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Natural Sex, Love and Sensuality Secrets from Around the World
Published By OWC Research Staff on March 9, 2011
Sex, Seedlings and Spirituality – Natural Healthy Sex Secrets from Antiquity and Modern Science
(Contributing OWC researchers: Julianna Bourgeois, Tom Cifelli and Jen Awdry. Reviewed by Dr. Mark Rudderham).
This article explores the most widely accepted natural methods for improving your sex and sexuality for a healthier present state of mind, body and spirit; knowing your body, being completely comfortable with your body, and sharing and celebrating it is an important component for achieving optimal health and happiness. Being able to talk openly and freely about sex is an important first step too many people, even lifelong couples in sexually confused cultures, never experience.
“Eastern” Experience and Wisdom
Let’s begin in the East, with India. The evolution of Indian culture coincides greatly with the progression of the Tantric spiritual sciences, of which yoga and Ayurvedic herbal healing are mere parts of a vast system reaching as far back as 7000 years. In Sanskrit “Tan” translates to “expansion” and “Tra” signifies “liberation”. Immersed in the collective sexual confusions of Western society, it is often stress and anxiety that obscure sexual energy. Therefore a reawakening and rebirthing of the Sacral or sexual energy center is needed without fear of affronting our maker.
There are countless aphrodisiacs in Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine. These systems of healing are based primarily on the interrelationships of energetic polarities. The general goal is to create balance within an individual by complementing their energy field with foods, herbs and minerals of an opposite or lacking energy. For this reason, not all aphrodisiacs will work as effectively for all people, however, there are certain candidates that have thousands of years of time-tested and proven results and general applicability.
Red Ginseng
Ashwaghanda
Gotu Kola
Gingko Biloba
Horny Goat Weed
Medicated Oils
There are many oils that can be applied directly to the genitals, and are efficient aphrodisiacs owing to either their heating or cooling properties. Natural sandalwood oil can be mixed with ginger powder or cinnamon to produce one of the greatest enhancing effects. Clove oil can be mixed with a base of either sunflower or olive oil to produce refreshing effects. These preparations serve to increase blood flow and sensitivity to sexual organs.
“Western” Contributions to Heightened Sexual Energy and Awareness
Let’s now begin a slow voyage west, beginning in the South Pacific Islands.
Kava Kava
Yohimbe
South America and Mexico Jungles and Beyond
Ancient civilizations of South America and Mexico are culturally steeped in folk remedies. What follows is but a small list of some of the more popular treasures of the jungle.
Catuaba Bark
Maca
Damiana
Cacao
Rhodiola Rosea
Botanical and Non-Botanical Sexual Energetics
This brief overview of aphrodisiac botanicals is small in comparison to the amount available. Other nutrients/herbs used to help circulation including sexual performance depending on the individual include L-arginine, 5-htp, betony, ginger, glutamic acid, NADH, DHEA, some B vitamins, vitamin E, zinc, puncture vine, saw palmetto, essential fatty acids and amino acids, and TMG. Healthy foods with sexual enhancing nutrients include oysters, caviar, fish, brown rice, sesame seeds, beans, cherries, celery, almonds, asparagus, figs, fruits, carrots, tomatoes, avacado, cheese, chili peppers, pumpkin, lavendar, cucumber, licorice, and some nuts and seeds. This article lends insight into the numerous alternatives to pharmaceutical impotence or libido enhancing therapies you should explore further, most with a wider array of potential benefits.
Non-Botanical Methods and Secrets To Healthier Sexual Attitude, Appreciation and Relationships
There also are many techniques for cultivating and harnessing sexual mood, potency and power that only require information and interpersonal willingness. Tantra is oftentimes assumed to be solely based on sexuality. While this perspective is incorrect, there is much information on the web surrounding this subject. Yoga postures that can be done on an individual basis or with your partner can significantly change the quantity and quality of energy stored and released from the sacral chakra. Tantric yoga has millennia of documentation, and effects of these postures can be felt immediately.
Conclusion
Whether we enhance our sexual experiences via botanicals, yogic postures, meditations, or entire new lifestyles altogether, it is important to realize the meaning of the enjoyment we gain from sex. It is a bridge between the heart, mind, body and spirit. It is the potential power hidden in the sexual act that lends to our compulsive relationship with it. If we enter into this realm with an open mind and heart set on experiencing for ourselves the natural beauty and extreme joy possible, we may just create that bridge connecting not only two bodies, but those bodies with spirit and improved health.
Let’s end on a lighter note with this entertaining video from down under discussing ancient culture sexual traditions and highlighting some foods and nutrients modern studies have found stimulate sexual interest.
References:
Manabe H,. Horiuchi Itaro & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. catuaba bark ,catuaba extractIn Vivo. 1992 Mar-Apr;6(2):161-5
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