The Vagus Nerve

The Vagus Nerve- Feeling safer, calmer & better intimacy

Lisa McGarvaAnatomy, Anxiety, Biology, Counselling, Massage, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Neurodiversity, Psychotherapy, Sex and Relationship Therapy, Sex Therapist, Sexology, Sexual Response, stress, Trauma, Vagus Nerve, yoga, Yoga Therapy

What is the Vagus Nerve? The Vagus Nerve is the longest nerve of the autonomic nervous system in the human body and comprises both sensory and motor fibres. It starts at the back of the brain reaching all the way down to the pelvic floor and genitals.  It is responsible for the engagement of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous …

Yoga Therapy to relax the pelvic floor muscles

Lisa McGarvaAnatomy, Anxiety, Biology, Sex Therapist, Sexology, Trauma, Yoga Therapy

Yoga Therapy to relax the pelvic floor muscles A Yoga Therapy Programme is now available on the Thinking Feeling Moving YouTube Channel: Yoga Therapy to relax the pelvic floor muscles. – YouTube Lisa guides you through a yoga practice to *relax* the pelvic floor muscles. This practice is suitable for people who: ▪️Have vaginismus ▪️Have prostatitis ▪️Any person who has …

Sexual Anatomy & Biology of the Sexual Response

Lisa McGarvaAnatomy, Biology, Sex and Relationship Therapy, Sexology, Sexual Response

This is a read for anyone who has had gaps in their sex education,  who does not quite understand their own body and how it works, or how their partner/s body works.  This read is about the biology, and the pleasure of our bodies. Sometimes when we talk about matters of sex, people may have different ideas of the definitions …