International Masturbation Day is celebrated on the 7th of May every year to highlight the importance of masturbation. Masturbation is a natural way of deriving sexual pleasure by touching and stimulating the genitals and erogenous zones. It's a great way to explore your sexuality and uplift your mood. Masturbation is another way of orgasming that doesn't require sexual intercourse. People usually masturbate using their hands, fingers, everyday objects, sex toys such as vibrators, etc. Masturbation is known to have physical, psychological and sexual health benefits. But did you know there were different types of masturbation just like different types of orgasms that exist? There is no one way to pleasure yourself, you can explore your body enough to check what works for you. International Masturbation Day 2019: What Is Masturbation? 7 Myths About Self-Sexual Stimulation Busted!

Here are different types of masturbation:

Clitoral Masturbation

One of the most common ways to masturbate is to use fingers to play with the clitoris. You can use vibrators and other toys to derive pleasure if you don't want to get too worked up. A few minutes into the play and you will have a tingling feeling of relaxation throughout your body.

Vaginal Masturbation

Penetrating your vagina with your finger or sex-toy in another way to go. Once you feel the 'Big O' deeper in you will feel your vaginal walls throb. Try it out tonight!

Anal Masturbation

While many refrain from it,  stimulating your anal area can give you great pleasure too.  Use your fingers or a sex toy for anal play and you will feel contraction around your anal sphincter and get a tingling feeling that will make you happy.

Boobgasm

Many underestimate the power of orgasm via boobplay. Your areolas and nipples are quite sensitive to touch because you have all your nerve endings there. A little bit of play with your titties, you will regret all the time you sidelined the boobgasm.

Your Erogenous Zones

You must explore your body to figure your erogenous zones and try out different things with your body. Right from rubbing, pinching, pulling, squeezing your boobs, playing with inner thighs, ears, neck, underarms etc. You can really go all out and about this.

11 off-beat ways to masturbate:

Masturbation, even if done daily poses no harm unless you get addicted to it to the extent that your daily life is affected. Moreover, it is important to learn what you actually like and what your erogenous zones are for a healthy sexual life.

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