Vaginismus and trauma, part two

I had already begun to experience the magic of yoga to facilitate the energy flow up and down the spine and through all seven chakras. But I realized that at a deeper level, if I couldn't feel the sensation in my pelvic bowl and vagina from the inside, I wouldn't be able to pull energy through them fully. And I longed to feel energy melt into this part of my body. (...)

Vaginismus and trauma, part one

Sexual dysfunctions like vaginismus don't get talked about enough. And when they do, it's pathologizing and cisheteronormative medical discourse without discussion of its deeper potential emotional, psychic, and spiritual components. My experience as a queer, non-binaryish, spiritual vagina-haver with complex-PTSD is a necessary corrective to these narratives. So here goes everything. (...)