Practice for Peri-menopause/ Menopause: The Softening, Widening and Surrendering Practice, Part I

The Softening, Widening, and Surrendering Practice addresses many the symptoms from the *spectrum of symptoms seen during the peri-menopausal years.  Most of the asanas in this session are suitable for practice during the days of menstruation (except the segment of inversions). The Lifting, Elongating  and Energising Practice is recommended as a complement to this practice.  This practice is divided into Part I and Part II only to keep the durations of the recordings practice-friendly.  When familiar with the practice, Part I and II may be done in continuation.  They may also be broken into smaller chunks for shorter practice sessions (you will find some of these shorter sessions on our portal as well).

This recording is part of the Short Course Practice for Peri-menopause/ Menopause.  While there is nothing wrong in doing this as a stand-alone sessions, we strongly recommend working with all the recordings in the short course to gain a balanced understanding of this practice.  In addition,  the Short Course Principles of Womens’ Practice is also recommended.

Level: Experienced, Beginner, Intermediate, Gentle

Duration: 75 mins.

Props needed: this is prop-intensive session.  A couple bolsters (or an equivalent stack of firm blankets) two blocks, a belt, a sturdy chair/ table/ bed, access to a wall, will be required.