Exploring Yoga and the Female Body Workshop Series
As a woman, yoga can be a powerful and remarkable tool for connecting with and understanding your body.
Join Jennifer More for an informative and illuminating series of workshops as she explores Yoga and the Female Body.
Traditionally yoga was created and utilized for the male body. As more women became interested in yoga, questions came up about the validity of the poses and sequences for the female yogi.
These workshops look at some of the variations that women’s bodies need to make practicing yoga safe and effective as well as exploring the benefits of using yoga techniques and movements to aid in preparing the body for pregnancy and supporting the female monthly cycle.
These workshops are open to yoga teachers and practitioners who are interested in learning more about the cycles of the female body from menstruation to preparing the body for pregnancy to menopause.
This is an inclusive workshop series. Everyone is welcome.
The course bundle includes the 3 workshops listed below. Each of the workshops has a scheduled live Zoom meeting date and time, as well as pre-recorded options for all enrolled students.
Join us live or watch the videos.
Yoga for Menopause and Beyond
Our next workshop will be: January 6, 2024 - 08:00-12:00 Pacific Time
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This workshop explores the gift of aging, the female body, and yoga practice. As women’s bodies move out of the fertile ages, what bodies need from yoga practice will also change. Perimenopause and beyond are seen in society as an undesirable ending of femininity made worse by unpleasant and sometimes embarrassing symptoms. In this workshop, we will shatter this image and discover how using yoga during perimenopause, menopause, and beyond can be times of incredible expansion, creativity, and pleasure. We will also learn how to deal with some of the common symptoms people experience and learn how to start preparing for this time early to prevent some of the harder consequences of the aging female body.
- Hormonal changes that affect your yoga practice
- Taking care of the pelvic floor during and after menopause
- How the asana practice changes as women age
- Lifestyle choices that support the perimenopausal and menopausal body
- Sequence inspirations for perimenopause and beyond
Yoga for Preparing for Pregnancy
Our next workshop will be: April 27, 2024 - 08:00-12:00 Pacific Time
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This workshop explores the power of yoga to help prepare the mind and body for the transformative time of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. A focused yoga practice that includes specific practices on and off the yoga mat can have a huge impact on the mental and physical preparedness of people who are considering getting pregnant. In this workshop we will explore specific poses and sequences that will increase blood flow to the reproductive system and exercises that will help optimize pelvic organ positions. We will also focus on specific meditation and mindfulness practices that will influence the nervous system and allow more energy to support the reproductive system while reducing stress and anxiety.
- Increase blood flow to your reproductive areas
- Mind body focus and positive intention
- Yoga poses to manage stress and promote relaxation
- Lifestyle choices and their impact on the ability to get pregnant
- Sequence inspirations for preparing for pregnancy
Yoga and the Menstrual Cycle
Our next workshop will be: April 28, 2024 - 08:00-12:00 Pacific Time
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Dive into the cycles of the female body with this in depth look at the menstrual cycle and how our practice of yoga on and off the mat can influence our connection to it. We will explore common menstrual cycle myths and misconceptions and look at yoga sequences for each part of the cycle to help people enjoy and make the most of their connection to their bodies.
- The phases of the menstrual cycle
- Adjusting yoga practice for women’s monthly cycles
- Poses to avoid during your cycle
- Yoga sequences for the menstrual cycle
- Utilizing yoga to enjoy the menstrual cycle
Meet your Instructor
Jennifer More is a Registered Yoga Alliance Vinyasa and Prenatal Yoga instructor (E-RYT500 & RPYT), Certified Master Clinical and Medical Hypnotherapist, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Reiki master and a Mother.
Jennifer’s passion for the benefits of prenatal yoga extends beyond the United States. She has trained yoga instructors in Peru, China, Colombia, Dubai, Bali, Mexico, France, Germany, The Netherlands and Australia, as well as many US locations in her Prenatal Vinyasa Yoga technique. Now with her online trainings she has trained students in about fifty countries. Her style has also given yoga instructors the tools to modify poses appropriately in order to incorporate pregnant women into their existing flow classes in a safe and effective manner. Countless women from all over the world have contacted Jennifer and credited her yoga techniques with improving the quality of their pregnancies and their birth experiences. In 2002, Jennifer opened the Dolphin Yoga and Doula Center, (now Dolphin Doula) to help laboring women and their partners prepare for positive birth experiences by providing knowledge, tools and a comforting environment for prenatal health and childbirth. Dolphin offers Doula and Postpartum Doula Services, Childbirth Education, Doula Training, Advanced Doula Training, and other childbirth preparation classes and events. Jennifer’s love for yoga and passion in the field of pregnancy and childbirth has propelled her to reach out to medical practitioners to help build a bridge between the medical community and doulas. As a hypnotherapist for the past twenty-five years, Jennifer pioneered the Dolphin Method, which uses hypnosis for gentle birthing and anxiety reduction during labor. She has prepared thousands of pregnant women for childbirth and provided doula support in more than 450 births and has spent over 10,000 hours with laboring women. Jennifer was an educator at the Palo Alto School of Hypnotherapy, where she offered the Dolphin Method and Childbirth Hypnosis certification as well as pain management to doulas and hypnotherapists.