(Peri)menopause: Managing Emotions, Stress, and Fatigue
Date
Saturday 27 June 2026
Timing
10:00-12:30 (2h30)
Location
EC Building "BREY" – Avenue d’Auderghem 45, 1040 Etterbeek
Price
35€/person
Menopause Yoga, created by Petra Coveney in the United Kingdom, is a holistic approach designed to support women through (peri)menopause by offering simple, effective, and accessible tools to help navigate this period of transformation. It promotes a positive and integrative vision of this stage of life, seen not as an ending, but as a bio-psycho-social-spiritual transition in a woman’s life.
Trained directly by Petra, Elsa will share her “toolbox” and Menopause Yoga techniques that help reduce stress and inflammation, which in turn can have a positive ripple effect on other menopause symptoms such as mood changes, irritability, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and insomnia. Although these psychological symptoms are less often discussed, they are very common.
To better understand the cause of symptoms such as mood swings, irritability, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and insomnia, and to learn how to better manage them, this workshop includes:
- A yoga session (adapted postures as well as breathing, relaxation and mindfulness exercices)
- A supportive and confidential sharing circle
- Scientific information and practical advice for daily life
- Resources for consultation
The aim of Menopause Yoga is to inform and empower women, enabling them to navigate the emotional, physical, and psychological changes they experience during menopause with more calm and confidence.
Name
Elsa
Expertise
Yoga Teacher
With 14 years of yoga practice behind her, Elsa decided to deepen her knowledge of yoga philosophy and its benefits for both body and mind by completing a 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga teacher training in Brussels in 2019. Since then, she has graduated in and taught several other styles of yoga, including Yin, Hatha, Rocket Yoga, pre- and postnatal yoga, and Menopause Yoga.
Alongside yoga and a daily meditation practice, Elsa also engages in a wide range of sports. She firmly believes that training the mind is just as important as training the body in order to reduce stress, feel good in one’s body, and cultivate confidence, focus, and groundedness.
Drawing on her experience teaching yogis of different ages and levels, Elsa has developed a caring and educational approach focused on breath, interoception, deep core strengthening, alignment, and joint mobility.
Specialised in supporting women, she accompanies major life transitions — pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause — with gentleness and respect for each person’s individual rhythm. Her classes are safe and supportive spaces where everyone is encouraged to honour the authenticity of their body and cultivate lasting inner balance.
This workshop is open to everyone, men and women:
- regardless of one's yoga experience
- who wish to understand the challenges of menopause and the impact of hormonal changes on women's physical and mental health
- who wish to discuss the topic and their experience with menopause, or simply listen.
- and to yoga teachers interested in the topic and who wish to discover a new teaching approach.
Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move freely. Remember to bring a water bottle, something to take notes with, and a scarf or sleeping mask to cover your eyes. All other materials will be provided.
The workshop begins with a sharing circle in a supportive and confidential setting, followed by a theoretical introduction to menopause to provide participants with all essential scientific information on the topic. The second part of the workshop includes a 75-minute yoga practice, featuring mindfulness exercises, breathing exercices, postures, and mantras to help relieve symptoms, and it ends with a short Q&A session.
No. The workshop is open to anyone who wants to better understand the effects of menopause and discover how yoga - through movement, breathing, meditation, and relaxation - can help alleviate certain symptoms.
Date
Saturday 27 June 2026
Timing
10:00-12:30 (2h30)
Location
EC Building "BREY" – Avenue d’Auderghem 45, 1040 Etterbeek
Price
35€/person
Booking policy
Via CYCE's website (European Commission Yoga Circle)
Cancellation policy
Please contact CYCE for more information: hr-cercle-de-yoga@ec.europa.eu
Spots are limited in order to ensure attentive and personalised guidance.
Mindful yoga to strengthen the body, calm the mind, and reconnect with yourself.
