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Trusting Yourself Again: Somatic Cues from the Feet Up
Yay! It's World Menopause Day on Saturday, October 18th. It's also the "No Kings" rally (Free Palestine), I teach a yoga class in the morning, attend my son's soccer and/or ultimate frisbee games, AND I got tickets to see Brandi Carlile with my daughter. It's going to be a banger of a day. How can a day be so full?!!!! Will I make it? What's most important to me? Who am I letting down if something drops? Does any of it matter? Should I just stay home? This is how my brain
Roisin McGlynn
Oct 145 min read
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Non-Hormonal Menopause Care: the wisdom of Ayurveda
Abhyanga Massage Oil There is a plethora of information circling the internet and on social media espousing and promoting the benefits of...
Roisin McGlynn
Apr 304 min read
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Menopause as a Second Spring: Lessons from My Mum
This is a photo of my Mum, taken in the early ‘00s somewhere in Washington D.C. in the spring. It’s one of my favorite images of her for...
Roisin McGlynn
Mar 185 min read
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Hormones & Identity: Why I came back to yoga during perimenopause
Who am I if I'm not taking care of others? What do I need? People entering perimenopause don’t know what’s wrong with themselves and...
Roisin McGlynn
Mar 64 min read
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You Aren't Falling Apart. You are Becoming More.
Aretha and her furs: Detroit furriers remember their most loyal customer I was in perimenopause when I was in the depths of post-partum...
Roisin McGlynn
Feb 133 min read
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Is Quitting the New Resolution? Exploring the Gifts of Reflection Instead.
I have always despised making grand gestures and resolutions "for a great year!" at the start of the new western calendar year. You too? ...
Roisin McGlynn
Jan 93 min read
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"Empowering People: How Yoga and Community Support Can Ease the Menopausal Journey"
There was and continues to be times when online communities are really effective (social contact during global pandemics, grassroots...
Roisin McGlynn
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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Managing Anxiety and Depression in Menopause: Lessons from My Yoga Mat
Another year, and another World Mental Health Day is here. I often wonder what progress is being made to support women’s mental health,...
Roisin McGlynn
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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Exploring the Benefits of Yoga for Menopause: How it Can Heal and Empower Us
Becoming a certified menopause yoga teacher while going through perimenopause myself has been a confounding AND enlightening experience....
Roisin McGlynn
Sep 17, 20243 min read
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Why Yoga Teachers Need to be Menopause Informed
Many people associate menopause with hot flushes that come and go everyone now and again and expect women to just endure it – no...
Roisin McGlynn
Aug 17, 20243 min read
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