Menopause Yoga : A Holistic Guide to Supporting Women on Their Menopause Journey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coveney, Petra.

Contributor:

Newson, Louise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Menopause--Popular works.

Menopause.

Middle-aged women--Health and hygiene.

Middle-aged women.

Hatha yoga--Therapeutic use.

Hatha yoga.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Menopause Yoga

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"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. It is also the dedicated resource for yoga teachers who want to teach Menopause Yoga. 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Menopause Yoga

Of related interest

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword by Dr Louise Newson

Acknowledgements

Disclaimer

Introduction

Part 1: My Body: Educate to Make Informed Choices

1. What is the Menopause?

2. The Effects of Stress

Part 2: My Wellbeing: Empowering Through Action

3. Managing Symptoms

4. An East-West Comparison

Part 3: My Yoga: The Practice

5. How Can Yoga Help?

6. What is Menopause Yoga (My)?

7. My Practice

Part 4: My Mind: Embracing the Change

8. Changing Your Perspective

9. Self-Study

10. Dharma and Dream Space

Part 5: My Teaching: Support and Signpost

11. Workshops

12. Women's Circles

13. Ethics

Conclusion

Part 6: My Resources

Appendix 1: Pelvic Floor Health by Jessica Adams

Appendix 2: Trauma and Menopause by Caroline Phipps-Urch

Appendix 3: Journal Writing Example by Caroline Graham

Appendix 4: Menopause from a Black Woman's Perspective by Patsy Isles

Appendix 5: My Surgical Menopause by Lesley Humphrey

Appendix 6: Premature Ovarian Insufficiency by Veronica Santini

Appendix 7: Osteoporosis and the Menopause by Sarah Thoms

Appendix 8: My Nutrition by Emma Ellice-Flint

Appendix 9: Ayurveda Prakruti Analysis Questionnaire Questionnaire by Deena Solanki

Bibliography

Further Resources

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78775-890-7

OCLC:

1246674082