Although, it seems that our society has separated the mind from the
body as two separate entities, sexuality, the body and the mind are
inseparable. Some people tend to advocate that the brain is the biggest
sexual organ of the human being. That is a half-truth since the brain is
actually part of the body. According to the Sexocorporel, mind and body
are interdependent of each other because one always affects the other.
Feelings are felt through the body not our heads. This concept is called
mind/body where our bodily movements (breathing, gestures, postures,
etc.) have an impact on our mind (emotions, beliefs, self-esteem, sexual
fantasies, etc.) The laws of the body which consist of muscle tension,
our speed and the space we use, can help us on different levels of our
sexuality. More specifically, the functions of the three laws of the
body allow us to modulate our sexual arousal, augment our sexual
pleasure, expand our sexual imagination and change our perception about
sex.
Sexual arousal & sexual pleasure
First
and foremost, it's important that we make the distinction between
sexual arousal and sexual pleasure. The former is the physiological
response our bodies have when we are stimulated sexually (touching,
hugging, caressing, kissing, masturbating, etc.). Men will have an
erection while women will lubricate. On the other hand, sexual pleasure
is how we feel about the experience whether it be good or bad. It is
absolutely possible to be sexually aroused, yet feel no pleasure during a
sexual activity. Even though, we are in love with our partner and are
capable of having an orgasm, our subjective experience might not be as
pleasurable as we would like. It's not rare to find people who get
cramps during sex, which diminishes the enjoyment of our sex life.
Fortunately, we can heighten our pleasure with the three laws of the
body, if we know how to explore their potential.
Muscular tension
Our
muscular tensions play a crucial role when it comes to our sexual
arousal. For the human body to get aroused there needs to be a certain
amount of muscular tension in the area of the genitals. The buttocks,
pubococcygeus(PC), abdominal and pelvic muscles are the most solicited
during our sexual activities. The contraction and relaxation of theses
muscles augment the blood towards our genitals which increases sexual
arousal and makes us reach orgasm. It's important to consider that our
muscles can be hyper-contracted which can create cramps or too relaxed
which becomes unpleasant as the sexual tension is not released.
The
movements of the upper body such as shoulder, neck, back, and pectoral
muscles access the emotional part of us. When we laugh, cry, feel joy,
pleasure, etc. there is inevitably a contraction and relaxation
(movement) of those muscles. When it comes to sexual pleasure the same
principal comes into play. As our sexual arousal increases so do our
muscular tensions in our entire body. Therefore to access even more
sexual pleasure we can create more fluidity by moving our upper body in
different directions to feel the various sensations during a sexual
activity.
Speed of our movements
The speed
of our movements also plays an important role in the sexual arousal and
pleasure. When we slow down our bodies' movements we are more aware of
the diverse sensations of touching our partner. Furthermore, slowness
allows us to relax our muscles and feel more sexual pleasure. Increasing
the speed of our movements will inevitably make our muscles contract
more, which escalates our sexual arousal so that we may reach orgasm.
Hence, by playing with various speeds during sex we can modulate our
sexual arousal to then increase our sexual pleasure and feel every
different sensation that our bodies are capable of providing us.