This Yoga and Menopause training will give you the confidence to help women transition through peri-menopause and menopause using the tools of Yoga.
Menopause is a broad term that describes the years of transition from hormonal cycling to its cessation. Yoga offers many interventions to assist women to manage these often life altering symptoms.
This workshop will focus on the years during the transition until menopause.
In this Yoga and Menopause Training You Will Learn:
Physiology and Pathophysiology of Menopause:
- Review of the female reproductive hormonal cycle
- Overview of the systematic effect of the reproductive hormones
- Gain knowledge of how the hormonal changes of menopause effect the whole body
Social Context of Menopause:
- Explore some of the common myths of menopause
- Develop an understanding of how personal and social attitudes affect many symptoms of the menopause transition
Understanding Menopausal Symptoms:
- Overview of the many symptoms of menopause
- Discussion of the most common menopausal symptoms and the associated pathophysiology
Yoga and Menopause:
- Learn about relevant Yoga interventions
- Learn the benefits of Yoga practices throughout the transition to menopause
Note: Medications and Hormonal Replace Therapy (HRT) will not be covered in this workshop. (A research paper on HRT will be listed in the reference list)
Around 80% of women experience symptoms at menopause, most commonly hot flushes and/or night sweats and vaginal dryness. Around 25% of women have severe and/or prolonged symptoms that may require medical intervention.*
*Royal Australian and NZ College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Who Should Attend?
- Yoga therapists, Yoga teachers and Yoga teacher trainees
- Medical doctors and complementary therapists who want to use Yogic tools and techniques to assist their clients transitioning through menopause
Liz William’s wealth of knowledge in understanding the body & how it works is incredible! Her diverse experience as a nurse & in other fields has allowed her to develop a very practical way of teaching that felt very accessible.
Kate Phillips, Yoga therapist
Benefits of Attending this Workshop
- Learn from Liz Williams, our highly experience health and medical trainer and registered Yoga therapist. She has been working in the health sector for over 40 years.
- Educate yourself about safe and effective Yoga principles and practices, tools and techniques that you can use with yourself and your students and clients going through menopause
- Gain additional skills and knowledge so you can offer workshops for your Yoga students experiencing menopause
- Assist Yoga therapists to work more effectively with your Yoga therapy clients during peri-menopause and menopause
- Learn the benefits of specific Yoga practices throughout the transition to menopause
- Yoga therapists/teachers are eligible for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development points
- Receive a Certificate of Attendance when you complete the workshop
- The recordings will be available to you for 12 months so you can review the material
- You will receive written notes and a list of references
Liz Williams is an excellent educator. She is well researched and has a deep understanding of the subjects she presents.
Audrey Burking, Yoga therapist and physiotherapist, VIC
CPD Points
- Receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 CPD points.
Yoga and Menopause Training:
Date: Friday 13 September 2024
Time: 12:30pm – 2.00pm AEST
Delivery: Online via Zoom in real time
Cost: $99. Prices include GST. $99 for the next 15 people to register and then $179 after that.
Recordings will be available if you are unable to attend live.
