Remember the days of the first lockdown? When you were baking banana bread and creating an account with something called “Zoom”? As we all came to terms with how the global pandemic would affect our everyday lives, we jumped to the same trends. Confronted with a reality that would impact our mental health and increase our time at home, people flocked to download mindfulness apps and purchase sex toys to equip themselves. But what about when masturbation and meditation collide? This is where erotic meditations come in.
What is erotic meditation?
Erotic meditation (also known as orgasmic meditation or tantric masturbation) fits into the world of mindful sex. The practice includes the aspects of meditation that you may be more familiar with – clearing your mind of distractions, body scanning, breathing techniques. But it combines it with the purpose of developing your sensuality and using pleasure stimulation to ground your body.
What are the benefits of erotic meditation?
All in all, erotic meditation can lead to a more satisfying sex life with both yourself and with others. It helps your mind develop the technique of being present in the moment when it comes to sex. This means that stress and anxiety are less likely to prevent you from having fulfilled sexual experiences like when experiencing difficulty in reaching orgasm. It can also assist in tackling sexual problems such as chronic pain, low libido, erectile dysfunction, problematic porn consumption and trauma. Like how tantric sex can alleviate bedroom anxiety, erotic meditation can have significant impact in coping with sexual insecurities/fears that physical and external issues have caused.
Even if you’re not using erotic meditation to tackle a specific problem, it can generally enhance intimacy and pleasure as well as open up fresh possibilities to sexual stimulation. Exploring ideas of new sexual sensations in your mind can unlock discoveries around pleasure and prepare you for further exploring them, perhaps with a partner.
What are different types of erotic meditation?
There are different ways to conduct erotic meditation. Firstly, erotic body scanning/pleasure mapping is when you browse your body using touch, experimenting with different types and pressures. This isn’t necessarily in expected places like genitalia but other parts (e.g. – neck, stomach, collar bone) so that you better understand what sensations you like. Similarly, erotic breathwork then uses breathing techniques alongside sensual touch to help you connect to yourself and reduce the prominence of orgasm anxiety by distancing itself from a climax goal.
Erotic meditation can also be more experimental. Applying mindfulness to masturbation can lead to trying out different positions and techniques like edging. This can help interrupt repetitive behaviours that lead to us our arousal being restrained to strict patterns. On popular erotic audio app Dipsea, you can also try guided fantasies where exploring activities like threesomes and submission which can happen in the safety of your own mind.
Mental health is a significant factor in having a happy sex life so maybe it’s time to look into erotic meditation and start applying your Headspace techniques to your wanking.
