VagQuest: A Journey Through Vaginismus

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. In this episode we discuss the impacts of safety and confidence when taking up space, and how that relates to vaginismus.

For more information and resources, check out:

www.yogaforvaginismus.com

Yoga for Vaginismus on YouTube

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. In this episode we discuss one of the biggest hurdles to obstacles I’ve heard from many of you whom I’ve interacted with: "I don’t have time."

For more information, check out the resources below:

FREE Vaginismus Starter Kit

www.yogaforvaginismus.com

Yoga for Vaginismus on Instagram

VagQuest on Instagram

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. 

My name is Missi and this podcast partners with a program created to support those of you struggling with moving through vaginismus through a purely physical approach of exercise and dilating. In today’s episode, I share a few thoughts on rest and working not only with our bodies, but also the seasons.

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. 

In this episode, we chat about the values and guiding principles I learned to embody throughout my experience, that I wish I figured out a lot earlier in my journey. Overall, these values created a shift in mindset that took me from a place of forcing, resentment, and frustration, which frankly wasn’t getting me very far, into a place of softness, understanding, care, and fun!

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. In this episode, we’ll be semi-wrapping up behavior change tips from the Integrated Behavior Model with tips on curating our environment and habit stacking to support our desired behaviors.

For more information, check out the resources below:

FREE Vaginismus Starter Kit

www.yogaforvaginismus.com

Yoga for Vaginismus on Instagram

VagQuest on Instagram

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. In this episode, we explore the relationship between vaginismus, perfectionism and control, and how we can break those patterns to gain more freedom in our lives, and our pelvic floors.

For more information, check out the resources below:

FREE Vaginismus Starter Kit

www.yogaforvaginismus.com

Yoga for Vaginismus on Instagram

VagQuest on Instagram

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction.

In this episode, we'll be introduced to the magic of behavior change models. If you are struggling with keeping up with dilating and exercises, or identifying your cycles of pain, or feel consumed with shame or guilt etc., this episode can help you navigate all of that-- it's one to save and return to!

For more information, check out the resources below:

FREE Vaginismus Starter Kit

Yoga for Vaginismus

Yoga for Vaginismus on Instagram

VagQuest on Instagram

If you struggle with procrastination, a sense of resignation, or think your vaginismus is triggered by a freeze response, these could all be signs of a parasympathetic nervous system threat response! In this episode, we'll talk the relationship between vaginismus and the parasympathetic nervous system, using the parasympathetic nervous system's powers for good, and moving into and out of the parasympathetic state in a way that is supportive for you and your vaginismus.

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. For more information, check out the resources below:

FREE Vaginismus Starter Kit

Yoga for Vaginismus

Divine Dilating

VagQuest (the course)

www.yogaforvaginismus.com

Yoga for Vaginismus on Instagram

VagQuest on Instagram

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. This podcast partners with a program created to support those of you struggling with moving through vaginismus through a purely physical approach of exercise and dilating. Those are the things that got me started and moved me across the finish line, but in today’s episode, I’ll be continuing to chat about the relationship between the nervous system and vaginismus, specifically how we can take a reactive approach to nervous system regulation when we feel triggered. We'll talk through the TIMES method, which I learned from Kimberly Ann Johnson in Call of the Wild, a concept I call "laddering," and how we can be like Evelyn in Everything, Everywhere, all at Once and jump nervous system states.

For more information, check out the resources below:

FREE Vaginismus Starter Kit

Yoga for Vaginismus

Divine Dilating

VagQuest (the course)

www.yogaforvaginismus.com

Yoga for Vaginismus on Instagram

VagQuest on Instagram

VagQuest was created to bring support, personal insights, and levity to those on a journey with vaginismus and related pelvic floor dysfunction. This podcast partners with a program created to support those of you struggling with moving through vaginismus through a purely physical approach of exercise and dilating by integrating lessons from yoga and other healing modalities. In this episode, we start to explore of lessons gleaned from the root chakra of yoga, starting with the nervous system. The nervous system as a whole isn’t only associated with the root chakra; we will be exploring it throughout this series. This episode lays the foundation for further exploration; we'll focus on a very short and basic overview of the nervous system, why nervous system regulation is important, and a proactive approach to nervous system regulation.

In this episode, I mention two resources:

Call of the Wild by Kimberly Ann Johnson

Neurofit app for nervous system regulation practices

For more information, check out the resources below:

FREE Vaginismus Starter Kit

Yoga for Vaginismus

Divine Dilating

VagQuest (the course)

www.yogaforvaginismus.com

Yoga for Vaginismus on Instagram

VagQuest on Instagram