Introducing the Yoga Workout That'll Make You Better at Sex
“Yoga means union,” explains Shira Atkins, creator of Yoga 4 Better Sex, a class she launched this spring at 305 Fitness in NYC. “It’s coming face-to-face with everything we are in the most intimate way, and that’s exactly what sex is. That’s what orgasm is.” As it happens, yogic union and/or orgasm is best achieved via soft mood lighting and acoustic covers of dance songs while you try to block out the insanely loud Zumba class one room over. My fiancee and I enrolled in the class for a month and kept a diary—a sex diary—to see if this version hot yoga really is 4 better sex.
WEEK ONEME: I’m pretty sure she hates the idea of this class and thinks this is just a ploy to have more sex.
HER: After two classes, I want to have sex less. I'm so sore.
SEX COUNT 0WEEK TWOME: Insanely horny. Twice I tried to have sex with my fiancée in my sleep.
HER: I wish he'd stop trying to push my legs over my head.
SEX COUNT 2WEEK THREEME: Less tension in my back, more mobility in my hips. My new go-to move looks like something from an Usher video circa 2001.
HER: Actually starting to feel more intimate. We haven't kissed this much since we started dating. Plus, my butt looks better.
SEX COUNT 5WEEK FOURME: She's more vocal during sex, calling out what she likes (and doesn't). More talk, less grunting.
HER: Sex is more pleasurable and lasting longer, too—especially when I'm on top. And I did a backbend once!
SEX COUNT 5THE VERDICTCouples sex yoga—and probably regular ol' yoga Yoga—actually leads to better, sexier sex. Try it!
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