Karezza side effects may include more energy and a healthier libido
Not long ago, there was a brief publicity flurry about a venerable, but little known, approach to sex called "karezza" (pronounced ka-RET-za). ABC ran a news story and karezza articles showed up from Argentina to India. The ladies of The View even grappled with it. A karezza subreddit gained steam, and Germany gave birth to a new karezza website.
Karezza is a gentle, affectionate form of intercourse in which orgasm is not the goal, and ideally does not occur in either partner while making love. Karezza gained its name from Alice Bunker Stockham, MD at the end of the nineteenth century.
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In this video a man explains karezza to a guy who may be ejaculating too frequently. This might help someone new to the concept understand how karezza can makes sense. Karezza discussion begins around minute 12. If you don't want to watch the video, you can read the article on this same page.
Research by a grad student at Bowling Green State University attempted to investigate the effects of tantric-sex behavior (in non-tantric practitioners): "Development and Validation of a Tantric Sex Scale: Sexual-Mindfulness, Spiritual Purpose, and Genital/orgasm De-emphasis" (https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:bgsu154203013060414).
Guy explains how casual sex can become boring and how karezza is a hack for those who want to experiment with sustainable monogamy. Click on image or visit: https://youtu.be/jvsSse97g_4
Turns out, that inexplicable sadness you may feel after sex is very common.When he was in his early 20s, Los Angeles-based writer Brandon G. Alexander often felt an inexplicable sadness after sex, even when it was “good” sex with people he liked.