Menopause Awareness CPD Course - in Scotland

Please note that this training is in-studio at Meadowlark Studio, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Cost: £95.00 including a digital certificate of attendance.  (Sign up for this day training + the Sunday workshop for £135).

Join Petra Coveney – founder of Menopause Yoga™ for this special Menopause Awareness CPD course for all qualified yoga and bodywork teachers (men welcome). It is designed to raise awarness of common symptoms, long term health risks and help you modify your own classes and create safe and supportive spaces that are welcoming to students going through the menopause.

This is a professional skills course but can also be taken for your own personal development. It earns you 6 Continuing Professional Development points.

The course is accredited by both Yoga Alliance Professionals and the British Wheel of Yoga. However, you only receive a certificate of attendance in  Menopause Yoga from Petra Coveney.

Course Content

• This Menopause Awareness course covers:
• What is the menopause?
• How might common symptoms show up in your classes?
• How can yoga help?
• Modifications for common menopause symptoms.
• Adapting yoga classes to create safe and supportive spaces.
• Taboos: talking to break taboos.
• Quiz & Further Resources

Outcomes:

Attendees will receive a digital workbook (please print this out yourself), quiz questions to embed learning, and a digital certificate in Menopause Awareness on graduation. You also receive a recorded webinar.

Graduates will have a greater insight into the biological causes of the menopause, medical definitions and eastern wellbeing perspectives and treatments. They will have insight into how to modify practices and adapt studio space and normalise the menopause to make women feel welcome and supported.

Please note: this content is separate from the 40-hour Teacher Training course in Menopause Yoga.

Cost: £95.00 including a digital certificate of attendance.  (Sign up for this day training + the Sunday workshop for £135).

About Petra Coveney

Petra Coveney is the founder of Menopause Yoga™ (2013) - the world’s first menopause specific yoga practice and positive approach to the menopause. She is a senior teacher and trainer and author of the teacher training book ‘Menopause Yoga – A Holistic Guide to Supporting Women on Their Menopause Journey’ published by Singing Dragon (2021) and is a member of the British Menopause Society. She works with Dr Louise Newson, and Harley Street specialist Dr Shahzadi Harper as well as menopause nutritionists, osteopaths, psychotherapists, herbalists, ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine experts to deliver courses for women world-wide.

Her 40-hour Teacher Training course is accredited by the British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Alliance Professionals and there are currently over 400 qualified MY teachers in 20 countries.

She runs both in-person and online teacher training courses, women’s workshops and Menopause Yoga classes. Originally from London, Petra recently moved to Brighton to swim in the sea and walk her dog on the South Downs. She regularly visits Edinburgh to meet up with friends and a growing number of yoga teachers who trained with her in Menopause Yoga.

Read more: www.menopause-yoga.com and Instagram @menopause_yoga

What is Menopause Yoga?

MY offers a toolkit of techniques to help alleviate some of the main symptoms and a positive approach that reframes the menopause as Second Spring - an empowering and reenergising stage of a woman’s life. Petra’s unique holistic course draws together western medical science and eastern wellbeing with the aim to Educate women about their menopause, Empower them with simple and accessible tools, and encourage them to Embrace this hormonal transition as an opportunity for better health and wellbeing. Her courses, workshops and classes include factual information about the biological causes of the menopause, stages, symptoms, and solutions that may include Hormone Replacement Therapy, nutrition, herbal remedies, vitamin supplements, complimentary therapies and counselling as well as practical yoga, meditation and breath work practices specially devised to alleviate symptoms.

Disclaimer: Menopause Yoga can not replace declining hormones but it can help women to reduce and manage common physical and psychological symptoms and improve their health, strength and wellbeing. Please notify the Meadowlark Studio before the event if you have any physical or mental health issues that could prevent you from participating safely. Menopause can mask serious underlying health conditions, please check with your doctor before undertaking new a new exercise regime. You are responsible for your personal health and safety while attending Menopause Yoga events.