Why Take This Workshop?

Have you ever skipped a yoga class because you felt too tired or pushed through a power yoga class and came home exhausted?

Do you sometimes find settling into a restorative yoga class hard because your body can’t handle being still? Other times, it is all you can do to get up again after savasana.

Here at Sunflower Yoga & Wellness, we are ready to introduce you to the superpowers of Menstrual Cycle Awareness and show you how to use this knowledge about yourself to adapt your yoga practice to suit your physical and emotional state.

Women are cyclical. We are not meant to run at the same speed all month long. Our energy has natural ebbs and flows, as do our hormones through the menstrual cycle.

Unfortunately, modern society’s linear path no longer respects this precious cycle. We are conditioned to keep going when we are tired, to keep appointments and social activities even when we’d rather stay home and read a book. We think we are wasting time if we are not doing something all the time.

Have you ever attended a class while on your period and put your body into positions it wasn’t comfortable doing, but you felt too embarrassed to change to a gentler option?

When you practice Menstrual Cycle Awareness, you can use this knowledge as your guide to finding the practice that will benefit your body the most at that time or adapting your own level of practice in any class you attend to allow you to support your body and your needs.