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Menopause is starting to be approached with more openness, more nuance, and more conversation around the different ways ...
03/06/2026

Menopause is starting to be approached with more openness, more nuance, and more conversation around the different ways women can be supported through it. ‘Bout time 🤪

One recent paper explored yoga as an intervention for menopausal symptoms.

What stood out to me wasn’t just that yoga showed measurable improvements in areas like sleep, anxiety, mood, blood pressure, and overall symptom burden.

It was what that represents.

For a long time, conversations around menopause have felt limited in terms of options… centered mostly around symptom management once things become disruptive.

So it’s encouraging to see more attention being given to approaches that support the body more holistically.

Not as a cure or replacement for medical care.

But as a way of working with the nervous system, the breath, and the body’s regulatory systems in a way that’s accessible, adaptable, and supportive over time.

That feels significant to me.

Especially in a phase of life where so many women are being asked to navigate major physical and emotional changes with very little support or education.

I also think it’s important to acknowledge that this research is still evolving…

There’s more to understand about how, when, and for whom these approaches are most effective.

But it does feel like part of a larger shift:
toward giving women more ways to participate in their own health and aging process… and more tools to stay connected to their bodies through change.

I’d love to hear how others are thinking about this.

Whether you’ve explored yoga, other supportive practices, or are simply noticing the ways your relationship with your body has changed over time.

Pride Month always invites me into deeper reflection around identity.How we come to understand ourselves over time.How t...
01/06/2026

Pride Month always invites me into deeper reflection around identity.

How we come to understand ourselves over time.
How that understanding can shift, expand, soften, or become clearer through different seasons of life.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of honoring that process… both within ourselves and within the people around us.

Not treating self-understanding as a fixed destination, but as an ongoing relationship.

A lifelong conversation.

There’s something deeply human about allowing people the space to define themselves in their own time, in their own way.

And recognizing that many of us are still learning new things about ourselves too.

That we’re never fully “done” understanding ourselves.
That there’s always more room for becoming.

If this resonates, I welcome you to share what this process has looked like for you. ❤️

I saved these as little sweet reminders to myself… because each message points to something I come back to often.Who yo...
28/05/2026

I saved these as little sweet reminders to myself… because each message points to something I come back to often.

Who you surround yourself with matters.

How you spend time with yourself carries meaning.

What you practice consistently matters.

The questions you ask yourself have a way of shaping everything.
Sometimes a small shift in perspective changes more than a big plan ever could.

If one of these spoke to you, I’d love to know which one. ❤️

26/05/2026

I made this invisible apple bread as a little pre-game fuel moment and it was exactly what I needed that morning.

I had it with some yogurt for a bit of protein before heading out, feeling good and prepared for whatever movement the day was going to hold.

These days, that intention around fueling matters more to me.

I don’t naturally wake up hungry, and skipping breakfast can be easy, but

I’m learning how much better my body feels when I give it something steady to work with.

There’s a touch of coconut sugar in this and sometimes a little sweetness is part of what makes food feel nourishing rather than transactional.

This kind of simple pre-game fuel has been a nice companion for me lately.

Recipe link here: https://upbeetandkaleingitblog.com/unbelievable-healthy-and-gluten-free-invisible-apple-bread/ 🍎 Let me know if you try it out!

Did you know that women’s fascia responds to hormonal shifts?This is a measurable biological process. Bear with me while...
22/05/2026

Did you know that women’s fascia responds to hormonal shifts?

This is a measurable biological process. Bear with me while while I nerd out for a moment… 🤓

Fascial fibroblasts express hormone receptors and adjust collagen production in response to fluctuations in estrogen and relaxin across the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause.

Across a typical cycle, rising estrogen around ovulation is associated with increased collagen type III, which tends to make fascia more elastic and adaptable.

During lower-estrogen phases, collagen type I becomes more dominant, contributing to greater stiffness and load-bearing capacity.

These shifts repeat regularly, and over time they may help explain why many women notice changes in joint sensation, tissue tenderness, or cyclical pain patterns.

What stands out to me is how remodeling is constantly happening. Fascia isn’t static… it’s constantly responding to internal chemistry as well as training load, recovery, stress, and environment.

What’s so cool about this is that it invites a more contextual relationship with pain, movement, and care. One that accounts for timing and life stage rather than assuming the body is inconsistent or breaking down.

These are exactly the kinds of conversations we explore in depth on the podcast and inside our Female Health Yoga Teacher Training with !

I’d love to continue this dialogue with you there: https://yogamedicine.com/product/female-health-yoga-teacher-training-online/

20/05/2026

It’s interesting how quickly we label things in our body as “bad.”

Lab results, symptoms, changes in how we feel… energy, digestion, appetite, even our cycles.

The instinct is usually to go straight to… something’s off.

But the body is constantly communicating.

And those shifts — while not always comfortable — are still information.

They’re signals we can actually work with.

I think part of the shift is learning to see that information as intelligence… not something to fear, but something to understand.

Because when that perspective changes, even slightly, the question changes too.

Instead of “what’s wrong with me?”

It becomes “what is my body trying to show me?”

And that doesn’t take away the challenge.

But it does create a different kind of relationship with your body.

Less fighting it… more understanding it.
Less working against it… more working with what’s there.

And that alone can change a lot.

I’m curious — does this way of looking at your body resonate with you?

19/05/2026

What shifts when you gently say yes to the life that’s here?

‘Yes to Life!’ is a meditation about cultivating an inner smile ❤️ a quiet, embodied openness that allows you to meet your experience with warmth rather than resistance.

The smile in this practice isn’t about pretending everything feels light or easy.

It’s an inward gesture of willingness. A way of softening toward your own experience. A way of remembering that multiple sensations, emotions, & layers of life can exist together inside you.

There’s something powerful about sensing awareness itself as kind. When the body softens even slightly, the mind often follows.

When we relate to ourselves with warmth, the day has the potential to unfold differently.

This meditation can be a beautiful reset when things feel heavy, rushed, or layered.

It can also be a simple way to begin the day… orienting toward receptivity and presence.

If you try it, notice what happens when you let that inner smile belong just to you.

I’d love to hear what it opens for you. Join me: https://yogamedicine.com/video_library/yes-to-life-audio-only/

18/05/2026

One of the things I appreciate most about myofascial release is how practical it is.

When you work directly with the connective tissue system, you start to feel how different areas of the body relate to each other… how tension builds and movement changes, and how the nervous system responds.

I am really looking forward to diving into this during the Built to Last immersion weekend .

Over this weekend, we’ll move through a three-part series that looks at the body in a more systematic way.

We’ll start with the legs, then spend time with the arms, shoulders, and neck, and finish with the back and hips 🤓 effectively building a clearer picture of what’s happening in your own tissues and how to work with them.

The goal is to leave with a set of tools you can use on your own, along with a better understanding of why they work and where they’re most useful.

I’m really looking forward to spending the weekend exploring this work together in July! Come join me by registering through the link in bio.

For hundreds of years, we’ve understood the body through two major transportation systems: the cardiovascular system & t...
15/05/2026

For hundreds of years, we’ve understood the body through two major transportation systems: the cardiovascular system & the lymphatic system.

Now researchers are exploring evidence of something else entirely…

A vast, interconnected fluid network moving through fascia and the spaces between tissues and organs… what scientists are calling the interstitium.

Those of who have taken any of our courses on fascia know this is where the extracellular matrix (ECM) lives.

Honestly… this kind of research lights me up. 🤓

Partly because the implications are enormous for how we understand inflammation, fluid movement, connective tissue, healing, metabolic health, and even chronic disease. And partly because it’s finally bringing more attention to this system that many of you here, like myself, already know and love!!

But also because it feels like one of those rare moments where modern anatomy starts catching up to observations that many Eastern medicine systems have been describing for thousands of years.

One of the most fascinating parts of this research is the emerging connection between the interstitium and acupuncture meridians.

Researchers injected tracers & dye into acupuncture points and watched fluid travel through interstitial pathways that aligned with traditional meridian maps… not through veins or lymph vessels, but through connective tissue spaces themselves.

As someone who has spent decades studying both Western medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and has an active acupuncture practice, I find this incredibly exciting.

This opens the door for a more integrated conversation about the body… and a thrilling landmark moment where ancient observations & modern imaging may actually have more overlap than we once thought.

It makes me wonder how many discoveries are still waiting inside systems we assumed we already understood in some other context.

Check out the full, beautifully illustrated article in the — definitely worth a read: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/11/magazine/interstitium-anatomy-acupuncture-medicine.html?searchResultPosition=1

In case you needed the reminder… Our health (in all of its incredible forms and layers) shapes what’s possible. ❤️
14/05/2026

In case you needed the reminder…

Our health (in all of its incredible forms and layers) shapes what’s possible. ❤️

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