Stronger Legs For Awesome Sex

If you’ve been studying my writing or videos for some time, you are well aware that the mind and body are an integrated unit.  But when was the last time that you actually experienced the intrinsic link between your mind-emotions and your body?

Now, I’m not talking about an “out-of-body-experience”… I’m talking about being so fully “in-the-body” that you’re aware of how it is responding to your most dominant thoughts at the time.

Take for example how your heart rate increases and eyes dilate when you suddenly hear a loud barking dog!

Your nervous systems response to the external stimulus (dog barking) is instant and almost magical.  With absolutely NO thinking required, literally hundreds of reactions are immediately set into motion to help you survive in the face of perceived danger… just-like-magic!

Another example is how your body digests, assimilates and eliminates food without any conscious effort!

Even before you sit down to your meal, your body begins creating and secreting dozens of different enzymes and chemicals to support digestion and elimination.

Funny, as soon as my wife says “dinner is ready” my youngest daughter automatically has to go poop!  Like clockwork her body recognizes that food is about to be served, so it begins to set the elimination mechanism into action in order to make room for more food!  (It’s amazing how efficient our systems are when we are young)

These automatic responses are governed by a branch of our central nervous system called the “autonomic nervous system” or ANS. As opposed to the peripheral branch of the central nervous system which is controlled by our conscious efforts, the ANS is governed by the subconscious mind or the part of our brain that works without us telling it to do so.

The ANS is further broken down into two branches, the sympathetic branch and the parasympathetic branch.  These two branches are like opposing sides of a see-saw, as one side goes up the other side goes down.

The sympathetic branch is in charge of our “fight or flight” responses, just like when the loud dog barked!  It causes the body to respond appropriately to danger by stimulating the release of “energy” hormones like adrenaline and cortisol.  In martial arts this branch of the ANS would be considered very YANG.

The parasympathetic branch is in charge of our “rest and digest” responses, just like when my daughter hears the dinner bell!  It causes the body to appropriately respond by stimulating the release of “building” hormones like testosterone and growth hormone.  In martial arts this branch of the ANS would be considered very YIN.

Just like all rhythms in life, a healthy individual would have an equal expression of both the yang dominated sympathetic branch and the yin dominated parasympathetic branch of the ANS.  But when any of our basic human needs are challenged,  the ANS will become imbalanced and typically lean heavily on the stimulation of the sympathetic branch, which makes sense because it is designed to save us from “danger” with its fight or flight weapons.

According to Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs”, it is only when the basic needs of “safety and security” are met that an individual will become interested in procreation or sex.

In other words, until our immediate safety and security needs are met we will proceed to operate from our most primal “reptilian brain”, which is ONLY interested in securing food and shelter.  It is only when our most basic needs are met that our more evolved “mammalian brain”, or limbic system”, which governs our feelings of love, relationship and emotion is turned on.

It makes perfect sense that Nature created us to first establish our own security before seeking to create more of ourselves!  No safety, no sex.

Modern culture with its fast pace and all of its trappings tends to suggest that “you don’t have enough” and, “there is danger always lurking; a terrorist may come!“  Plus with much of the processed foods that people eat, lack of adequate sleep, dehydration, toxic chemicals in the environment, prescription medication and lack of gratitude… most of us REALLY are in danger.

This sense of danger that is perceived by the ANS automatically stimulates the sympathetic branch and puts many of us into a perpetual state of “fight or flight”.

Another interesting thing about the central nervous system is that it tends to physically branch off into different “plexuses” or nerve bundles in our body. Theses plexuses physically emerge from the spinal chord in bundles attaching themselves to organs and muscles.  Because these plexuses are tied to our central nervous system and brain via the spinal chord, you may also consider that many thoughts and emotions are expressed in these “sub-brains” of the body.  When emotional pain is expressed in these nerve plexuses it is often referred to as “psycho-somatic” pain.

One such plexus, that has extended itself into our legs and lower back, is called the “Coccygeal Plexus”.  If you study Chakras, this is considered the Root Chakra.

Physically and emotionally, the Coccygeal Plexus behaves like the “root system” of the body.  As it is physically tied to the legs, autonomic imbalance in this area manifests itself as tight, weak or painful legs.  As this plexus also leads back to our brain, thoughts and emotions, autonomic imbalance in this area manifests itself as a feeling of “not having enough” or “not being stable“.

As we made clear with Maslow’s example above, if basic needs are not met… if you don’t have enough or are not stable, your body will automatically cease to exert energy for procreation (ie. sex) and allocate all stimulation to establish safety! No safety, no sex.

The first step in rectifying this problem is to bring autonomic balance to the Coccygeal Plexus.  This will allow the open expression of sexuality via the limbic system.  Which in turn will bring energy to the Sacral Plexus, which governs our sexual organs and muscle of the hips.

So, how do we do it?

Since the mind and body are an integrated unit we can work on the psycho-emotional issues that are creating the imbalance – OR – we can address the physical imbalances with exercise.

Since I am an exercise coach and not a psychologist, I will show you exactly how I work to stimulate the parasympathic branch of the ANS, as it relates to bringing balance to the Coccygeal and Sacral Plexus.

I call the following exercises “Anabolic Energizers” since they bring balance to the ANS and cause the body to stimulate anabolic or “building hormones” like I mentioned earlier.  The two exercises seen below are specifically designed to bring balance to the Coccygeal and Sacral Plexus respectively.

Awesome sexual activity and overall sexuality is reserved for human beings that have established a sense of safety and security in their lives.  Low libido and poor sexual performance may be linked to feelings of insecurity and fear forced on us by popular culture and media.  These feelings stimulate the “fight or flight” branch of the ANS acutely, and can become trapped in our muscle tissue and organs where they chronically inhibit healthy physical expression.

Luckily, the muscles and organs that have been “psycho-somatically” inhibited may find release with a properly designed exercise program and use of the Anabolic Activator movements above.