Meant to Pause Yoga
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Every menopause experience is unique. You are not alone.
Meant to Pause Yoga is dedicated to providing supportive therapeutic yoga and research-based workshops to educate and empower the opportunities of the menopause transition.
Don’t Hesitate - Mary Oliver
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,
don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty
of lives and whole towns destroyed or about
to be. We are not wise, and not very often
kind. And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
something happens better than all the riches
or power in the world. It could be anything,
but very likely you notice it in the instant
when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the
vase. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid
of it’s plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.
I feel so lucky to live in the PNW and have access to this glorious nature. I’ll always feel at home near the sea. You can’t take the 🇮🇪 out of this girl!
What is bringing you moments of joy these days - big or small?
Joy might feel a little hard to get at these days with changing hormones (and the end of the world as we know it) but it’s still there - in the splash of sea mist, the tickle of your wind blown hair across your face, the smile of a stranger, or a lovely spring break trip with your family.
I’m teaching a free Hatha yoga class on Friday May 1 at 6:30pm.
We will move with all the joy and renewal of the season!
03/27/2026
I find myself reaching for community connections more than ever these days, you?
Thank you to for partnering with me to host a screening of a few weeks ago.
It was attended by people at various stages of the menopause transition - each with a unique experience and so many great questions.
🔎why is this still so hard and confusing?
🔎how long can I really be on estrogen?
🔎what do I say to my doctor when they don’t know anything about menopause?
Despite the sounds of frustrated sighs and “I’m out of patience” eye rolls that come from statements like…
📚we need more research on menopause
📚 more doctors need training, now!
📚the problem is institutionalized patriarchy
…there was mostly laughter, shared compassion, and a wonderful sense of camaraderie.
Participants left with new information and new connections to local Seattle providers who work everyday to support this vital transition. Thanks to for being all the voices of reason and care.
If you would like to work with me for coaching, nervous system and chronic stress support, I am here for you! Reach out here or on my link in bio!
Want to ask anything about menopause but were afraid to ask?!
Want to learn about the journey that most people face when trying to figure it all out and find support?
Have questions about chronic stress, mental health, proper nutrition or hormone therapy?
Join me along with other local area menopause specialists to watch episode one of !
I will facilitate a Q&A, and will be joined by
Tickets are ONLY $10 and includes:
📌Film screening
📌Discussion with local experts
📌Free tea & pie from
📌$10 coupon from
📌Raffle entry for gift basket from
Maybe you need this reminder today too!
02/11/2026
Week 6 of my yoga for all stages of menopause is here!
Tomorrow we will INTEGRATE everything we’ve learned together over the past 5 weeks.
The class will be a beautiful sampling of all the new tools and skills you acquire along the way - for recognizing body cues, the peri/menopause symptoms you can handle using your own inner and outer resources, for regulating your responses to the chronic stress and overwhelm, for accessing breath practices and mindful movement to stay fluid, focused, build strength and posture, flexibility and balance!
Tomorrow we also rest! The grande finale of course, is the ten minute restorative pose which I like to call “THE QUEENAGER”!
🪷Come be in community.
🪷Boost your serotonin and oxytocin. You need it!
🪷10am PT (Zoom & IRL)
🪷Register in advance / link in bio.
02/04/2026
Lots of great new cultural moments lately, this time all about 👏 👏 👏
Don’t let this one slip past your viewing 👀
BALANCE Docuseries: A Perimenopause Journey is the program I wish I had had in my back pocket 8 years ago when I was just dumbfounded by what in the holy hell was going on with me!!
Yes, you can absolutely stream (for a fee) on your favorite streaming platform today, but why sit at home by yourself when you can join me and other peri-curious, perimenopausal or post menopausal friends you haven’t met, while eating pie (on ♾️🥧 day!!), and watching EPISODE ONE of what will absolutely be another award-winning documentary by these incredible filmmakers.
But wait, there’s more!
We will be joined by local area menopause specialists, for a low key meet & greet! Ask them questions! Ask for a hug! Pick up a new fact or two!
Who’s coming / representing?
Others TBA!
Deets:
📍The Yoga Tree, 4250 Fremont Ave
📅 Saturday March 14
🕰️1-3pm
♿️ and street 🅿️
💵$10 ( to recoup licensing costs)
01/26/2026
Coming up! This Wednesday (on Zoom or in person - Yoga for Menopause Brain (it’s a real scientific thing!) and Mood Support (because honey, my emotional weather atm is cloudy AF, but I might see some 🌈 & 🦄 later, if I breath right).
FACTS:
🧠good for your body = good for your brain
🧠RCT on yoga & mental health: we start yoga for physical reasons but we come back bc of how we FEEL afterwards - CALM & WHOLE
🧠 regular meditation increases brain grey matter (shrinks in menopause)
🧠 mindfulness shrinks the size of our amygdala (fear & emotional reactivity) - which is in overdrive during menopause
🧠 balance & eye saccades give us a better sense of our body in space and in motion, & improves concentration and focus (one prepares us how to recover from a possible fall, the other is a salve for menopause brain fog)
🧠mirroring a teacher in a class connects us socially and emotionally (key for long term brain health)
🧠spiritual practices of any kind (yoga unites body/brain/spirit) decreases frontal cortex activity (willpower) to feel peace from surrender
This could easily be 3 hours long but let’s start with a 75 minute class?!! I’d love to support you.
Come exactly as you are - symptoms, bad moods and all. Mental health in menopause is so misunderstood - but you’ll be in good company here.
01/15/2026
Started this “what’s one thing that went well?” jar a few weeks ago.
So far so good…you?
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