Yoga for Menopause Teacher Training
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 80+ workshops, classes, lectures, free teacher’s community meet-ups , Certified by Yoga Alliance Professionals, Yoga Alliance 40 hours continued education points, Canadian Yoga Alliance registered training, Self-paced option (incl personal contact if desired), open to yoga teachers only (or currently training) so we can dive deeper.
Read on for curriculum, dates and more.
You could become the best informed, reassuring and supportive professional in your student’s life.
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.
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 since it began in 2020.
Next dates LIVE ONLINE
NEW YEAR TRAINING: January: 17th, 24th & 31st (7-9.30pm), 18th, 25th, 26th & Feb 8th (1-6pm) Irish time
SPRING TRAINING: March: 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.
Certified by: Yoga Alliance Professionals. 40 continued education points: Yoga Alliance (USA) & Canadian Yoga Alliance.
This 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.
Training Curriculum
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
With one year’s access online to study the entire course again, it includes specialist contributions from:
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 & 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.
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.
Your required reading supporting you for years to come.
Once you have booked the course, you are requested to get hold of a copy of the required reading material, pictured here.
Your library may be happy to supply it to you, a friend may lend it to you, or you can purchase it easily via your preferred retailer.
Donna Farhi reviewed it: “At last, a book I can wholeheartedly recommend to women… Daly’s immense experience in working compassionately with her students shows through on every page of this invaluable guide… 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
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.”
“[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
Bonus material
To offset the cost of the book, as well as the curriculum detailed above, you will receive:
Movement & More for Menopause & Beyond
80+ use-any-time talks & practices, using yoga, and covering nutrition and other supports for key areas (bone health, brain health, pelvic floor, sleep, heart health, aches and pains, lymphatics etc). You’ll be able to see your learning in action, to deepen your familiarity with it, and steal 100s of ideas for your classes and workshops!
Graduate community & updates
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.
Ongoing Support & Guidance
Along with the graduate meet-ups, and the 80+ workshops, classes and lectures you will have access to after graduating, I am here for you in an informal mentorship role, and love nothing more than hearing from you as you develop your menopause-supportive teaching.
Your investment also includes
Yinstinct Teacher Directory.
Fees include a free listing in Yoga for Menopause qualified teachers directory on the Yinstinct site.
Giving back
I will make a donation to breast cancer research on behalf of every teacher who pays for the course. This is on gratitude for the contribution to the course, and to my knowledge, by Dr Annice Mukherjee.
Assessment & certification
Post-course assessment, certification costs and a donation to Breast Cancer research
Two study options
Live online training
Certified by Niamh Daly and Yoga Alliance Professionals, and valid for Yoga Alliance USA & Canadian 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, with access for a year. Valid for Yoga Alliance USA & Canadian Yoga Alliance points. Completing your study, your one-to-one with me, and your assessments will allow me to certify you as a 40 hours Yoga for Menopause and Beyond trained teacher.
Costs:
My prices are already more affordable than comparable trainings (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 whichever of the prices you feel you can afford.
Normal price: €495. Honesty Box: €425. Self-paced: €365
Please get in touch if you need to pay in smaller amounts over time.
Choose your study option and book now
Here’s what some of my Yoga for the Stages of Menopause Graduates say about their training experience with me.
Or scroll on to learn about me, your lead teacher.
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, CYA RYT550, 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.
Feel free to book now, or get in touch with Niamh with any questions or payment struggles.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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
40 hours total, made up of 28 hours live, and 12 hours home-study.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Of course! Please reach out to Niamh personally via email here, and ask away.
