‘Butt-chugging sunlight’ is the new wellness craze you wish you’d never heard of
An Instagram user has gone viral for her rather unconventional wellness routine involving sunlight. (Instagram)
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However, this ‘trick’ is one you might not have heard of before.
An Instagram user called Metaphysical Meagan has gone viral for her daily routine of “butt-chugging” sunlight.
In other words, being fully nude, legs extended far above her torso in a process she called: “Perineum sunning.”
She is, quite literally, sunbathing her butthole. Wellness done right.
‘The intention of this is not to tan your butthole,’ Instagrammer stresses.
In a winding Instagram post, Meagan details why exactly she is sunbathing in this rather unconventional way.
Around “30 seconds of sunlight on your butthole is the equivalent of a full day of sunlight with your clothes on”, and that it is “an ancient Taoist practice that’s been around for a while!”
Meagan said she no longer has coffee to energise her mornings, and instead opts to lie in a dusty canyon with her butt pointed towards the heavens themselves.
“My experience with perineum sunning has been profound,” she wrote on Instagram.
She originally posted it in late October, but her post went viral on Twitter yesterday, prompting so many questions.
Questions which Meagan did try to answer before in a “part two” of her first post.
Gird your loins, friends, as Meagan said that “butt-chugging” sunlight has a full roster of benefits.
For 30 seconds each day as part of her rise and shine routine, she catches the rays to “increase creativity and creative output”.
To “aid in a healthy libido”, and regulate “hormone function in the sex organs”.
But, as Meagan emphasises, “the intention of this is not to tan your butthole.”
“Sunscreen is not required and all you really need is 30 seconds of sun exposure.
“The ideal hours of the day to do this are between 7-9am.”
Meagan just said: “Bottom rights!”
But (no pun intended) is perineum sunning scientifically sound?
Basically, no, medics say.
“Perineum sunning claims to have many health benefits including regulating the circadian rhythm to improve sleep, regulating hormones, improving libido, and mental stimulation,” Doctor Diana Gall, of Doctor-4-U, told PinkNews.
“However, there is no evidence that sunbathing in this way has any effect on physical wellbeing.
“Yes, practicing mindfulness and meditation, and getting your dose of vitamin D is beneficial for mental and physical health but you don’t need to damage your skin in the process from sun exposure.
“You can do this safely by protecting your skin with clothing and sunblock. Exposing your skin directly to the sun like this is certainly not worth the damage and the increased risk of skin cancer.
“Practicing mindfulness comes in many different and safer forms, and there are no extra benefits of doing this naked in the sun.”
‘I guess “Where the sun don’t shine” is out of my vocabulary now.’
While the people of Twitter shared their thoughts.
Some dusted off memes they never thought would have this much of an apt usage.
never thought I’d be able to use this meme i found so long ago pic.twitter.com/Ds4HUjxpV8
— lentejitx (@sandiacontajin) November 25, 2019
Others were sympathetic to the celestial bodies involved in this practise:
The Sun pic.twitter.com/a9zGCaV41B
— Tonight, dinner is you? (@Dinnerisyou) November 25, 2019
Yet, overall, people had a lot to say over this bright idea:
Me: maybe you feel good because you're stretching out your back and legs and are privileged enough to get fresh air first thing
You: no its definitely all the sun I put in my butthole https://t.co/tRzPiSokaa— Erica Henderson (@EricaFails) November 25, 2019
what if this was the cure to depression the whole time https://t.co/623sRyFkky— boof the sun (@ndieIsOnline) November 25, 2019
Well. They should call it anusol. https://t.co/g23s58Gbb3— Dr Adam Rutherford (@AdamRutherford) November 25, 2019
I guess "where the sun don't shine" is out of my vocabulary now. https://t.co/Yk4caqu15O— Mark Chisholm ??????? ?? #EleNão (@JethartJinj) November 25, 2019
