Yinstinct Yoga

Yinstinct Yoga Yoga I have been teaching Yoga for 15 years. I also hold an Advanced Diploma in Nutrition Coaching and a Pilates Mat teaching qualification.

I support people one-to-one in nutrition and exercise. I hold weekly classes and occasional workshops in Greystones and online. I train other Yoga teachers around the world in my Certificate in Teaching Yoga for Menopause, and run a CPD in Menopause Awareness for Wellness Professionals. Teaching retreats a few times a year, which are very popular, I also love offering a blissful immersion into all

aspects of Yoga in stunning surroundings in the West of Ireland. Hatha Yoga is the basis of all Yoga styles, and gives beginners and experienced practitioners an essential insight into all it can provide. My classes are aimed at bringing you towards greater strength, comfort and health, with essential focus on the healthy alignment of the joints and spine to avoid the injury that can come with a less refined practice. I teach pragmatically through evidence-based techniques that enhance the benefits of yoga for all, and especially for women who are in the throes of their perimenopause transition, or in the years beyond.

14/08/2026

We may feel like time is slipping away.

But we are part of a huge continuum.

You may never know what influence some of your words or actions will have.

Somehow, for me, recognising my insignificance, alongside my significance, and possible teeny contributions to the future, helps me feel less urgency, but also more deep connection to each moment I am alive.

My work is practical. But it is also philosophical and psychological, because I work to support that which concerns us more the older we get. Our relationship with time and aging necessitates ways to navigate our very human, existential thoughts and challenges.

Our relationship with mortality will always be complex because of our amazing cognitive minds. We are often troubled by them, but we can also use them: choosing to see the subtleties, significances, and huge connections of a moment.

A meandering post. Just like our minds and moods. šŸ¤—

This post is not about how big or small, loose or toned my arms or your arms are. Itā€™s about how all of us have been mad...
11/08/2026

This post is not about how big or small, loose or toned my arms or your arms are. Itā€™s about how all of us have been made to feel. And how much easier it is to see others with compassion or even neutrality than we can see ourselves.

I am ashamed but I also TOTALLY understand myself and the thoughts I had. Because:

ā™„ļø Since 2015 I have supported women through perimenopause and into post-menopause.

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ Women coming to my workshops and courses expressed hatred for themselves, physically and in terms of mood.

ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ My heart was aching for their inability to see beyond our conditioning!

ā™„ļø So what I developed in Yoga for Menopause was centered around the shattering of what we think we should be, and the building of appreciation for life as it passes, including the changes we are taught to despise.

Now, 11 years on and age 56, my body is still changing. I have more of the visible effects of my journey from birth to old age.

I preach acceptance!
I do accept my age and that I will not last forever.
I accept my osteoporosis, my hearing loss, my changed energy. I talk about these things openly.
I teach meditations on our softness, like how touching soft plump bellies feels lovely, and noticing how good flesh wobbles FEEL!

So, I was sideswiped when I found myself wanting to hide photos where the angle caused the flesh of my arm to hang ā€œunattractivelyā€.

Jeez, the cellular way dissatisfaction is ingrained in us! Itā€™s MAD!!!

The marketers used to just come at women in their 20s and 30s. Now in our 50s 60s 70s, we are under the same pressures as we were then. They will not let up.

Our job is to understand that, and every day push ourselves towards the truth. If you want to live a long and happy life, research shows that being okay with aging actually increases longevity.

As my boyfriend said to me, ā€œthey are just normal armsā€. Most of us just have normal arms. Including them in a book about movement practices, shouldnā€™t be in any way significant.

Thank you all for reading my posts, and unknowingly making me stand up for the principles I hold so close to my heart for other women, but for a moment couldnā€™t bestow on myself.

08/08/2026

šŸ§¬ Hereā€™s something most people donā€™t know about early perimenopause: your hormones arenā€™t just declining, they can spike higher than ever first.

šŸ©ø When estrogen and progesterone are high, tissue mobility increases. This happens naturally just before a bleed, during pregnancy, and also in whatā€™s called the Late Reproductive Stage (LRS), the phase right before perimenopause properly begins.

šŸ„š In this stage, some people experience bilateral ovulation, both ovaries releasing an egg in the same cycle. This hyperovulation is thought to be the reproductive systemā€™s last attempt to conceive, and itā€™s part of why fraternal twins are more likely to be conceived during this window.

šŸ§˜ā€ā™€ļø Understanding these shifts matters hugely for how we teach yoga. A studentā€™s tissue mobility isnā€™t static, itā€™s fluctuating with a hormonal landscape thatā€™s often more chaotic in early perimenopause than people expect.

šŸ“š This is exactly the kind of material we go into in much more depth in my Certificate in Teaching Yoga for Menopause and Beyond. The next group starts September 4th, and places are limited.

šŸ’¬ Comment MENOPAUSE YTT below and Iā€™ll send you more details about the course.

NeuroSoma Yoga 25 hour training starts this September. Applications for a limited number of places are coming in. Closin...
06/08/2026

NeuroSoma Yoga 25 hour training starts this September.

Applications for a limited number of places are coming in. Closing date August 17th.

Thereā€™s a link to discover details and apply in my stories today.

Good luck!

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