Petra is the creator of Menopause Yoga - the world's first specialist style of yoga for women going through the stages of menopause, launched in 2013. There are now 700 Menopause Yoga gold standard teachers in 50 countries worldwide.
Petra is the author of the book 'Menopause Yoga - a holistic guide to supporting women on their menopause journey,' published 2021 by Singing Dragon Books.
She has been teaching since 2011 and, following her own experience of menopause, she created Menopause Yoga & Wellbeing workshops for women struggling with menopause symptoms. In 2013, she formally trademarked Menopause Yoga as a therapeutic style of yoga and, in 2019, she launched the world's first Menopause Yoga 40 Hour Teacher Training course which is accredited by both Yoga Alliance Professionals, the British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Australia.
Menopause Yoga brings together western medicine with eastern wellbeing under the umbrella of women's empowerment. Her course includes 4x specialist classes designed to help alleviate menopause symptoms, plus how to run menopause workshops, hold space in women's circles and promote your events. Trainees have access to a wealth of recorded yoga classes, webinars and expert guest speaker talks from doctors, sex and pelvic health, nutrition, herbal remedies, ayurveda and traditional chinese medicine, ethnicity awareness, premature menopause, ADHD and menopause, mental health and menopause and many more!
Petra made it her mission to train a Menopause Yoga teacher in every town across the UK so that women had access to local teachers. However, the course attracted so much interest internationally that there are now more than 600 qualified MY teachers in over 50 countries worldwide. They are listed on her website Teachers' Directory. Her 2nd book 'Menopause Yoga - a Daily Practice Guide' will be published in 2024.
In addition to the 40 Hour Menopause Yoga teacher training course accredited by YAP, Petra also runs regular Menopause Awareness Workshops in person and online for corporate clients, the NHS, the Menopause Charity, the BWY, Yoga Scotland, and many other organisations. This is open to men and women who want to know how to support menopausal women safely in their general classes, and make them more accessible.
She is a regular guest speaker at health events and on podcasts. She is a Trustee of the Brighton Natural Health Foundation charity which works to improve the health and wellbeing of residents including disadvantage groups.
In addition to Emergency First Aid Training, she also holds a certificate in Mental Health First Aid from MIND, the mental health charity and has undertaken a course in Mindfulness.
April 21
Menopause Yoga Teacher Training
Menopause Yoga Teacher Training