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Yoga Poses That Increase Libido After 50
June 9, 2021 | Sex | By Dr. Anubha Walia
Practicing Yoga enhances mental, physical and emotional wellness. The improvement in our lives through yoga can be felt across all facets including sensual and sexual wellbeing. Those 50 and over can greatly benefit from enhanced flexibility so as to explore beyond past routines. It’s time to address the absence of information of yoga’s benefit to our libido. Living life to the brim also demands enjoying it thoroughly. So what’s better than turning to our trusted yoga for a libido boost and better sex we so love in our grey days. The famous Kamasutra has 64 sexual positions that you can try during lovemaking. Have you ever felt that some of these need enhanced flexibility? Yup you got it right!
Practicing asana like pelvic lifts, twisting posture like garurasana improves pelvic blood circulation and are perfect for sensual and sexual highs. Benefits beyond stress relief, improved digestion, or losing weight, trust Yoga to boost libido, flexibility and orgasms. Lets50 provides you 6 yoga poses that are known to boost your libido:
Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)
This pose will help you strengthen your pelvic muscles, which will ultimately help reduce pain during sex and enhance the sexual high feeling. To practice, this pose starts by laying relaxed on your back and bend both the knees placing your feet hip-width apart with your knees in line with your ankles. Then proceed to put your arms flat on the floor with your palms against the ground and spread your fingers. Now let’s lift your pelvic region off the ground, allowing your torso to follow, but keep your shoulders and head on the floor. You should hold the pose for 5 seconds and then release back to the relaxed initial pose. Repeat this asana 10-15 times.
Happy Baby (Ananda Balasana)
The happy baby pose also known as Ananda Balasana is an easy pose that stretches your glutes and the lower back. It is an easy pose and anyone can practice it easily. Start with lying on your back then while exhaling, bend your knees up toward your stomach and inhale and reach up to grab the outside of your feet, and then widen your knees. Next flex your feet, pushing your heels upward as you pull down with your hands to stretch. Repeat the pose 10-15 times. Bonus tip, this pose can also work as a variation of the missionary position.
The Cat Pose (Marjaryasana) and Cow Pose (Bitilasana)
The pose not only helps you build your strength but also strengthens your pelvic muscles. The strengthened pelvic muscles help you achieve more intense orgasms. Put your shoulders directly over the wrists, and the hips over the knees. Inhale while arching the back and drawing your belly into your spine, with the crease of your elbows facing each other. Then exhale while dropping the belly and lifting the heart forward and up. Repeat the flow 10-15 times.
Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana)
It is the best pose to release tension from your hip area. It allows you to move away from your thoughts and into the present moment. This enhances your ability to create a sense of sexual intimacy with your partner. To perform this pose bring your left shin parallel to the top of the mat, drawing your heel closer to the groin. Then bring your right leg into a straight line behind you and slowly lower down to forearms, rest head in arms, a block, or onto the mat. Hold for 10 breaths before moving to the other side.
Full Wheel (Urdva Dhanurasana)
The full wheel pose strengthens your arms, wrists, abdomen, legs, shoulders, and chest, so expect smooth, toned muscles. This pose is great for stretching the hip flexors, which can help in creating more intense orgasms. Plant the feet’ hips-width distance and bring the palms alongside the ears, fingertips face the shoulders. First, inhale the hips into a bridge pose, then press through the palms to lift the chest toward the sky.
Eagle Pose (Garurasana):
Balancing postures, opens up the 14 major joints of the body, facilitates lymphatic functions, supplies fresh blood to the reproductive system and sex organs and increases sexual vitality. Practice this asana by bending your knees and balancing on the right foot. Now cross your left thigh over your right leg, followed by stretching your arms straight in front of your body and cross the arms in front of your chest that the right arm is on the left and bend your elbows. Hold your position up to one minute and then repeat on the opposite side.
Charles Mair said “Yogis can be better lovers because of their breath control, flexibility and ability to be present. Lets50 reminds you that this is relevant past our 50’s too, so let’s enjoy!!
