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S Sangheetha Parthasarathy

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Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. Nervous System Coach.#southasiansomatics #safeandsoundprotocolindia

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Clarity for the win. We may or may not be the right fit. Check this out. by @sang_parth

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Your body is not disobeying you. It is guarding you.

Vaginismus is the involuntary tightening of the pelvic floor when penetration is attempted, or sometimes only anticipated. A tampon. A speculum.Occasionally just the thought of it.

You are not choosing it. Most women I sit with want closeness and grieve that their body will not allow it.

Stay with that gap, between what you want and what your body does. The gap is the whole story.

Somewhere your body learned that this part of you is not safe to open. Years of being taught to contain, to sit properly, to not want, to not ask, to get through the exam and the first night and the appointment.

None of that gets filed as a memory. It gets filed as muscle tone.

Which is why "is it psychological or physical" is the wrong question.

The muscle response is completely real.

What holds the brake high is a nervous system that learned to.

So where does the Safe and Sound Protocol come in?

Not as a cure, and I will not sell it as one. There are no large trials of SSP for vaginismus.

What SSP does is settle the system underneath, so that pelvic floor physiotherapy, dilator work, and somatic therapy can land instead of setting off another clamp.

In my practice it has consistently been the part that lets the rest move.

If you carry sexual trauma or a frightening medical history, go slowly and go with someone. More support is wiser than less.

Full piece is on the blog. Link in bio.

-Sangheetha Parthasarathy
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Certified Safe and Sound Protocol Provider #sangparth #safeandsoundprotocol #safeandsoundprotocolindia by @sang_parth

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Our batch: 34% women. BITS today: 10%.
Sat on that stage at our 25-year reunion feeling like I was representing more than just me. Shared the real, raw journey. Hoped someone in the audience let themselves dream a little.
If you’d told 17-year-old me she’d be walking back into campus seeing her face on posters… she would not have believed you.
So there. Keep going. Have fun while at it. @bitspilaniofficial @bits2k2025 @pieds_bitspilani taken in BITS Pilani by @sang_parth

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3 days - incredible team pulling it off, it was so lovely to go back and meet a version of ourselves where the bonding was simple and instant and uncomplicated ! #collegereunion #bitspilani by @sang_parth

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Sporting a beautiful custom made cotton saree with madras kattams and a kolam embroidery from the fabulous @ithicouture for the 25th year BITS Pilani reunion ! by @sang_parth

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#bitspilani #gratitude Join me in Pilani with this stellar group of batchmates. by @sang_parth

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a year ago

#incredibleindia by @sang_parth

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a year ago

Of sunsets and wonder. by @sang_parth

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a year ago

Tell me your age :) by @sang_parth

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You know you like reading my long form posts. Yes you - specifically, you guys know who you are. So what are you waiting for ? Head on over to you-know-where and let’s leave the “nuni pull meiyers” behind right here on IG, and indulge ourselves shall we ? 6200 words, 22 minutes. Not for everyone - but for you. by @sang_parth

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Procedural memories. That’s my jam. #peterlevine #indiansomaticexperiencingpractitioner #tamilsomatics by @sang_parth

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