.
3. Cobra Pose
Cobra pose stretches out your sex organs and increases blood
circulation to the reproductive organs.
Do it: Lie on your stomach, feet together and pointed to the
back of the room. Place your hands alongside your ribs for stability, press
your pelvis into the mat, and use your back muscles to lift your chest off the
mat. Gaze just six inches in front of you to keep from crunching your cervical spine
in your neck. Try lifting your hands off of the mat to lift higher. Lower
slowly.
4. Seated Wide-Legged Straddle
This wide-legged forward fold increases libido by releasing
tension in the groin muscles and heightening energy levels by signaling blood
flow to the pelvic region.
Do it: Extend each leg to a 45-degree angle from your hip
joint and flex your feet. Take a deep breath in, lengthening the torso. On the
exhale, fold forward, reaching for your toes. Keep the spine lengthened as if
someone is pulling the crown of your head forward. Breath deeply into the
crease created at your pelvis.
5. Breathing Techniques
Fast breathing shuts down the cortex of the brain, which
controls higher thinking, and allows your primitive brain and limbic system, responsible
for sexual responses, to activate and release sex hormones.
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