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🌿 How Yoga Supports Women Through Menopause 🌿
Menopause brings significant hormonal changes, particularly fluctuations in oestrogen and progesterone. These shifts can affect the nervous system, sleep, temperature regulation, joints, mood, and energy levels.
Yoga supports menopause by working with the body — not against it.
🧠Nervous system regulation
Slow, mindful movement and breathwork activate the parasympathetic nervous system, helping to reduce anxiety, irritability, and overwhelm.
🔥 Temperature & stress regulation
Cooling breath practices, gentle pacing, and restorative poses can help manage hot flushes and stress-related symptoms.
🦴 Joint, bone & muscle support
Weight-bearing yoga postures support bone health, while gentle mobility helps reduce stiffness and joint discomfort often experienced during menopause.
🌙 Sleep & fatigue support
Evening yoga and relaxation practices calm the mind and support better sleep by lowering cortisol levels.
💛 Body awareness & emotional wellbeing
Yoga encourages interoception — the ability to sense and respond to internal signals — helping women rebuild trust in their bodies during hormonal change.
Menopause-focused yoga is adaptable, compassionate, and evidence-informed, offering tools women can use both on and off the mat to feel more balanced and supported.
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🌿 How Yoga Supports Women Through Menopause 🌿
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