Are you struggling with weight gain, mood swings, hot flashes, fatigue, and joint pain that can accompany perimenopause or menopause?
Join the club! So many women in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond are dealing with these issues, and our conventional health care system doesn’t have a good solution.
The Holistic practices of Yoga and Ayurveda can help. These Ancient Wisdom modalities are centered around the idea of creating balance in the body, mind, and heart.
Cheryl Chaffee and Bettina Jonsef have combined our decades of experience and expertise in yoga, nutrition, and Ayurveda to bring you a weekend experience of Yoga and Ayurveda, specifically designed to help you create balance in the seeming chaos of menopause. We’ll discuss why menopause is a beautiful stage of life, how Ayurveda can help you navigate some of the changes and challenges, guide you through specific breath exercises, meditations, and yoga sequences to help you feel calm, confident, and in control of your changing body. We’ll make recommendations on diet and Ayurvedic herbs to help you feel your best.
September 22-24, 2023.
$99
Yoga Teachers can receive 5 Yoga Alliance CEUs
Detailed Schedule: (all times are ET)
Friday, Sept 22, 7-9 pm. Introduction to Ayurveda and Ashaya Yoga. We’ll meet each other, talk about Menopause, learn about the Doshas, and go over the basics of what we’ll cover over the weekend. We’ll also do a calming yoga practice to help wind down for the night.
Saturday, Sept 23, 8-9 am. Morning Practice. We’ll do a little dinacharya (Ayurvedic morning routine) and some pranayama and meditation.
Saturday, Sept 23 10 am – 12:30 pm. You’ll learn how Ayurveda can be used to help balance the unsettling effects that Menopause and perimenopause wreak on the body, mind, and heart. You’ll also do a yoga asana practice that uses the 5 Elements of Nature and the 3 Doshas to help create balance.
Sunday, Sept 24, 8-9 am. Morning Practice. More dinacharya, pranayama, and meditation. We’ll also help you create your own morning practice routine that you can do on your own every day.
Sunday, Sept 24, 10 am – 12:30 pm. Bettina will go over the basics of an Ayurvedic diet, and how you can use food as medicine to keep your body healthy, strong, and vibrant. We’ll discuss options for vegetarians and vegans, too. We’ll do a yoga practice focused on twists, to help release toxins from the body, mind, and heart, and end with a restorative Yoga Nidra practice, in which you will be guided to manifest a beautiful vision for your future.
Cheryl Chaffee, ERYT-500, YACEP, has been teaching yoga for 18 years. She is also a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Living Ayurveda Coach, a vegan, and is currently finding her way through menopause!
Bettina Jonsef is a chef, yoga student, and Ayurvedic Counselor. Bettina studied Ayurveda with Dr. Vasant Lad at the Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico and Asheville, NC.