MENOPAUSE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING COURSE

With Petra Coveney (UK)

11-15 March 2026, Brussels

WHAT IS MENOPAUSE YOGA

Menopause Yoga is a specialist yoga practice and positive wellbeing programme designed to support women from perimenopause to post menopause.

Menopause Yoga is not a magic pill and does not claim to ‘cure’ medical conditions or ‘rebalance’ hormones (oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone) that fluctuate and decline in the menopause. However, yoga is scientifically proven to reduce stress and inflammation, which exacerbates many menopause symptoms such as anxiety, hot flushes, joint and muscle pain. Yoga may also help with sleep, digestion, fatigue, and developing posture, balance (proprioception), inner sensory awareness (interception) and muscle tone can help prevent fatal falls and fractures.

Menopause Yoga is therefore a non-dogmatic practice, programme and approach that seeks to Educate women, Empower them with a toolkit of techniques and encourages them to Embrace the menopause as an opportunity for self-transformation and growth. The key to flourishing in Second Spring is embracing more self-kindness, self-compassion, self-acceptance – and prioritising personal self-care.

Petra’s unique practice has been honed over a decade of working with women in the menopause and includes specially adapted yoga poses, breathing techniques and meditation to help women ease some of their menopause symptoms such as anxiety, overwhelm, brain fog, insomnia, fatigue, hot flushes and irritability, joint and muscle pain. Menopause Yoga also includes modified yoga for post menopause to help build balance, muscle strength and heart health to help counter the risks of osteoporosis, sarcopenia muscle loss and cardio vascular disease.

INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES

Dates : 11 – 15 mars 2026

Schedule : 10:00 – 16:00 from wednesday to sunday

Location : Beguinettes (Rue des Béguinettes 26, 1170 Boitsfort, Brussels)

Price : 750€ VAT incl.

To secure your place : A non-refundable deposit of 30% of the total amount must be paid upon registration. The remaining balance is to be paid before the training’s start date.

Cancellations: Within 5 weeks or more of the beginning of the training, fees will be refunded minus the non-refundable deposit. For cancellations after February 3rd 2026, no refund will be given. Payment in installments is possible.

PROGRAMME TYPE

COURSE CONTENT

This course includes:

• 5 in-person training days with Petra and other trainees (amounting to 30 contact hours);
• Self-study (amount to 10+ non-contact hours) of pre-recorded modules including video-recorded yoga classes, lectures of menopause expert guest speakers, and interviews with women in menopause;
• Mandatory coursework: 1) teaching a 15 minute Menopause Yoga class; 2) writing a 3-hour menopause workshop plan that includes a Menopause Yoga class; 3) keeping a journal for the duration of the course + writing a summary of insights at the end + writing advice to women on the benefits of journal writing.

RESOURCES

Trainees are expected to purchase Petra Coveney’s book for yoga teachers titled ‘Menopause Yoga – A Holistic guide to supporting women on their menopause journey,’ which includes a foreword by Dr Louise Newson.

Trainees will also receive a printable pdf Course Workbook.

Trainees will also have access to a library of videos including MY classes, Guest Speakers, Teacher Talks, and other webinars on marketing on the www.menopause-yoga.com website.

MEET PETRA COVENEY

Le Yoga pour la Ménopause is a trademarked yoga and wellbeing programme that was created by Petra Coveney who is a qualified yoga therapist, senior teacher and trainer with the British Wheel of Yoga, Yoga Alliance Professionals, and Yoga Australia who all accredit or recognise this professional course. She has more than 1,500 hours of teacher training qualifications and 3,500 hours of training almost 1,000 teachers worldwide to date (2025). Petra was the first yoga teacher to be accepted into the British Menopause Society (BMS) for medical and health practitioners.

She works with menopause specialist doctors, nutritionists, a pelvic floor nurse, CBT psychologist, a herbalist, ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine therapists, health and wellbeing experts and campaigners for menopause rights and education. Petra’s Menopause at Work videos are featured on the The Menopause Charity website and she delivers Menopause Wellbeing in the Workplace webinars and discussions for line-managers. Her first book ‘Menopause yoga – a holistic guide to supporting women on their menopause journey,’ was published by Singing Dragon Books, in 2021. Her 2nd book ‘Menopause Yoga & Wellbeing – A Daily Practice Guide for Perimenopause to Second Spring,’ has just been published in September 2025, and includes 20 yoga classes, meditations, breathwork and guided visualisations, all accompanied by illustrated drawings and videos. It is available here.

Petra teaches regular Menopause Yoga & Wellbeing workshops for women, retreats, online classes and one-to-one sessions with clients. The 40-hour Menopause Yoga Teacher Training course was launched in 2019 to create an international network of trained teachers who can support more women in menopause worldwide. There are currently more than 900 (almost 1,000) MY qualified teachers in more than 40 countries, to date.

To find out more visit www.menopause-yoga.com

This teacher training course is co-organized by Yogazaz and Galini Yoga.