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Suggested Resources to Get You Started:
Others Resources to Keep You Going:
For Your Doctors:
For topic-specific resources, please use the links below:
Mind-Body Stress Reduction and Awareness
Yoga
Meditation
Suggested Resources to Get You Started:
- Everything You Need to Know About Vulvodynia: This resource is produced by the National Vulvodynia Association with the intention of helping patients and providers alike better understand vulvodynia. (Free with paid membership)
- CureTogether: This website is an informal survey of samples of the population suffering from various disorders including vulvodynia. It asks those who join (for free) to list all the treatments they have tried for their condition and their outcomes.
- Online Support Groups: There are many places online to discuss vulvodynia with others including Yahoo! groups, Facebook and so forth. Finding one that works for you may be a great way to connect with fellow sufferers and even ask questions of practitioners in the field.
- The Female Pelvis Anatomy and Exercises by Blandine Calais-Germain
- Pelvic Power: Mind/Body Exercises for Strength, Flexibility, Posture and Balance by Eric Franklin
- Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy by Francine Shapiro
- The Dividend Mind: The Epidemic of Mind-Body Disorders by John Sarno
- Workshops by Leslie Howard
Others Resources to Keep You Going:
For Your Doctors:
- Pelvic Floor & Sexual Medicine Healthcare Providers (PFSM): This group provides education and networking opportunities for healthcare providers. You may wish to suggest your doctor(s) join this group so they can keep up on treatments for pelvic floor and sexual health issues including vulvodynia. Additionally, you may wish to use the site to find providers who are members of PFSM and review the materials they have uploaded to their website on various pelvic floor and sexual disorders.
For topic-specific resources, please use the links below:
Mind-Body Stress Reduction and Awareness
- $ The Wild Feminine by Tami Lynn Kent
- $ Hanna Somatics Thomas Hanna
- $ The Language of Emotions, by Karla McLaren
- $ Healing Trauma, by Peter Levine
- $ The Open Focus Brain, by Les Fehmi, PhD
- $ The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, by Christopher Germer, PhD
- $ The Mindbody Prescription, by John Sarno, M.D.
- $ Focusing, by Eugene Gendlin, PhD
- $ The Power of Focusing, by Ann Cornell, PhD
- $ Timeless Healing, by Herbert Benson, M.D.
- $ When the Body Says No, by Gabor Mate, M.D.
- $ The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process, by David Berceli, PhD
- $ The Presence Process, by Michael Brown, 2nd Edition
- $ Mind-Body (Re)Connection Course for Vulvodynia by Lorraine Faehndrich
Yoga
- Yoga for Pelvic Pain: An Interview with Leslie Howard
Meditation
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Treatment Center (free meditations here)