Menopause Yoga: A Holistic Guide to Supporting Women on their Menopause Journey

by Petra Coveney

Bringing together western medical science and eastern wellbeing for menopause education, this book helps yoga teachers develop their understanding of menopause and women's health as well as support their students. Petra Coveney - creator of Menopause Yoga™ - shares yoga, breath and meditation practices, poses, and CBT and self-enquiry methods to manage menopause symptoms.

Her book helps to educate and empower women going through menopause, allowing them to embrace it as an opportunity for self-growth. It includes three main yoga sequences that focus on managing specific groups of symptoms, as well as additional sequences for sleep, menorage, and osteopenia. This is the dedicated resource for yoga teachers who want to teach Menopause Yoga™, with four detailed 90-minute class plans also available to download.

Underpinned by research and 20 years of teaching experience, Menopause Yoga helps those on their journey from peri-menopause to post-menopause to help them welcome the changes in their minds, bodies and emotions as they enter the next stage in their lives.

304 pages, Paperback

Published October 21, 2021

Reviews

[Michelle Mansfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am currently writing a thesis for my yoga teacher training program where I chose Menopause & Yoga as my theme. Due to my own experiences and selfishly wanting to learn for myself, but ALSO because I want to bring this into my teaching. We have prenatal yoga in our world, why not menopausal yoga classes? Well, this book explains why we don’t have more of these classes and workshops (the stigma) and how we need to change this. One teacher at a time, one studio at a time, and create the ripple effect. There’s no reason why a woman should stop bringing movement and energy into her life at this stage. As Jane Fonda calls it, the “3rd Act”, which to Jane is the most important act in life. The one we are most known for and how people remember us most. I agree with Jane. So this “3rd Act” isn’t one where we need to stop, sulk, and just feel life is done because our reproductive life has come to and end. There are so many other parts of our life that are just as important, if not more! Our passions, our dreams, things we couldn’t do when we were raising children (if one is a mother), and interests that we were too distracted to enjoy when we were in our 1st and 2nd acts.

I appreciate the Ayurvedic component of this and its importance with menopause. We learned about Ayurveda in my yoga teacher training and I continue to enjoy learning. I can’t wait to bring this into my own life along with the students I teach. I love the sample asana series that help with specific symptoms one is going through. I also strongly believe in the power of Pranayama (breathing) and value the techniques in this book with menopausal symptoms. Meditation is also so important, along with chanting, and I am happy that Petra includes these along with journaling. It’s hard for some to journal. Many roll their eyes at it in their 30’s-40’s because they are just “too busy” to do that. They are “too busy” to meditate. “Too busy” to rest and recharge. Reflect. The world is just “too busy”, especially for women. The badge of busy is not an award worth fighting for. I’m happy to be in a stage of more stillness and a book like this validates that.

I’m looking forward to practicing Menopause Yoga in my own life and finding the power, confidence, calmness, and pride in my life at this stage. My “3rd Act” is my most important and I’m going to live my best life yet! Thank you Petra!