Yoga And Ayurveda For Menopause Support

6 Week Course

Next Course Starts Sat Feb 17th

All classes are on Saturday afternoons 2:30pm-5:00pm

This extended Class time is to allow ample time for Calm Exploration of ideas, Movement and the deep relaxation of yoga nidra


This course puts into practice the information shared in the Yoga And Ayurveda For Menopause Support Weekend Workshop.

However you do not need to have participated in the workshop to find benefit from these classes. The workshop clearly outlines the reasoning behind what we’ll be doing and that will be reiterated throughout the course, but the course will be mostly practice and less theory. Some people like to know exactly the whats and whys and so the workshop gives you that, some people prefer to just get to it! The course is where we really get to it!.

In the 8 week course, we have time explore the tools and techniques from the yoga and ayurveda treasure chest in more depth than in the weekend workshop.

We establish the key elements of a Sattvic (harmonising) Yoga practice, which means both active and deeply relaxing practices. We weave together

  • movement (asana). We look at movements that are particularly suitable to supporting the issues that arise in menopause—eg, grounding and stabilising to calm the scattered mind, strengthening and gently stimulating to disperse stagnancy and lethargy, and cooling and joyful to pacify the hot flashes and irritability.

  • breath work (pranayama). There are a number of special breathing practices that support grounding, cooling and balancing in the energy body and these can be inserted into our asana practice or applied on the spot in daily life!

  • restorative yoga (holding shapes that affect energy channels using props so that we can reap the benefits of the shape without expending effort. Restorative yoga is deeply replenishing and especially important in menopause.

  • meditation. There are a variety of ways to practice stabilising, brightening and opening the mind, which is essentially what meditation is. Different people will appreciate some meditative practices more than others and this is often related to our dosha prakriti. We’ll explore a number of options so you can find what is right for you.

  • yoga nidra. Literally meaning yogic sleep, yoga nidra is a practice that gently guides us towards the relaxed state of sleep but then holds us in that potent place of relaxed awareness that is the doorway between sleep and wakefulness. This is a place where we can powerfully tone the nervous system, clear out stress and tension and allow a space of creativity within us to open so that we can connect with our own wisdom. We usually take yoga nidra lying down with support of cushions and blankets, but it may be done in any posture of comfort and ease, the essence of the practice being that we feel completely safe and supported. Yoga nidra is a form of guided meditation/deep relaxation that is enormously supportive to our nervous system and those who find silence and the stillness of restorative yoga and/or meditation, the guidance in yoga nidra can be an ideal alternative, but even for those who meditate and enjoy restorative yoga, yoga nidra is a rich experience or revitalising body, heart and mind. We’ll focus on a nidra that supports a deep understanding of the changing seasons of life.

So, we’ll have a general template for our Sattvic practice, but we’ll additionally bring in practices to target the specific ayurvedic dosha constitutional types (vata, pitta, and kappa) so that you can tailor your at home practice to your individual needs at any given time.

You will receive access to recorded classes to support you at home practice.

Note: The Practices And Recordings For The 6 Week Course Are Not The Same As Those Accompanying The Weekend Workshop So If You Attend Both Workshop And Course using the Menopause Bundle, You Will Not Be Getting All The Same Recordings Twice, But Rather Have An Expanded Toolbox You Can Dip Into