Why do Yoga for Menopause?
Yoga for Menopause can be a balm during the perimonopause or menopausal transition.
When we move towards the end of our reproductive years, our shifting hormones are recalibrating our whole system to get ready for the next phase of life.
This is a time of increased sensitivity, both physically and psychologically. We notice not only our bodies changing and adjusting, but also an unsettling of our mood and energy levels. Peri//menopause is a bit like adolescence in reverse.
While these huge shifts are occurring inside, on the outside there are a whole set of other stressors at play; the world we live in is constantly stimulating, encouraging us keep all those plates spinning, and suggesting that older age is something to resist.
For some women all this can make peri//menopause destabilizing and distressing. But it doesn’t have to be that way – Yoga can be a balm to support you through your peri//menopause journey with greater ease and confidence.
Research shows that one of the triggers for increased and prolonged peri//menopause symptoms is stress, which is where yoga – proven to reduce stress levels – can be really helpful. Yoga posture, breathing, and meditation practices offer simple but effective resources to calm the nervous system, and balance hormones – especially when aligned to suit peri//menopausal bodies.
Yoga for Menopause can also…
· Improve resilience to menopausal symptoms, such as hot flushes.
When we are empowered with a personalised toolkit of yoga techniques we can be reminded of our personal resilience and capacity to adapt to change.
~ Tiffy George
Tiffy George
Tiffy George has been practising yoga since the 1990s. After completing a one-year full-time yoga teacher training with YogaArts in Australia, she qualified as an International Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher in 2002. She has continued to explore and study many forms of yoga with various teachers over the years: Astanga, Iyengar, restorative and therapeutic yoga, breathwork and meditation, and yoga for pregnancy and beyond. Most recently her ever-deepening passion has led her to develop additional expertise in Menopause YogaTM with Petra Coveney, as well as yoga for pelvic health with Leslie Howard. Tiffy’s classes and workshops offer a therapeutic route to finding and unravelling tension and moving towards greater ease and balance.
Yoga for Perimenopause Workshop
