26 Mar 12 Meditation Can Improve Your Sex Life
"Practicing Meditation for a few years can help you to take a break from yourself. What a wonderful thing that is!"
-Quote by Wes Nisker
At first glance, most people would think that sex and meditation have that much in common. Meditation teachers tell us to "rid" our minds of thoughts, especially "naughty" ones about sex. Most people think of sex as a primal and sensual activity, while meditation is deemed to be a spiritual act. On the surface, they would seem to be polar opposites as an activity. However, new research might surprise you that is showing these two activities to have more in common than you might think
So, what makes sex and meditation so similar? Well, there are a few reasons. The first thing is that meditation causes your body to release endorphins, which are your body's natural "feel good hormones". These are responsible for the feeling of well-being that we have when we are exercising for example. I'm sure you have heard of the term "runners high"! As you are having sex, our body also produces and releases more of these wonderful chemicals. Also, many people use meditation to reduce stress, which, in the long run, will decrease the amount of the destructive stress hormones in our body like cortisol, for example. As we orgasm, our body's chemistry also changes and reduces the amount of these stress hormones in our body.
Additionally, according to a recent study in Scientific American (July 12, 2011) when you meditate OR have sex, it activates nearly the whole of the right side of your brain. What's surprising about that? It's the left side of our brain that's associated with pleasure, not the right. But that's not the point. Both meditation and sex make us less self-aware. In other words, they're both activities where we're totally lost in the moment, freed from our usual anxieties, doubts and fears. This is the pleasurable state that has also been called "flow-state". You know that feeling when you are so absorbed and enjoying what you are doing that you completely lose track of time? We enjoy this state so much, because we are freed from our identity and our "ego". For a moment, we "lose our self" and just enjoy the moment. Therefore, the joy of sex isn't just the physical pleasure, but the emotional release - just like meditation.
The last piece of good news, is that meditation can help improve your sex life, just like every other part of your life (just ask Sting). The more mindful you are during sex, the more intensely pleasurable it becomes. So if you thought meditation was all about incense and baggy clothes, think again. Meditation has a sexy side.
Dr. Michelle Nielsen
Author of Manifesting Matisse: A Practical Guide for Reality Creation
Learn more about Meditation. Stop by Dr. Michelle Nielsen's site where you can find the easiest way to start by using Guided Meditation and find out what it can do for you.
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