My Menopause Yoga
What are the best poses for menopause? By Petra Coveney
Photos taken at Down to Earth Studio in London
More than 13 million women in the UK are going through menopause and yet there was, until recently, little support to help them through this natural but destabilising stage of life.
Petra Coveney, who is a member of the British Menopause Society (BMS) for health practitioners, developed Menopause Yoga (menopause-yoga.com) to specifically meet the needs of women going through menopause. She works with menopause specialists Dr Louise Newson (in the Midlands) and Dr Shahzadhi Harper (in London) and has been running Menopause Yoga (MY) workshops since 2015.
Last year, due to demand from women and yoga teachers, she launched a teacher training (TT) course that is accredited by both the British Wheel of Yoga (as a weekend module) and Yoga Alliance Professionals (40-hour TT). It has proved so popular that the TT and workshops are now being delivered in studios, medical centres and retreats across the UK. And there will be a new MY online course this Spring. Here, Petra Coveney explains how yoga can support women to transition positively through menopause and embrace post menopause as their ‘Second Spring.’