Interested in trying yoga for menopause?
Learn the benefits and the best poses to add to your practice, according to experts.
Its become my indispensable booster.
With this practice, Ive regained my self-confidence.
At 55, shes seen the benefits of yoga for menopause firsthand.
Yoga is really helpful for calming the nervous system and helping you pay attention to how youre feeling.
OB/GYN and author ofMenuPause
Benefits of yoga for menopause thatll make you want to roll out your mat
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Ive always been a positive person, but I couldnt recognize myself during this period.
The jot down of mindful, focused breathing that yoga employs eased all of that, she says.
Its a ripple effect that 52-year-old Stacey Degen remembers well.
At first, I thought I could just exercise harder.
Ive always enjoyed physically demanding workouts, like really intense endurance sports.
But Id do those and be completely exhausted.
Exercising like that was making it worse.
She turned to styles of yoga that emphasize slow movement, rest, and deep breathworksuch asyin yogaandyoga nidra.
OB/GYN and author ofMenuPause
My focus was on cultivating more calm and creating a greater sense of balance, she says.
Think of yoga as the release valve on that pressure cooker.
Savonn Wyland, RYT
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It made me feel insecure and caused my work productivity to suffer.
Thats because yoga may cause actual brain changes, research suggests.
Those researchers suggested yoga may even be beneficial for mitigating age-related decline in brain function overall.
What could make these symptoms worse?
Feeling like youre dealing with them alone.
Having support for that natural process can bring lightness, and most of all, deep feelings of self-compassion.
The best yoga poses for menopause
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Childs pose (Balasana)
Childs poseis a restorative way to reduce stress and improve mood, Wyland says.
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