For those in Singapore! Join for this very special workshop series over two weekends this November!
Grounded in her cyclicality and intuition, the Embodied Woman finds Yoga both on and off the mat, from menarche to menopause. In this 4-part series, we will explore the feminine as a means to enrich our yoga practice–through methods to cultivate pelvic health awareness, balance hormones and cycle-sync through menstruation, to understanding the 5 chambers of menopause and how we invite embodiment practices to support these rites of passages. Welcome to attend any or all; open to women of all life stages.
HOM Yoga River Valley, Singapore
491 River Valley Road, Singapore
Saturday & Sunday, April 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2024
12.30pm - 3.30pm
Cultivating the feminine in our yoga practice can have an incredible effect for balancing hormones, regulating menstrual difficulties, increasing fertility (of body and mind) and easing challenges associated with our journey from menarche to menopause. In this workshop, we will explore the female endocrine system and life stages of a woman through theory, discussion, embodiment and a healthy-hormone asana practice.
I. Nourishing the Pelvic Landscape: Optimising Pelvic Health for All Life Stages
Saturday, 16 Nov 2024
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Explore the wisdom & medicine of the pelvis, including our pelvic anatomy and physiology, our pelvic floor muscles and how to overcome pelvic floor challenges, leading to a more integrated and vibrant way of living. Whether you are experiencing incontinence, prolapse or other dysfunctions, interested in preconception, are pregnant or postpartum, or journeying through peri/menopause, this workshop is open to all women as an essential foundation for understanding your pelvic terrain and how to optimise your pelvic health.
Topics Explored:
An Introduction to the Female Pelvis
Embodied Pelvic Anatomy Pelvic
Floor Dysfunction
The Mechanics of Breath and Posture
Balancing the Pelvic Floor Muscles
Schedule
12:30pm - 1:30pm Embodied Pelvis
1:45pm - 2:45pm Pelvic Health Theory & Discussion
3pm - 3:30pm Pelvic Health Practice
This class is also suitable for pregnant or postpartum women as modifications can be offered where needed. No yoga experience is necessary.
II. Yoga for Healthy Hormones
Saturday, 23 Nov 2024
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Cultivating the feminine in our yoga practice can have an incredible effect for balancing hormones, regulating menstrual difficulties, increasing fertility (of body and mind) and easing challenges associated with our journey from menarche to menopause. In this workshop, we will explore the female endocrine system and life stages of a woman through theory, discussion, embodiment and a healthy-hormone asana practice.
No experience is necessary. Open to all women (and men who would like to learn about this system).
Topics explored:
Female endocrine system: organs & hormones
Common hormonal imbalances from fertility to menopause
Cyclicality of the feminine
Life stages of a woman
Menarche to menopause
Embodied pelvic anatomy
Cultivating the feminine on and off the mat
Healthy hormone yoga
Schedule
12:30pm - 1:30pm Discussion & Embodiment Exercises
1:30pm - 3pm Healthy Hormones Asana Practice
3pm - 3:30pm Q&A/Sharing Circle
This class is also suitable for pregnant or postpartum women as modifications can be offered where needed.
III. The Womb Wisdom of Yoga
Sunday, 24 Nov 2024
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Learn to harness the energy of menstrual cycle-syncing as you approach yoga, both on and off the mat. In this workshop, we will explore, through embodiment and discussion, the four seasons of the menstrual cycle and how to reclaim autonomy, agency and empowerment through knowledge of feminine cyclicality. Whether you are experiencing menstrual cycle difficulties or looking to deepen your knowledge of innate womb wisdom, this workshop is open to all women (and men who are interested to learn more about this topic).
Topics explored:
The cycle of menstruation
Understanding the role of menstrual hormones\
The 4 inner seasons of menstruation
Embodiment of the 4 seasons
What is cycle-syncing
Common menstrual challenges
How to empower our fertility (of body & mind)
Womb Wisdom Yoga
Schedule
12:30pm - 1:30pm Discussion & Embodiment Exercises
1:30pm - 3pm Womb Wisdom Yoga Practice
3pm - 3:30pm Q&A/Sharing Circle
This class is also suitable for pregnant or postpartum women as modifications can be offered where needed, as well as for any woman with or without a menstrual cycle.
IV. The 5 Chambers of Menopause: A Rite of Passage through the Lens of Yoga
Saturday, 30 Nov 2024
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Often overlooked in our society, and even in our yoga programs, is the incredible rite of passage that a woman traverses through menopause, into her Wisdom of the Ages. In this workshop, we will take a guided, empowering dive into the topic of menopause to understand the depths of this transformation and how to harness the magic it holds. Specifically, we will explore the 5 Chambers of Menopause through the lens of Yoga and embodiment, as a map for this process.
Open to all women (pre or post-menopausal) and well as to men who might be interested to learn more about this process.
Topics explored:
The life stages of a woman
Defining pre, peri, post-menopause
The 5 Chambers of Menopause
How the 5 Chambers of Menopause relate to menstruation
Empowerment, Wisdom of the Ages & the Super Crone
How Yoga can support the transition through Menopause
A 5 Chambers Yoga Practice
Schedule
12:30pm - 1:30pm Discussion
1:30pm - 3pm Five Chambers Embodiment Practice
3pm - 3:30pm Q&A/Sharing Circle
V. The Way of Wintering: Exploring the Medicine of Rest
Sunday, 1 Dec 2024
12:30pm - 3:30pm
“You may think yourself lazy, or flawed, yet your body is made of almost exactly the same elements as the stars. Your base composition matches the coral in the seas and you, my friend, are ruled by the moon and the sun. Whether you like it or not. So no, you are not lazy. Nature is simply pulling you to slow, like the life, floral and fauna around you. It is not your moment to rise. It is winter, you are wintering. And you are right on time.” - Donna Ashworth
In our fast paced lives of quick fixes and fly by moments, the value of rest is often overlooked. Particularly for women, we have opportunities within our menstrual cycles to rest monthly, as a reminder for the importance of this embodied knowledge later in our journey through menopause. In this workshop, we explore the concept of “Wintering”, a reframe surrounding the profoundness of rest and embodiment practices that support this process. Learn methods using sound and breath to guide vagus nerve stimulation, as well as embodiment practices and yoga nidra to soothe the nervous system.
Open to women of all life stages, as well as men who are keen to see rest from the feminine perspective.
Topics explored:
The life stages of a woman
What is Wintering?
The invitation of rest
The wonders of the vagus nerve
How breath and sound support Wintering
The Way of Winter Yoga Practice (embodiment practices & guided yoga nidra)
Schedule
12:30pm - 2:30pm Discussion & Embodiment Exercises
2:30pm - 3:30pm Yoga Nidra Practice
Price
$125 per session
$100 per session if you sign up for 2 sessions or more. Discount will be automatically applied.
Cancellation Policy
Please note that this event is non-refundable.