Abstracts from the 18th World Congress of Sexology in Sydney

THE ORGASMIC WOMAN – A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SEXUAL WELL-BEING: RESULTS FROM A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM

Empirically validated training programs for women who would like to enjoy more sexually and enhance their sexual well-being are rare. We developed an intensive three month self-training program for healthy women which consists of techniques from the cognitive-behavioral and hypno-therapeutic field and from Komaja’s yoga school. The effectiveness of the training has been tested in a pilot study of 35 healthy women who, over period of three months, did daily exercises and regularly filled out a diary on the process. Each woman had an advisor/supervisor who they could contact when necessary.

We measured the effectiveness of the treatment (with pre-training and post-training comparisons) and evaluated the training by using the FSFI (Female Sexual Function Index), a validated 19 item multi-dimensional self-report instrument which is extraordinarily useful to determine responses to sexual training programs. Additionally, we also evaluated the diary entries and a final questionnaire with partially open questions.

Overall, the training was significantly successful in improving sexual satisfaction (p<0.05), one of the key dimensions of female sexual function and the central focus of our training. Women who hadn’t previously been through Komaja’s tantric schooling prior to undergoing the training profited significantly more from the training than the other participants who started the training with a significantly higher level of sexual functioning, indicated by the overall score in the FSFI at the beginning. The results of this pilot study confirm the subjective impression of the participants that this training is very promising and effective.

CASE STUDIES FROM THE NEW TRAINING PROGRAM “THE ORGASMIC WOMAN”

“The Orgasmic Woman” is an intensive three months self-training program for healthy women who would like to enjoy more sexually and enhance their sexual well-being. The training consists of techniques from the cognitive-behavioral and hypno-therapeutic field and from Komaja’s yoga school. The training was significantly successful in improving sexual satisfaction (p<0.05).

In the current presentation we chose four women who by doing our training had crucial experiences in relation to different sensitive sexual topics which were turning points for their sexual life:

Woman A: After the birth of her second child she felt severely alienated from her genitals and experienced a loss of sensitivity in her vagina. During the training she recovered the feeling that her genitals are really hers and started to enjoy sexually again.

Woman B: While facing the anal massage exercise she experienced a lot of distress and fear. She experienced disgust and physical pain in the anal area. Finally, she succeeded in touching and sexually enjoying in the anal area.

Woman C: By following the training she developed a positive relationship to her aging and overweight body. She gained self confidence, which allowed her to become independent from the negative suggestions of her male surroundings.

Woman D: A sexually inexperienced twenty four year old woman, who considers her sexuality to be the main problem in her life, got rid of her self-hatred and tendency towards self-destruction with the help of the training, overcame her fear and shame regarding sex and discovered sexual pleasure and love for herself. Then she fell in love for the first time, started a relationship and had ecstatic sexual experiences.

Conclusion: The overwhelming experiences of these four women are representative of the many valuable insights of the participants of our training “The Orgasmic Woman”.

THE ROLE OF SELF-VERBALISATION AND RESOLVING OF MIND PATTERNS ON THE WAY TO MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE:
RESULTS FROM THE NEW TRAINING PROGRAM “THE ORGASMIC WOMAN”

It is an obvious fact that the learning experiences we have during childhood and adolescence principally form the mind patterns, emotions and body images (incl. genital images) we have. They of course also determine, to a large extent, how we experience sexuality.

In the first part of the training we gave exercises to enable participants to become conscious about their mind patterns and body image. In the second part we, among others, included enhanced exercises on how to change these patterns and images. The participants of the training gave very positive feed back regarding exercises such as the “Queen Exercise” where women worked with visualizing and experiencing their power, beauty etc. and the Love-training exercise, the first part of the basic Komaja meditation technique from Komaja’s yoga school, where the importance of love is experienced and magnified.

The following is an example of the changing of mind patterns described by one of the participants: “I gained the insight that before doing the training I always connected my sexuality with a man and that I was not allowed to enjoy, that I was not allowed to be satisfied, without him. That made me always dependent on one or another man. The training showed me that my sexuality is totally mine, that I can also enjoy alone and that it is my own ability to enjoy. It is so liberating!”