Yoga for Menopause Teacher Training

Certificate in Teaching Yoga for Menopause: tried and trusted since 2020.

Reviewing the book that accompanies this fully accredited course, world-renowned teacher Donna Farhi said: “Finally, a book that I can wholeheartedly recommend… to explore the ways that yoga can support, nourish, and smooth the oftentimes rocky transition into menopause and beyond.”

28 hours live online, fully interactive training with lead teacher (Niamh)
small groups (personal connection & interaction)
12 hours pre-recorded training content (incl 5 further experts)
Free access to Yoga for Menopause in action: 80+ hours of workshops, classes, lectures (prerecorded)
Free teacher’s community meet-ups (live zoom)
Certified by Yoga Alliance Professionals
Yoga Alliance 40 hours continued education points
Canadian Yoga Alliance registered training
Self-paced option (with personal contact if desired)

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Niamh Daly, founder of Yinstinct Yoga, registered Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer (Yoga Alliance Professionals), Somatic Education coach, Nutrition coach and Pilates Mat Instructor.

Next live online dates:

1) October

5th (1-9pm), 6th, 12th, 13th (1-7pm) & 26th (1-5.30pm) Irish time

2) January

17th, 24th & 30th (7-9.30pm), 18th, 25th, 26th & Feb 8th (1-6pm). Irish time

3) March

Fridays 7th & 21st (7-9.30pm), Saturdays 1st, 8th, 22nd (11am-6pm) & 29th (1-6pm). Irish time

(Check your time zone here)

If you are unavoidably unable to attend a few hours, you can join live when possible, & catch up with recordings.

From their mid-30s all your valued female students begin to experience the changes of perimenopause. They may be unprepared and missing opportunities for effective self-care. Some may be feeling desolate, in pain, fearful and/or full of self-judgment. In a world where menopause has now become a huge topic, these women are also barraged by conflicting information, disappointing healthcare, unrealistic promises and frightening headlines.

If we as yoga teachers unwittingly make promises based on poor evidence or misinformation, we join in this barrage. I believe we can (and should) do so much better. In developing this training, my greatest passion was that it be pragmatic, evidence-based, make no false promises and contain that which is achievable, effective and empowering for ordinary women in real ways.

You could become the best informed, reassuring and supportive professional in your student’s life.

So far, more than 300 yoga teachers from across the globe, have joined me – Niamh Daly (senior teacher and Yoga Alliance Continued Education Provider) – and graduated this course, certified by Yoga Alliance Professionals and recognised by Yoga Alliance, since it began in 2020.

As well as the curriculum detailed below, you will receive:

1) a use-any-time series of Yoga for Menopause workshops and classes, plus lectures covering nutrition and other supports for key areas like bone health, brain health, pelvic floor, sleep, heart health, aches and pains, lymphatics and more. Here, you’ll be able to see the work you have learnt on the course in action, to deepen your familiarity with it, and steal 100s of ideas for your classes and workshops!

2) You will also gain free access to ongoing meetings, webinars and Q&A sessions (3-4 per year), to stay up-to-date with the menopause world and Yoga for Menopause, and to stay connected with me, and other teachers.

These 2 new free resources are to offset the cost of the book which is required reading for the course. Available around the world, just Google “Yoga for Menopause and Beyond by Niamh Daly” and you will find your preferred retailer.

Reading the book, renowned teacher trainer Tiffany Cruikshank said: “[Niamh] has so eloquently blended traditional practices that have stood the test of time, with a background in science & research, which, in my opinion, is critical, alongside filling the clear gaps in information on perimenopause & menopause.”

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Training Curriculum includes:

Helping you teach in a safe, inclusive and menopause supportive manner:

Ensuring you know and can support the symptoms, biochemistry and anatomical changes of the stages of menopause, and the changing needs of a woman’s body.

Giving you confidence in your knowledge and understanding of the many physical social and symptomatic ways a woman can be affected from her 30s by the late reproductive stage, peri- and post-menopause.

Helping you know how to adjust your teaching language to effectively, and trauma-sensitively share your new, potentially life-changing knowledge and skills, because the way you teach her can make a huge difference to the ease or struggle with which a woman navigates these stages.

Teaching you effective ways to add to and adjust your current skills and passions, and helping you to create safe, inclusive and supportive classes and workshops.

Teaching you about the health concerns during and beyond the Menopause transition, and giving you practical and easy ways to increase support for bone, brain and pelvic floor health in your teaching.

Building a workshop series (you will have a 6 week Yoga for Menopause workshop/class template to use exactly, or edit and adapt to your passions, and to use again and again).

The course will also hold you in your life and professionally, so that you are able to support yourself as you teach when energy fluctuations, physical changes, or symptoms like brain-fog or hot flushes may begin to affect you.

Informing you what adjusted and enriched elements of Yoga and your teaching can do for the symptoms and long-term effects of menopause, including:

Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause applied to asana
Yoga for osteoporosis essentials (plus reduced price upgrade to my Yoga for Bone Health 12 hour CPD)
The science of movement and stretch (protection and strength)
Using yoga and neuro-stimulus techniques for brain health
Adjusting Restorative and Yin Yoga for changing bodies
Adjusting meditation, pranayama and Yoga Nidra, including evidence-based techniques
Trauma sensitive teaching, why and how
Somatics for brain, nervous system and body health
Application of touch and the role of pleasure in the menopause transition
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and other proven tools for managing symptoms
Supporting emotion on the mat
Skilled management of Women’s Circles: nourishing and inclusive.
Hormone replacement therapy/hormone therapy (HRT/HT)
Nutrition
Applying research into yoga for the stages of menopause
Responsible and inclusive marketing

Plus one year’s access online to study the entire course again, and specialist contributions including:

Annice Mukherjee Consultnat Endocronologist: Guest Contributor Yoga for the Stages of Menopause with Niamh Daly of Instinct Yoga Guest Contributor.

Medical Approaches with Consultant Endocrinologist Dr Annice Mukherjee

A leading light in Menopause treatment and care, currently spearheading the campaign for balanced, multiple-study, research-based information about the use of HRT in the face of the current dramatic and polarising media headlines.

Pelvic Floor and Vaginal Health contribution by Kim Vopni (The Vagina Coach). Yoga for the Stages of Menopause with Niamh Daly of Instinct Yoga Guest Contributor.

Pelvic floor & Vaginal Health with Kim Vopni The Vagina Coach

Trusted by Physicians & Physiotherapists, The Vagina Coach is the go-to expert for leading edge pelvic floor exercise programs.

Petra Fulham Nutritionist: Guest Contributor Yoga for the Stages of Menopause with Niamh Daly of Instinct Yoga Yoga for the Stages of Menopause with Niamh Daly of Instinct Yoga Guest Contributor.

Nutrition for Perimenopause & the Decades Beyond with Nutritional Therapist Petra Fulham

Far from recommendations of extreme diets, Petra’s approach centres multiple-study-evidence-based nutritional adjustments tailored to support the vulnerabilities and needs of the changing female mid-life and later-life environment.

Yoga Nidra with Kate Codrington, author of Second Spring

Kate is the author of Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause. She mentors people in perimenopause and beyond, 1-2-1 and in groups, is a nature-based Yoga Nidra meditation guide, hosts Life – An Inside Job podcast, has been a therapist for more than 30 years.

Intuitive Eating for Menopause with Dr Jennifer Salib Huber, Registered Dietitian

Jenn is a well known expert in the field of nutrition for menopause, particularly working with the benefits of intuitive eating for physical and mental health in menopause. Her contribution is in perfect balance with the nutrition facts in the talk by Petra Fulham. She is host of a wonderful podcast The Midlife Feast, which I highly recommend for your further learning.

Teachers from around the world, including Europe, UK, Australia, Canada and USA have graduated from this program, so 1000s of Yoga students are benefitting as a result.

Student Testimonials: Yoga for Menopause Teacher Training with Yinstinct Yoga and Niamh Daly

Brigitte Stuart, Yoga Teacher, Scotland

“This course worked brilliantly in the online format! The course felt intimate even though we were not actually physically together I was so happy at that.

The content has been brilliant and thought provoking, from the information on the menopause to the practicalities and limitations of teaching a class. I thoroughly enjoyed learning from Niamh and being with the other ladies.”

Liz Kane, Yoga Teacher, Ireland

“Spending the weekend with the most intellectual, articulate, interesting women and the font of knowledge that is Niamh Daly. Thanks God I am a woman in her forties now in 2023”

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Helen McGonagle, 1:1 Client, Ireland

“Dear Niamh.. in April (my oncologist) could see from my hip and shoulder x-rays that I had osteoporosis. It took until today to get a scan and the results show that in fact my bones are in good shape, only just into osteopenia, even improved from my last scan in 2019.

I am beyond delighted. Thank you for all your advice and guidance, both dietary and exercise; it certainly produced fantastic results!”

Ready to become a more menopause-supportive, inclusive, safe & effective Yoga Teacher?

Next live online dates:

October 5th (1-9pm), 6th, 12th, 13th (1-7pm) & 26th (1-5.30pm)

Self-paced:

Giving you access to the material for one year, and access to me during your study via email or What’sApp, and a mentoring session live online with me. You are also invited to the graduates community meet-ups.

My prices are more affordable than any other comparable training (translate to your own currency here). Alongside a price that is a little closer to similar trainings, I offer a lower price for those who are struggling.

It’s an honesty box: I ask you to pay what you feel you can afford. Please get in touch if you need to pay in smaller amounts over time.

Choose your study option or scroll on to learn more

Please read terms and conditions here before booking.

I’m Niamh Daly.

Founder of Yinstinct Yoga, author of Yoga for Menopause & Beyond, Guiding Teachers & Students Through Change

Registered Senior Yoga Teacher, Teacher Trainer and YACEP, Somatic Education Coach, Nutrition Coach, Pilates Mat instructor.

My work with the human body began with explorations in the Alexander Technique in the mid-1990s.

I have trained in Hatha Yoga, and studied and/or practiced most of the variations of Yoga from its most traditional roots in India, to new approaches and hybrids.

I continue to study: including with Donna Farhi, renowned Clinical Anatomist and fascia expert John Sharkey, Integral Anatomist Gil Hedley, Sarah Lo, Marlene ffrench-Mullen, Rebekah Rotstein and Lisa Petersen.

Primarily through Yoga in its most recognisable forms, and influenced by 5 rhythms dancing, somatic movement, mindfulness and anatomy, I have sought to tempt people away from dictatorial top-down regimes. So I have created methods to encourage self-agency and true embodiment, allowing the free expression of our nervous system through the physical and emotional body.

In addition to Yoga trainings, I also train Pilates and Fitness professionals, psychotherapists and counsellors via my CPD courses in Menopause Awareness & Strategies, and teach women and some men in classes, one-to-one and on retreats.

Here’s what some of my Yoga for the Stages of Menopause Graduates say about their training experience with me.

One of the first two trainings in the world specifically designed to support students in the Stages of Menopause, the Certificate includes more than 40 hours of comprehensive, trauma-informed, grounded in science training.

Designed to give you the knowledge and skills to be able to teach your students in an inclusive, respectful, knowledgeable and menopause supportive manner, It will help your students experience more agency, self esteem and joy.

Your required reading supporting you for years to come.

“Without making false promises, Daly conveys the immense benefits that can come from a balanced yoga practice as well as adopting simple lifestyle changes and sound dietary practices that can build overall good health.” Donna Farhi, author of Yoga, Mind, Body and Spirit, and Bringing Yoga to Life

“[Niamh] continues to stay evidence-based, accurate and diligent in her learnings and has a way of transferring her knowledge with kindness, humility and grace… This book is going to be a game-changer for yoga practitioners throughout the world.”

Amanda Thebe, fitness expert and author of Menopocalypse

Students can choose between two study options:

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Live online training

Certified by Niamh Daly and Yoga Alliance Professionals, and valid for Yoga Alliance points, this takes place over 28 hours live training, plus 12 hours to be completed in your own time.

Self-paced training

Begin anytime, and have access for a year. Valid for Yoga Alliance points. Completing your study of the required content, your one-to-one with me, and your assessments will allow me to certify you as a Yoga for the Stages of Menopause trained teacher, with 40 hours of CPD completed.

And your Yoga Teacher Training investment includes:

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Over 40 Hours of trauma-informed, evidence-backed training

The gift of confidence knowing that what you are saying, doing and teaching, helps and does no harm to either students in the Stages of Menopause, nor yourself.

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Online library of expert workshops & other YTT resources

“So useful. Reinforced what we had learned together and provided the opportunity to bed it in more deeply by practicing at home.”

Lulu Winfield. Yoga Teacher

Ongoing Support & Guidance

You can access all course material via the self-paced training for one year, also included in the price of the live trainings, along with the graduate meet-ups, and the workshops, classes and lectures you will have access to after graduating.

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Yinstinct Teacher Directory.

Fees include a free listing in Yoga for Menopause qualified teachers directory on the Yinstinct site.

A Yoga Community

In the months and years after you graduate, you will be welcome to 3-4 live meet-ups with Niamh and other graduates to address any changes in the menopause world, yoga for menopause, and your teaching or personal queries or concerns.

Assessment & certification

Post-course assessment, certification costs and a donation to Breast Cancer research

Feel free to book now, or get in touch with Niamh with any questions or payment struggles.

Please read terms and conditions before booking.

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Mary Conway, Yoga teacher, Ireland

“The content in the manual was excellent, I feel much better equipped now on how to help a woman going through menopausal stages in her life. Clear, informative and factual, the… information you gave us was excellent“.

Andrea Norton, Yoga Teacher & Lecturer, 1:1 Client, Ireland

“Niamh’s courage in challenging the often times sweeping claims of the current yoga for menopauses teachings makes her, in my personal opinion, an authentic practitioner.

I have been involved in holistic health and yoga therapy for over 30 years, and I am truly grateful to find someone who is so genuinely passionate about women’s self-care”

Jennifer Goerling, Yoga Teacher, Australia

“So many midlife women here absolutely love everything I learn in your course. It’s been a stepping stone in my own journey through it all as well & feel the path is much easier to navigate myself through it.”

Frequently Asked Questions

Click the arrows on the left to reveal each answer to the questions you may have.

What happens once I register for the training?

For Live Training: Niamh looks forward to welcoming you to the next Live Training of Yoga for the Stages of Menopause. She’ll be in touch by email within 24 hours with next steps after your payment is received.

For Self Paced: Niamh will be in touch within 24 hours with your login details and everything else you need to get started

How many hours does this Certification include?

40 hours total, made up of 28 hours live, and 12 hours home-study.

What assessment is involved to successfully complete the certification and graduate?

The Certificate includes 4 components to successfully graduate:

Attendance & participation/study of all content
Teaching integration
A written piece. Alternatives are available if you struggle with writing.
Class plan

All assignments are given all the time and help you need, with much of the class plan created during our live sessions.

What is different about this Yoga for Menopause course compared to others out there?

It is one of the first two such trainings ever created worldwide, with over 350 satisfied Yoga Teachers who have graduated from all over the globe.

I am the primary teacher, and as such, you have 28 hours live access to me, and I am known to be approachable and responsive to your queries and concerns.

The groups are small enough to create relationships with me and with a whole new group of yoga colleagues (20 is the maximum).

Only yoga teachers or teachers in training are welcome, so our conversation and learning, though supportive to you, can be of a depth not possible in courses where non-teachers are present.

Approached from a therapeutic, rather than lineage-based style, this certificate teaches evidence-proven ways that yoga can support women through the stages of menopause and beyond.

No pose or sequence of poses has been seen in any study to address any symptom of menopause. This is one reason why the course does not teach you set sequences that claim to address menopause symptom by symptom.

Though you will have a 6-workshop template upon completion, it also avoids teaching set sequences or classes because most teachers taking the course are already skilled and experienced, either in their yoga teaching or life skills earned as you mature.

So, you can teach an adapted enriched version of what you already love to teach, and maintain your curiosity and freedom to teach creatively. Or you can rely on the workshop templates.

It will give you a structure upon which to build your classes, but it is not a trademarked franchise that requires you to credit me, or stick to a limited number of possibilities.

I am passionate to ensure you avoid learning incorrect, unfounded or inaccurate claims. Avoiding top-down lecturing, the course is taught in a pedagogical model of co-inquiry to keep your mind engaged. This ensures embodied learning, curiosity and passion.

Is the Certificate in Yoga for the Stages of Menopause a course which is recognised by professional yoga bodies?

This Certificate is certified and endorsed by Yoga Alliance Professionals, and is valid for 40 points for your Yoga Alliance and Canadian Yoga Alliance continued education requirements.

In addition to this, graduates are listed on a Yoga for the Stages of Menopause Certified Teachers Directory on Niamh’s Yinstinct website.

How is the training delivered?

The live online training is 28 hours delivered online via Zoom, with additional study in your own time.

The live in studio training is delivered face to face for 28 hours with further online hours at your own pace.

The self-paced version is delivered via online access to an on demand library of classes and resources, and includes an additional one hour private mentoring session with Niamh delivered via Zoom.

I would like to do the live online training, but I am in a different timezone to Ireland. Do I have to attend all the online teaching sessions live?

No – graduates in overseas time zones which do not agree with Ireland have two options:

Study the self-paced online version of the program or
If your time difference is more than 3 or 4 hours, Niamh will record the portion of the day that is during the night time for you.

I am currently a yoga teacher trainee - can I still study the Certificate?

Yes you can. The Certificate is suitable for anyone who is trained as a Yoga teacher, or in training.

You can begin this certification as a trainee, and the official certification will be granted after you have graduated from your foundational Yoga Teacher Training with your main teacher.

I am not a yoga teacher but I am interested in how I can support my own menopause transition - can I study the Certificate?

No. But you may be interested to come to me for support via one-to-one sessions or classes, in person or online from anywhere in the world (click here for details)

Or you can access Yoga and More for Menopause and Beyond, 80+ hours of classes, talks and practices addressing exercise, nutrition, sleep and stress supports in ways that will support your menopause journey (click here for details)

I would like to study the Certificate in person - do you offer live training?

Niamh occasionally offers live in person training in Ireland in addition to the self-paced and live online training options. She is open to invitations to teach elsewhere if you have an interested group. This is dependant on numbers and distance.

If I chose to do the Self-Paced version of training, will I still receive a Certificate?

Yes you will. It will be valid for your Yoga Alliance points, and endorsed by Niamh (Yoga Alliance Professionals only endorses the live training with min 28 hours contact).

You have one year access to the Self-Paced resources.

Once you complete the recordings, study the homework reading, have your one-to-one with Niamh and pass your assessments, you will be awarded your certificate of completion, which will attest to 40 hours of study and will certify you as a Yoga for the Stages of Menopause trained teacher.

Do you provide support after the training?

Teachers have said they love how approachable Niamh is, and Niamh freely welcomes emails with simple questions. Bigger concerns can be addressed in a mentoring session.

Niamh is also happy to share your menopause events through her social media channels if you tag her @yinstinctyoga.

What if I feel I need additional 1:1 support for myself after the Certification program?

Niamh here for you! You can avail of my 1:1 support here. These resources include group or private classes and retreats, and online membership. Yoga for the Stages of Menopause graduates can access some of these at a reduced price.

I have other questions - can you help?

Of course! Please reach out to Niamh personally via email here, and ask away.

Lulu Winfield, Yoga Teacher, United Kingdom

“Delivered with such warmth and wisdom. Felt very safe to share or ask questions and the flow between cognitive learning and physical practice was perfectly balanced. I felt nothing was lost by the virtual format.”

Yoga for Menopause Teacher Training online and Self Study with Yinstinct Yoga and Niamh Daly - Student Testimonials

Christine Stewart, Yoga Teacher, Ireland

“Niamh has a no frills attached teaching skill which is inclusive, respectful, honest and open. I loved every minute of this training, and feel it is something we should all be exposed to.”

Rachel Lee, Yoga Teacher, Ireland

“Four beautiful days filled with information, nourishment and inspiration. And superbly facilitated! I must admit I loved being in the comfort of my own space at home and still felt very connected to the whole group.”

Are you ready to close the gaps in your own knowledge and have the confidence that you are teaching in a Menopause-Supportive way?

Join 300+ yoga teachers from across the globe from USA, Australia, the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe who have graduated with the Certificate in Yoga for the Stages of Menopause course since it began in 2020.

HONESTY BOX: €425 FULL PRICE: €495

(payment by debit and credit card, Klarna Buy Now and Pay Later or PayPal)

Self Paced Yoga for Stages of Menopause Training - Full Price

SELF PACED STUDY: Pay in Full €365

Begin anytime, and have one year’s access to all your resources to study at your own pace.

Niamh Daly, founder of Yinstinct Yoga, registered Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer (Yoga Alliance Professionals), Somatic Education coach, Nutrition coach and Pilates Mat Instructor.