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 …

Restorative Yoga for Post Traumatic Growth

Restorative Yoga for post traumatic growth

Lisa McGarvaAnxiety, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Sex and Relationship Therapy, Sex Therapist, stress, Trauma, yoga, Yoga Therapy

  Welcome to deep rest. Healing happens in its own time. This is a process which cannot be rushed. Stress and trauma are stored in the body. The body remembers these and can hold on to it unless it is supported to be able to release. The accumulation of stress and trauma leads to dis-ease in the body. Over time …

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 …

Linda Weiner and Lisa McGarva

A conversation with Linda Weiner

Lisa McGarvaAnxiety, Counselling, Covid, Massage, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Neurodiversity, Psychotherapy, Sex and Relationship Therapy, Sex Therapist, Sexology, stress, Trauma, Yoga Therapy

Click HERE to view the interview. Join me in a conversation with Linda Weiner as we discuss the importance of touch being a primal human need that is vital for our health and survival. Linda shares practical examples of how ‘Sensate Focus Touch’ can help individuals in Covid isolation, in solo touch to feel safe, calm and secure in their …

What is the best yoga for sleeping?

Lisa McGarvaAnxiety, Ayurveda, Covid, Mental Health, stress, yoga, Yoga Practice, Yoga Therapy

How have you been sleeping?  Have you found that your sleep patterns have been increasingly disturbed? The numbers are in.  More people are having difficulty sleeping these days, particularly during the pandemic.  A recent study in the US showed that the adult population 30-50% have insomnia.   The Covid-19 pandemic has affected mental health heightening anxiety and sleeplessness.  The more anxious …

Balasana

Yoga Therapy and Counselling- coping with stress and anxiety in times of uncertainty.

Lisa McGarvaAnxiety, Counselling, Covid, Mental Health, stress, yoga, Yoga Equipment, Yoga Therapy

This blog serves as a means to show you practical measures that you can do to help you with stress and anxiety in uncertain times.  I will answer questions about ‘how’ yoga and counselling can literally make your body and mind feel healthier and give you tools be able to cope with the difficult things that you might be experiencing.  …