Sex Mudras (4 page)

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Mudra to Strengthen the Vagina

The vaginal walls may grow loose for many reasons. For example, this may be caused by a lack of exercise throughout your life, or by hereditary factors. After many births, this area may become distended if you do not undergo some rehabilitative therapy.

Exercise

• To strengthen your vagina, clench your perineal muscles and your anal sphincter (as if you wanted to close your anus). Do several sets of fifty clenches each. This will tighten and harden the muscles surrounding your vagina, as well as the vagina itself.
  
• You can also clench your pelvic floor muscles during intercourse; your partner will feel these movements and will likely mention it, especially if he doesn't know about these exercises.
  

Variation 1

• Inflate a small toy balloon to the point where it is just large enough, and firm enough, to be inserted into your vagina.
  
• To facilitate penetration, practice Exercise 5—the Opening Mudra—or use a personal lubricant.
  
• Once the small balloon is inserted, practice clenching the same muscles described above.
  

Variation 2

To make the above variation even more challenging, tie a string to the mouth of the balloon, and attach a weight to the string weighing between 2 and 7 ounces (50 to 200 grams). The effort required to hold up the weight will be greater, and the results of this training will be even more impressive.

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Mudra to Strengthen the Uterus

Humans are the only animals that have the capacity to be conscious of the existence of their organs, appendages, and areas of the body—however little attention we may pay to these things. We tend not to notice our feet until they become too worn out to support us any longer; only then do we begin to lament the good old days. Unfortunately, it is the same for the entire body. Often enough, the damage is noticed too late and the wound or deficiency has become irreparable.

Ladies, from this moment on, start remembering that you have a uterus, and exercise it, love it, respect it. It will thank you for the effort. The following mudra is so simple that you will be able to remember it without even trying.

Exercise

• While standing or lying on your back, with your eyes closed, place the palm of your dominant hand (right for most people, left for some) on your lower belly just between your navel and pubic bone.
  
• Having located this position, now slide your hand up to your navel.
  
• Make circular motions with your hand—counterclockwise to begin with—making sure to close the circle with each motion. These motions will concentrate the energy of your uterus and carry it toward its epicenter, at the center of your lower abdomen (between the navel and pubic bone). Remember that you are concentrating the energy, bringing it in from the edges of the circle toward its center; this idea is a crucial part of this mudra.
  
• Begin the first session with 18 counterclockwise rotations followed by 18 clockwise rotations. Then wait for several minutes, allowing the energy you have released to take action.
  
• Begin the mudra again, this time repeating 36 times in each direction. Then, during the second rest period, concentrate on feeling what is happening in your body. Keep your eyes closed.
  
• If—and only if—you feel it to be necessary, do a third series of motions, this time of 54 in each direction, first counterclockwise then clockwise.
  

Why these numbers specifically? Simply because the sum of the digits of each number in this exercise is 9, and on a symbolic level the number 9 represents the end of a cycle, the conclusion of an action. There is some importance in every movement we make, every thought that emerges in our minds, in every word we speak. I am not implying here that some great importance must be systematically conferred upon numbers; I am simply saying that it is good to consider this symbolism. It exists for a reason.

You may consider practicing this mudra with your partner. It is quite possible to achieve a liberating effect upon this area of the body in this way, and your energy may become just as concentrated as when you practice this exercise with your own hands.

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Overall
Strengthening Mudra

This exercise is well known among those who practice hatha yoga. It regenerates the entire body by circulating the energy—ascending through the frontal energy circuit and descending through the spinal column. It also agitates the peristaltic area, releasing the energies of the large and small intestines.

Exercise

• Kneel on all fours. Without lifting your hands or feet off the floor, arch your spine upward as far as possible, while lowering your head and tailbone toward the ground. The overall image is one of a convex arch. Hold this posture for a few seconds.
  
• Then completely reverse this posture, creating a concave arch: bend your back as far as you can toward the ground, tilting your head and tailbone up while inhaling. Hold this posture for several seconds.
  
• Repeat the two postures, back and forth, about a dozen times.
  

9

Mudra of the Ovarian Palace

Before beginning this highly effective mudra, do the following short exercise to help you locate your ovaries.

Locating the Ovaries

• Naked, either lying on your back or standing, bring the tips of your two thumbs together and place them upon your navel. Your thumbs should be parallel to your waistline.
  
• Move your other eight fingertips toward each other, with your hands lying flat on your belly.
  
• Bring the tips of your two index fingers together. You will notice that your thumbs and index fingers form a triangle that points downward.
  
• The place where the tips of your little fingers come to rest
  
• should be the exact location of your two ovaries.
  

Exercise

• Now, rub the locations of your ovaries with your little fingers until you feel a slight amount of heat on your skin.
  
• As the heat increases, rhythmically clench and relax your vaginal muscles.
  
• Different women will feel different sensations during this exercise. You may feel a tingling from the energy that is circulating, some movement in your lower belly, or simply warmth. If you feel at least two of these sensations, then this mudra is particularly effective for you.
  
• When you feel even the least manifestation of one of these sensations, trace the feeling mentally to the tips of your index fingers, where the “ovarian palace” is located.
  

With this mudra, you will be able to absorb and accumulate energy to strengthen the function of the ovaries and reinforce your sexual energy.

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Mudra for Maintaining Erection

For various reasons, a man may lose his erection during coitus. The woman, upon perceiving this, may perform this exercise to help him regain it.

Exercise

• Tighten all the muscles of your lower abdomen, clenching both your vagina and anus, in order to reduce the diameter of the vaginal canal as much as possible.
  
• Given sufficient time, your male partner's sexual arousal will increase and he will regain his erection.
  

11

Delayed Male Pleasure Mudra

The female reader may well wonder why this exercise is in the “Yin Mudras” section. Obviously, it takes two people to make love. Although the “Yang Mudras” section contains plenty of exercises for men, it is important to realize that the woman can also help her male partner to stop, delay, or block orgasm. This could be necessary for various reasons: because the man is tired and needs to conserve his semen; because the woman takes longer to reach orgasm, and he needs to wait for her; or simply because he wants to give his partner the chance to have several orgasms before achieving climax himself.

Here, then, is a simple exercise that can help the woman to delay or even prevent her partner's ejaculation.

Exercise

• When the woman senses that her partner is holding back from reaching orgasm, or when he lets her know that he wishes to control, stop, or delay his sexual excitement, she should contract her vaginal muscles in front of her partner's penis so that it is immobilized, remaining at the entrance to the vagina and—most importantly—not fully inserted. The man, if he still feels his pleasure continue to rise, can practice his own exercises to delay ejaculation, which are covered in the next part of this book.
  
• At the same time, the woman should practice the following breathing technique: take a deep breath in, then, while slowly and tranquilly exhaling, visualize the energy flowing out of the vagina and into the penis through the urethra. This will help to hold back the energy inside the man's body.
  
• If the partners know each other well and are each aware of the exercises the other is practicing, one can breathe out while the other breathes in, and vice versa.
  

If this exercise is practiced successfully, the man's energy—along with his semen—will flow back toward his body, rather than outward. More information on delaying ejaculation can be found in the next section of this book, which contains mudras for men.

Yang Mudras

Practical Exercises for Men

 

Exercise 12. Seashell Mudra for Men

Exercise 13. Vibration Mudra

Exercise 14. Penis-Thickening Mudra

Exercise 15. Mudra for Elongating the Penis

Exercise 16. Touchless Erection Mudra

Exercise 17. Lubrication Mudra

Exercise 18. Delayed Orgasm Mudra 1

Exercise 19. Delayed Orgasm Mudra 2

Exercise 20. Delayed Orgasm Mudra 3

Exercise 21. Delayed Orgasm Mudra 4

Exercise 22. Mudra for Orgasm without Ejaculation

Exercise 23. The Four Great Lion Mudras

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Seashell Mudra for Men

Although the structure of men's genitals leaves them less “open” to the outside world, a man may also sometimes feel the need to close or protect himself—to reorient himself toward his interior. This is most likely to happen when a man's spirits are low; for example, when he feels alone in life, or when he is particularly tired.

Exercise

• The exercise consists of enclosing the genitalia completely in one hand and remaining in that position for a long while—until a feeling of well-being arises.
  
• If the penis and testicles cannot be held together in one hand, the exercise can be performed in alternation, first holding the testicles in the palm of one hand, cupped like a seashell, and then, a moment later, holding the penis the same way.
  
• However, because the exercise is most effective if all parts can be held at the same time, it may be helpful to hold large genitals with both hands cupped together.
  

Just as with the woman's exercise, the man who practices this correctly will feel a sense of calm set in a moment after beginning. The energy released by this mudra runs through circuits that are well known to traditional Chinese medicinal practices; when this energy reaches the brain, it causes the release of endorphins.

13

Vibration Mudra

This practice encourages the development of sperm and, by extension, improves the quality of the libido. In fine-tuning the system that produces spermatozoa, there are two important considerations. First, the testicles should not be held too close to the body, where they become too hot and too compressed. The second consideration is movement. In order to encourage spermatogenesis, the testicles must be able to move. The Scots, in the old days, had good reason to wear nothing under their kilts. Many traditional peoples in the Americas, Africa, and Asia wore loincloths, which also allow the genitals to hang free.

This exercise creates both coolness and movement by gently jiggling the testicles. It thus facilitates sperm production and helps the spermatozoa move toward the prostate. Since this exercise also stimulates hormones, it will cause the man to become more virile.

Exercise

• With your legs and pelvis, make small movements like tremors, causing the testicles to jiggle gently up and down.
  
• If practiced daily, this exercise will also improve the production of seminal fluid, which is directly linked to the production of spermatozoa.
  

Variation

• Form a circle with your index finger and thumb and encircle the base of the penis and testicles, as close to your body as possible.
  
• With your hand in this position, jiggle your genitals gently and regularly, either forward and backward or side to side.
  
• Don't jiggle your organs too hard or you may hurt yourself. Make small motions, as if you were jingling a small bell.
  

You will find for yourself the frequency, speed, and intensity that works best for you.

The preceding two mudras—Exercises 12 and 13—should each be performed for at least three to four minutes each day, and can be repeated three or four times per day.

It is best to practice these mudras at night before going to bed, as they will help the kidneys and their libidinal energies regenerate while you sleep.

Whereas Exercise 12 should be practiced alone (although some fantasies may be permitted), Exercise 13 can be practiced (perhaps very enjoyably) with a partner, since the only important element is the testicular movement.