Improve Your Sex Life with Yoga

You already know yoga can give you greater flexibility, better muscle tone, a surefire way to release stress, and maybe even enlightenment. But better sex? You betcha! Yoga offers myriad physical and emotional benefits that add up to more fun in the bedroom and a more fulfilling, meaningful sexual relationship with your partner. Whether heating up your sex life is the main goal of your yoga practice or just a happy side effect, chalk this information up as yet another great reason to roll out the mat. It puts the “O” in Yoga. Here are the 5 major ways it works…

• Sensuality
  Yoga is sexy! How often do you put on as few clothes as possible and stick your butt in the air? Yoga helps you develop an awareness of sensations in your body. It teaches you to savor every sensation in your body, including the really delicious ones that happen during sex. It also helps keep you rooted in your body and out of your head, where your swirling thoughts can keep you from enjoying the experience at hand when between the sheets.
• Confidence
  There is no doubt about it. Confidence is sexy! Need a confidence booster? Try this on for size. A recent study shows that people who practice yoga gain less weight as they age than people who don’t do yoga at all. And while feeling more fit is an undeniable turn-on, a sustained yoga practice also encourages you to develop a reverence for your body.
• Energy
  Who doesn’t want an energy boost? Over 1/3 of women say tiredness causes them to cut back on sex. But just 8 weeks of a simple at-home yoga practice significantly improved sleep, even for chronic insomniacs. It’s a simple exercise to connect the dots - practice yoga, sleep better, have more sex.
• Intimacy
  Yoga’s effects transcend the physical. It helps us become more comfortable in vulnerable positions, whether it’s a full backbend during class or a heart-to-heart conversation in bed at night. Yoga helps us peel away layer after layer of our defense mechanisms to get back to our true nature, which is loving and compassionate. When we peel away our protective armor, we can be much more connected to each other no matter where we are, including in the bedroom.
• Better Orgasms
  On a purely physical level, many yoga poses increase blood flow to the pelvis. In our sedentary world, the muscles that run through the pelvis are chronically constricted. Yoga involves engaging and drawing up the muscles of the pelvic floor, which strengthens the muscles that play an integral role in orgasm.

Hmm. Now it makes sense why I’ve always been attracted to girls that are into yoga. They are right up there with gymnasts in my book. Perhaps good on the mat does translate to good on the mattress? Although I do have a thing for dancers too. Good on the floor = good on the floor? Well, yes. So far I've found it to be true.