What is mindfulsex, the practice that promises full sexuality

For some time now, a lot has been said about mindfulness and its benefits.

However,

, a commitment to full sexuality, has not yet become popular in the same way.

According to experts, this practice is born from the encounter between science and pleasure, applying mindfulness techniques to sex in order to increase people's health and happiness.

"Mindfulsex is full awareness in the sexual affective area, a new way of experiencing sex, a paradigm shift,"

, a doctor of psychology, clinical sexologist and author of

told Clarín . Current Platform).

According to her, mindfulsex breaks with the model of conventional sex and opts for a conscious sexuality.

Among its benefits, he added, the following stand out: increasing sexual self-esteem and authenticity, multiplying pleasure, reducing stress, generating more intense orgasms, healing wounds that affect sexual relationships, generating intimacy, connection and magnetism, and achieving states of ecstasy. dragged on.

"In short, develop the wisdom of the art of loving," she said.

Problems around sexuality

Increase sexual self-esteem and multiply pleasure, part of the benefits of mindfulsex.

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Mindfulsex arises in a context where sexual well-being has a special role.

Ribas maintained that some of the problems around sexual and couple problems have to do with the absence of sexual education.

In addition, he highlighted, with conventional sex that is nourished by mainstream porn, based on a coitocentric, phallocentric and finalist sexuality (which causes both images and distorted expectations about sex);

and with an aggressive and unequal sexuality where the woman is treated as a

and the man has to “last a long time” and always experience an erection.

It was within this framework that the psychologist and sexologist decided to write a book on mindfulsex, "with the aim of reducing the silenced suffering in sexuality and promoting a sexuality full of pleasure, free and connected to one's own values."

science and pleasure

One of the first claims about mindfulsex is that it links science and pleasure.

When asking the author about this (on Instagram, @emmaribas_psicologia), she explained that according to

, the practice of full consciousness modifies different areas of the brain, both functionally and structurally.

Mindfulsex links science and pleasure, experts say.

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“When we activate pleasure through our senses, we release oxytocin and relax, reducing cortisol, the stress hormone.

Interpersonal neurobiology has shown that there are no isolated brains and that pleasurable interaction with other people changes the brain, so also integrating the practice of mindfulsex as a couple or in your affective sexual relationships has great potential,” she added.

Mindful Sex Secrets

Can anyone try mindfulsex?

Yes, mindfulsex has no limits of any kind.

"To practice it, all that is needed is curiosity and the desire to open up to experience a new sexuality," said Ribas, while clarifying that, since there are different levels, everything will depend on the capacity and training of each person.

And he emphasized: "It can become a lifestyle."

Emma Ribas, author of "Mindfulsex: the sex that will revolutionize your life" (Current Platform) Photo courtesy.

Finally, when mentioning the essentials for those who want to opt for this technique, the specialist listed as fundamental aspects: "

, beginner's mind (open to discover), letting go, awakening the senses, connecting with the breath and silencing the mind".

"When you start to experience it, you won't be able to go back," she predicted.

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