Menopause Yoga™
What is Menopause Yoga™?
Menopause Yoga™ is a specialist yoga and wellbeing programme created by Petra Coveney to support women through perimenopause, menopause and beyond.
It unites western medical science and eastern wellbeing traditions to help mind, body and emotions during this life phase. I trained with Petra Coveney in 2022 and I am qualified to lead specialist group classes and workshops designed to support women through their menopause.
Menopause Yoga combines specially modified yoga poses, breathing techniques and mindful meditation practices alongside evidence-based medical health, nutrition, natural remedies and wellbeing guidance.
The practice is built around:
Specially adapted yoga poses, breathing techniques and mindful meditation designed with menopause-specific symptoms in mind (such as hot flushes, anxiety, brain fog, insomnia, fatigue, joint pain).
Education about the menopause journey itself (the hormonal, physical, emotional and social changes) so that participants feel more informed, empowered and able to embrace this stage of life rather than feel passive or disempowered.
A supportive community where people share experiences, normalize the transition and feel less alone in the process.
An overall reframing of menopause not only as a phase of loss or decline, but as a “Second Spring” (a time of renewal, insight and empowerment) in line with influences from Traditional Chinese Medicine and eastern philosophies.
Recognition that yoga cannot replace the hormonal shifts of menopause (e.g., the decline of oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone) but can reduce stress and inflammation and help improve quality of life and long-term wellbeing.