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Mindfulness and sexuality

Mindfulness seems to associate with positive effects on health and overall wellbeing. However, little research has indicated association between mindfulness and sexuality. The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that mindfulness correlates with sexuality in healthy people. We conducted a cross-sectional study with people who practice yoga or meditation (n = 51), people who have done a sport for over 10 years (n = 21) and people who have done none of the above (n = 145) by studying correlations between mindfulness and sexuality. A total of 215 men and women participated in this study (M = 31.61, SD = 9.24). We measured mindfulness and sexuality by distri-buting the Langer's Mindfulness Scale and the Multidimensional Sexuality Questionnaire. We explored whether mindfulness subscales correlate with any of the sexuality subscales in these three study groups, irrespectively. People in the meditation/yoga group had been practicing mindfulness and different meditative practices (including vipassana and yoga) for over 10 years. We found significant higher scores in the novelty-seeking component in people who meditate compared to athletes. Even though our results showed that the group of people who do a sport have less sexual anxiety and sexual depression compared to the meditators, these results were not at a statistically significant level. Additionally, no significant differences were found between the other groups. We found positive correlations between all mindfulness subscales (engagement, novelty seeking, novelty producing and flexibility) and sexual motivation, and between novelty seeking and sexual consciousness. Our findings seem to indicate that mindfulness correlates positively with sexual motivation and sexual consiousness. In particular, people who practice meditation or yoga showed higher levels in novelty seeking (mindfulness subscale) compared to people who play sport. Novelty seeking might be an important component in affecting sexuality.