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- * Research shows that practicing mindfulness can enhance sexual desire, reduce sexual pain, and lessen sex-related distress through better bodily awareness.
- * It has been particularly effective in decreasing vulvovaginal pain intensity, with benefits lasting for at least a year after practice.
Article Abstract
Mindfulness is defined as present-moment, nonjudgmental awareness. By reducing self-criticism, and depression, and increasing self-compassion, attention, and interoceptive awareness, mindfulness has been found across a variety of systematic reviews and meta-analyses to significantly improve sexual desire, sexual pain, and sex-related distress. It helps individuals connect with their bodies, fostering a deeper understanding of sensations and desires while reducing the focus on negative, judgmental, and catastrophic sex-related and pain-related thoughts. By teaching individuals to focus on bare sensations, mindfulness has also been found to significantly reduce vulvovaginal pain intensity with improvements retained a year later.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ogc.2024.02.002 | DOI Listing |
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