Your brain doesn't diminish; it gets an upgrade!The Menopause Brain, by Dr Lisa Mosconi   Did you know that the menopause transition doesn’t just affect our bodies, it affects our brains too? According to neuroscientist Dr Lisa Mosconi’s long-awaited book ‘The Menopause Brain,’ (published in the UK this week) our brains do change during, and after, the menopause but instead of diminishing negatively, they get an upgrade and a reboot.   After more than a decade of studying women’s brain scans, Dr Mosconi concludes that, YES,  the symptoms of menopause brain fog, anxiety, ov ..read more

Live online Menopause Yoga Class to Soothe & Calm your Hot Emotions - May 17th This month I have been teaching and talking about the menopause rage - that surge of anger that transforms from a small irritation to an outburst of rage and anger, often in a way that feels as if you are righting an outrageous injustice. Do you know the feeling? The term menopause rage, or menorage, is relatively new and some people feel it gives this emotion a negative label that may make us feel ashamed or belittled. Some people like the term because it captures this very specific feeling that expresses our ..read more

Join Petra Coveney for a Second Spring workshop on March 18th at Yoga West London. Change isn’t always comfortable is it? There’s a time in the midst of transition where we are uncertain. Maybe we’re not feeling ready to let go and leave our place of comfort. Even if we have outgrown that place, and it’s no longer nourishing us. There’s a comfort in the familiar. For some of us, menopause can feel like it’s come too soon. We feel too young and not ready for the change. We resist. We don’t want to change. Change can feel frightening …. a dark place in limbo… especially if we don’t know what’s ..read more

Post menopause - like a Second Puberty but with Wisdom & Knowledge. TEENAGER TO QUEENAGER: By Petra Coveney @menopause_yoga Peri Menopause can feel like a second puberty with hormones going haywire, emotions up and down, anxiety and overwhelm as your body and brain get rewired for the next stage of life. But Post-menopause can feel like you’re a Queenager. You have the benefits of life experience, wisdom, knowledge and you know yourself. This is powerful stuff! You are a Queenager. Wear that Crown. Instead of your energy and attention being used up in a monthly cycle of Procreativity - in ..read more

Sign the Change.org Petition + Labour Party Menopause Policy & NHS Guidelines Do you work for an employer? Do they have a Menopause Policy? Do you feel helps our hinders women at work? In the UK, there have been recent campaigns to make menopause a legally protected characteristic. Despite a failure to pass this into law in the British Parliament, the campaigners have not been cowed - they've come back. According to an article in The Guardian newspaper, the UK's Labour Party says it will urge UK firms to publish menopause action plan, if it is voted into government. The National Health Se ..read more

I'm delighted to have been invited as the first guest speaker on the inaugural Modern Menopause event organised by Windrose World Retreats (TM). I will already be in Bali for my own Menopause Yoga teachers' training retreat in Ubud from June 6th-13th (Book places here), so it will be a joy to stay in this Balinese paradise for the Modern Menopause Retreat, also in Ubud from June 24th to July 1st, 2023. The retreats are open to all women and you don't need to be a stage of the menopause to join us. Windrose World Retreats is run by two very inspiring women, based in Los Angeles, USA, Diana Phi ..read more

Book this Menopause Yoga Class with Petra Coveney & Ozge iDorttepe March 1st at 10am-11.15 UK time. 100% OF THE FUNDS RAISED FROM THIS CLASS WILL BE DONATED TO THE DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE (DEC) TO HELP PEOPLE IN TURKEY & SYRIA. BOOK CLASS HERE Many of you reading this will have been emotionally affected by the that a series of earthquakes have devastated the people of Turkey & Syria, demolished buildings and infrastructure forcing people into homelessness, starvation and fear, alongside grief and anxiety of future tremors. I have extended family in Turkey who have thankfully ..read more

Petra Coveney shares her thoughts and a poem on how to create healthy habits in the menopause. The New Year has become synonymous with advertising pressure to become a 'New You.' But research shows that negative associations with ourselves rarely result in positive life changes. In fact these self-berating slogans can be counterproductive and leave us feeling more negative about ourselves, more likely to engage in unhealthy thoughts and behaviours. Thoughts really do create feelings and these emotional responses are inhabit our bodies causing a negative loop that actually prevents us from cre ..read more

Petra Coveney shares research on mental health and menopause We're into the third week of January and Blue Monday is aptly named the most difficult day of the year. Many people struggle to maintain good intentions, and for those of us in mid-winter, the weather and darkness can get us down. If you've started an exercise or nutrition plan, you may feel unmotivated...This is normal. But for women in the menopause, mental health can be an even more serious issue. You may have read some Media reports this week in The Guardian newspaper about the affect of low oestrogen causing low mood (Anhedonia ..read more

By Petra Coveney - creator of Menopause Yoga. Start a new healthy habit Book Weekly Menopause Yoga Classes Live Online Tuesdays at 8am-9.15am It’s January – you are going to be bombarded by experts telling you how to get ‘Fit,’ become a ‘New You’ and break ‘Bad’ habits. It’s the same relentless pressure for perfection that we as women face from puberty. We all want to feel good, and exercise and nutrition are scientifically proven to boost your mental alertness and state of mind. But beating ourselves up for bodies that don’t conform to unrealistic advertising and getting depressed by our lac ..read more