I really wish that I could rename this post, because saying Yogasm out loud creeps me out to the extreme because it sounds like Yo-Gabba-Gabba, the children’s show that my 3-year-old niece loves. Gross. I would call it like, a “zen-gasm” or a “OM-gasm” but I guess that’s not the technical term, so I won’t use it in this post. Although I am cursing your name, DailyBeast, for the juxtaposition of a sexual term with a show about rapping puppets. CREEP.

According to the DailyBeast, yoga isn’t just great for keeping stress levels down and gaining strength and flexibility, it’s also good for kick-starting your libido, and can even give you an orgasm!

From the source:

“Rumors of the elusive yoga orgasm have circulated for years, but recently, teachers and students have begun discussing the phenomenon more openly. Sex researchers are also honing in on the subject: ‘It’s another way that a woman can bring herself to orgasm without touching herself,’ says sexologist Dr. Jeffre TallTrees.” (ed. note: hahaha. “TallTrees,” he says.)

“One of yoga’s goals is to strengthen the muscles in and around the genitalia, or the mula bandha. … Ideally, a yogi engages mula bandha throughout a majority of his or her practice, which is equivalent to heavy weightlifting for the genitals.” Dr. TallTrees breaks down the physiology further: “When women engage their PC [pubococcygeus] muscles, the tissue around the g-spot swells, which can lead to climax.”

Eeesh, I wish they could have phrased it differently than “weightlifting for genitals,” because I am picturing a woman’s nether-regions picking up a dumbbell and it is totally NOT giving me a yogasm. Anyway, it’s an interesting idea, and although I have a hard time not rolling my eyes when it’s presented by a dude named “TallTrees,” we have to embrace any idea that can help women feel more comfortable with their sexuality.

Plus, if it means women will be hanging out in their hot yoga pants more often, I think we need to GET ON BOARD, boys.