Yoga for Wāhine during the Menopause Transition: A Path to Balance and Renewal

Menopause - Ruahinetanga is not an ending, but a powerful transition — a time of deep wisdom, reflection, and renewal. For many women this season of life can bring both challenges and opportunities.

In Chinese medicine it is referred to as The Second Spring, not an ending but a new beginning.

Hot flushes, sleep disturbances, mood shifts, and changes in energy are common, but so too are insights, clarity, and the chance to reconnect with our bodies in a new and more compassionate way.

Yoga offers gentle yet profound support for wāhine in menopause. It’s more than stretching or exercise — it’s a wholistic practice that nurtures the nervous system, supports hormonal balance, and helps us meet this stage of life with grace.

🌿 Benefits of Yoga During Menopause

 • Regulates the Nervous System -

 Breath work and restorative poses activate the parasympathetic nervous system, easing anxiety...

The feminine life force energy is considered the creative force in yoga philosophy, the energy that brings all things into physical form.

This energy is radiant and powerful, it is active and creative as well as receptive and nurturing. 

However, I wasn't told this over two decades agony when I first started my yoga journey. I  learnt my own way of what felt right in the yoga space,  and what didn't after many years of practice and experiencing different teachers. 

Although most participants in yoga were women, many of the classes were strong physical classes, that felt quite competitive and performative at times.

It often seemed that we needed to be more, do more, be more flexible, and stay longer and longer in strengthening poses. 

It just didn't feel right to practice in the way I was being told to, so instead I decided to listen within, to what felt right to me. 

Through experimentation and observation, I came up with the way to practice that resonated with m...