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Malik: 20 Minutes of Daily Mindfulness Significantly Improves Female Sexual Function

Dr. Rena Malik · Get Your Sex Life Back! What Everyone Gets Wrong About Sex & Libido: Dr. Rena Malik · Jun 11, 2025 · at 17:51

Urologist Dr. Rena Malik cites clinical research while explaining how non-sexual mindfulness exercises improve female sexual function to host Codie Sanchez.

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“So, like, when you look at studies of Lori Brado is a researcher who did the study. They did 20 minutes of mindfulness for women who were having low libido. 20 minutes of mindfulness outside the bedroom every single day. And they saw that after, I think it was six or eight weeks, they had significant improvements in all the domains of female sexual function. Desire, arousal, libido, everything. And orgasm, everything.”

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The claim, plainly

A study by researcher Lori Brotto showed that practicing 20 minutes of daily mindfulness outside the bedroom for six to eight weeks produced significant improvements across all domains of female sexual function in women with low libido.

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The claim accurately summarizes the published peer-reviewed research by Dr. Lori Brotto and colleagues (e.g., Brotto & Basson, 2014; Paterson, Handy, & Brotto, 2017; Brotto et al., 2021). These clinical trials evaluated 8-week mindfulness-based cognitive therapy protocols for women diagnosed with low libido / Sexual Interest and Arousal Disorder (SIAD/HSDD). The standard protocol prescribed ~20 minutes of daily at-home non-sexual mindfulness practice (e.g., body scans and breath focus) outside the bedroom and demonstrated statistically significant improvements across major domains of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), including sexual desire, arousal, lubrication, and overall sexual function, alongside significant reductions in sex-related distress.

Brotto & Basson (2014) evaluated an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention in 117 women with low sexual desire/arousal, demonstrating statistically significant improvements across FSFI domains (desire, arousal, lubrication, satisfaction, overall functioning).
Paterson, Handy, & Brotto (2017) tested an 8-week MBCT-S protocol prescribing daily 20- to 40-minute guided mindfulness meditations outside the bedroom, demonstrating significant improvements in sexual desire and overall sexual functioning.
Brotto's standard clinical protocols and published literature recommend 10 to 30 minutes (typically ~20 minutes) of daily non-sexual mindfulness home practice over 8-week programs for female sexual dysfunction.

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