If you’re a woman in your 40s or 50s and feel like the ground is shifting beneath you—physically, emotionally, mentally—you’re not imagining it. And you’re not alone. Your body, your energy, your sleep, your focus, your mood might feel different. Maybe you don’t quite recognize yourself some days.
These are often the first signs that a major hormonal shift is coming. Your body is doing what it’s designed to do, even if it catches you off guard. Menopause isn’t one sudden moment, it’s a gradual transition that unfolds over time. For most women, it begins years before the final period, during a phase called perimenopause. As estrogen rises and falls, it can affect nearly every system in the body—sleep, temperature, mood, cognition, energy, balance, and overall resilience. Despite what we’ve heard, this isn’t just about hormones or “symptoms.” It’s a whole-system transformation that begins in the brain.
This yoga series, Embrace the Change: Yoga for Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond, blends modern neuroscience with Yogic and Ayurvedic wisdom to help you understand what is happening in your body and mind and why. By shifting the focus from “symptoms to suppress” to “systems transitioning,” the series helps you navigate this period with clarity, steadiness, and agency.
The course begins with two comprehensive webinars:
Webinar 1. Understanding Perimenopause: The Science, the Patterns, and Your Personal Blueprint
We explore the science of perimenopause in depth: what’s happening in the brain and body, how estradiol affects each physiological layer, and why fluctuations create the symptoms you may be experiencing. We then place this understanding within a Yogic and Ayurvedic framework to examine the broader patterns shaping your transition and the major trends you might expect from your body depending on your constitution, genetic predisposition, culture, and individual response to hormonal fluctuations.
Webinar 2. Navigating Perimenopause: The Tools, the Choices, and Your Action Plan
In this webinar, we move into practical tools. This includes a discussion of common symptoms and the yogic, lifestyle, and (if desired) medical approaches that can help. We discuss the pros and cons of hormone therapy and how it is different now from what it was 20 years ago. We will not discuss supplements, but will instead emphasize yogic tools, mindful adjustments, and informed choices that support your body’s natural transition. We also introduce ten key action steps, which will serve as the backbone of the rest of the program.
The two opening webinars lay the scientific and yogic foundations so you can clearly see what’s happening in your body and why. From there, the course unfolds into ten clear action steps that guide you through the practical, day-to-day choices that support stability, vitality, and empowerment during this shift. Each step is supported by:
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A concise educational presentation
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Multiple articles that expand on the subject
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A full-length yoga practice centered on the theme
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Several shorter practices for days when time, energy, or strength is limited
Full practices are modular: you can complete the entire sequence or stop after one or two modules, depending on how you feel that day. The long practices have also been broken down into shorter sessions that can be done separately, making it easier to fit them into your day and focus on the elements—mobility, strength, or flexibility—that are most important for you in that moment.
Use this series as a companion to help you navigate the perimenopausal transition. You will not only have tools to ease your symptoms, but also a meaningful framework for honoring your changing body, supporting your evolving needs, and stepping into the next stage of life with confidence and wisdom.
You are not just moving through change.
You are learning to embrace it.
