How sex can emotionally & physically benefit your health

It’s not just giving that brings pleasure; it’s also receiving. In concert, these two essential human acts join in a circle of interaction that expands with use. When the circle is complete, the more you give, the more your get, and vice versa.” —- George Leonard

As we have been discovering, there is an intimate interplay between Sex & Fitness. For some it is the Sex that inspires playful self-discovery and body awareness in the area of their health and for others it is Fitness that inspires playful self-discovery and body awareness in their Sexuality. A healthy body and intimate communion with another are some of the greatest joys on this earth. Be conscious of what you put in your mouth and become aware of your body’s sexuality now. The emotional & physical health benefits of Sex are many. Below is a list of ten such benefits. I also assert that there are many benefits that have not yet been discovered. Let’s number them 11 to 20 and use our imaginations.

1)    Increased Vitality – Sex is Exercise, especially good sex, conscious sex or two hour sex. Physical benefits of exercise include, increased hormone production, an increase in the capacity for breathing and better circulation. Better circulation brings more oxygen to the tissues, which in turn promotes body growth and repair. A less talked about benefit of sex is stimulation of the lymph system. Vigorous sexual activity will increase lymph production by 15 to 30 times. The lymph system is a major component of the immune system and when stimulated it will cleanse cells in the body increasing your health, vitality and longevity.

2)    Increase in Oxygen – Sex will increase your breathing. Breathing properly and directing the breath is essential to reaching an increased level of health, the deepest possible intimacy and highest possible states of ecstasy. Breathing supplies necessary oxygen to your cells and frees emotions and sensuality. Fresh air will help the body absorb nutrients and eliminate toxins. 90% of our energy comes from oxygen. The average person can live approximately for 30 days without food, three days without water but only three minutes without oxygen. During sex, deep breathing is one key to lasting longer, having more intense orgasms, and feeling more intimate love, which will have long lasting physical benefits.

3)    Increased Security – From the moment we’re born, we need the touch of another. From the moment of birth, touch tells us that we are not alone in the world, that we are safe and loved. Throughout our lives, we never outgrow the need for that kind of touch. Sexual touch is the most intimate and unmistakable.

4)    Increased Hormones – Sex releases endorphins – brain chemicals that induce feelings of happiness and well-being. These are the same chemicals that produce “runner’s high” when released during strenuous exercise. DHEA is the most abundant steroid in the body which is increased during sex as well. DHEA is a steroid precursor produced by the adrenal gland and converted to testosterone or estrogen by the body’s tissues. An increase in DHEA naturally will increase your metabolism, promote weight loss and will stimulate increases in levels of sex hormones therefore enhancing your libido, energy and immune function. Please be advised that the significance of hormones in health and disease is not fully established. I assume or assert that the information provided on DHEA and other hormones are true based on my studies and are beneficial to the human body when they are increased naturally. I do not recommend supplements.

5)    Decreased Stress – Sex slows the body down. After sex you have the opportunity to feel the tingling and vibrations in your body. Sex will  help you take the attention off your desires and frustrations and give you the opportunity to be grateful for what you have. It will help you find the happiness and peace inside you. It will take you from stress to relaxation. When the body is relaxed it will start to neutralize the  acids in the body and it will help the body go from an acidic pH to an alkaline pH, which will keep your bones strong. An acidic body will naturally balance itself by leaching calcium from the bones making them brittle.

6)    Increased Motivation – Sex can motivate people to maintain a healthy weight and good grooming habits if they know they’re going to share their body with another.

7)    Deeper Love – The physical bond strengthens the emotional one, and emotional health is crucial to overall health. There are states that you can attain through sex that will take you beyond the physical and emotional state that many enjoy. Through fitness discipline and sexual practices you can attain these states. The next time you embrace your lover sexually, feel your deepest desires. Discover your deepest truth, enjoying total freedom and love. When you give your true gift of sex to your lover you will penetrate them beyond all limits into love. Do not hold back. Be willing to discover and embrace your deepest reasons for living life. Break through your fears and give everything you got and penetrate the world and your lover from the core of your being and move them into love without limits.

8)    More Power, Freedom & Self Expression – Many of us have learned low self-esteem and develop poor body images because we were told negative things about ourselves. We were told to stop doing this and stop doing that. Our sexual feelings and sexual energies have been suppressed. Conscious Sex will bring up these feelings and give you an opportunity to release them and heal you physically and emotionally. Starting now, spend one hour a week doing what you really want to do and what you love to do. Do not wait until your finances are more secure, or until the kids have grown, or until you have finished your obligations. Do not wait any longer. Do what you love to do right now.

9)    Decreased Inhibitions – Sex will take you through the dark and give you an opportunity to experience the light. In order to love deeply you have to be able to feel your pain deeply. In order to experience emotional bliss you have to feel your emotional despair. Great sex will open pathways to your past experiences and give you the opportunity to heal them. Start to make a list of the characteristics that will make you give your best to life. Men be present, strong, passionate, directive and humorous. Women be beautiful, radiant, intelligent, sexually open and trusting of your man’s direction. Support your man’s vision. If you are holding back in any area of your life; stop doing that. Be uninhibited, vital and energetic.

10) Increased elimination - Good Sex makes you sweat. The skin       is the largest organ in the body and eliminates 30% of poisons and toxins from the body. Sex also increases the body’s temperature which will inhibit the growth of bacteria & viruses. Sex also stimulates vasodilation of peripheral vessels, which relieves pain and speeds healing of sprains, strains, bursitis, peripheral vascular diseases, arthritis and muscle pain.

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