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This Simple Masturbation Habit Could Improve Your Sex Life, Experts Say

Experts say slowing down and paying closer attention to your body can boost pleasure, reduce anxiety, and improve partnered sex.

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Most people’s masturbation routine was perfected sometime in adolescence and hasn’t been updated since. According to sexologists, that’s a problem.

The practice known as mindful masturbation applies the principles of mindfulness to solo sex, swapping the autopilot approach for something more intentional — slower, more exploratory, not fixated on the finish line. Board-certified sexologist Angie Rowntree, the filmmaker behind adult platform Sssh.com, calls it “an empowering way to approach sexual curiosity and exploration” and a way to stop treating masturbation as “something rushed or routine,” she told the New York Post. The framing is about developing a........

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