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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.

04/09/2025

Meet Rose Sonnenburg from Pretoria, South Africa 🇿🇦
She just completed the self-paced option in Yoga for Menopause and Beyond.

👩🏼‍🎓This is not just a CPD, this is a certification, with 40 hours of training and study, so that you are equipped with more than just the basics.

💕 But still, it manages to be a connecting, enriching and personal experience for many teachers.

🌾 Yoga for Menopause YTT gives you a deep experience of the varying journeys of the women in your classes:

❤️ You will have so much understanding that no one’s story will knock you sideways.
❤️ You will be able to listen with equilibrium for yourself, and knowledge for them.
❤️ You will be able to hold their experience and support it, all while minding yourself and others present.

Why?

🌿 In part because this course is borne out of my 10 years working specifically in this area, hearing and holding well over 1,000 women in the stages of menopause.

This is not just a-n-other training by a school ticking a box. It is my decade of focus SOLELY on women in peri-and post-menopause.

💻 Come join me live online, or take the self-paced option. Even in the self-paced, we connect one-to-one whenever you want or need. ☺️

👩🏼‍🎓 Certified and recognised by Yoga Alliance Professionals, Yoga Alliance and Canadian Yoga Alliance.

03/09/2025

🧘‍♀️ Protect Your Pelvic Floor During Effort | Yoga & Bone Health

Did you know that using your core can sometimes create downward pressure on the pelvic floor — and this is especially important to consider during menopause?
In this video, I share simple strategies to protect your pelvic floor while still engaging your core. Small adjustments make a big impact for both men and women.

👉 This video is part of a series on Yoga for Bone Health Teacher Training.

🎥 I’m creating a YouTube playlist where you can see clips from the training. Watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNF01xlXTtXi7bnwM-tpcc7Xpd8K4VG7A

02/09/2025

Yoga for Bone Health and Yoga+Pilates for Safe Strength.
New term of classes begins September!

Wednesdays 11am-12, in person, Kilcoole, Co Wicklow
Thursdays 1-1.50pm Irish time (GMT) live online (recordings available)

See my website for details. https://yinstinctyoga.com/classes/yoga-nutrition-pilates-menopause-women/

It is possible to improve your risk of fracture, whatever your bone density scores!

Learn how with an experienced teacher and trainer of teachers. You will be in safe hands.

01/09/2025

Dead Bug Set-up to Boost the Benefits

Teaching core awareness and skilled engagement really matters for safety and effectiveness — especially for students with osteoporosis or other conditions.
In this video, I share how Pilates-inspired principles can help yoga teachers guide students to stabilize, maintain space, and move with precision.
✨ Everything I teach here is part of my Yoga for Bone Health Teacher Training.

👀 Curious to learn more?

I’m building a playlist on YouTube where I share practical insights from the Yoga for Bone Health Teacher Training.

🎥 Explore the videos here:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNF01xlXTtXi7bnwM-tpcc7Xpd8K4VG7A&feature=shared

22/08/2025

I began developing Yoga for Menopause and Beyond in 2015.

Changes to the physical body were what first alerted me to the need to address yoga asana.

Though we might not love to admit it, many of us have felt injured or compromised when pursuing some physical yoga shapes.

This is not fun when we are 30.
It is a serious concern when estrogen and progesterone start to shift.
Because then... tissue integrity and recovery also shift.

In my YTT and book of the same name (Yoga for Menopause and Beyond by Niamh Daly), you will be supported to protect not just your physical body, but your practice into the future.

That's even before we get into the neurological, visceral, emotional and social considerations that our teaching can hinder, or be adjusted to support!

In development since 2015, with over 50 trainings run since 2020, you are in experienced and knowledgeable hands.

See https://yinstinctyoga.com/certificate-in-teaching-yoga-for-menopause/ for details and dates.

14/08/2025

Videos of people applying their HRT are popping up on social media now, which is “great” for 2 things:
normalising its use ☑️ and
creating FOMO in those who don’t or can’t use it ☑️

This is the latest trend on top of trends saying you must be able to:
do push ups,
stand up from the floor without using your hands,
wear a weighted vest (seemingly ALL the time)
balance for a certain number of seconds eyes closed
eat a whole cow of protein daily
take creatine, collagen, crisps (sorry no, not crisps🙄)
look after your heart, bones, brain, pelvic floor, inflammation, and on and on and on…

and if you don’t??? DISASTER is SURELY round the corner 🤯🤯🙄

I do try to make the things that I advise for health post menopause as achievable and time-efficient as possible… But when you know a lot about menopause health and aging, even before looking at social media, it can feel like every single cell needs special treatment!

If we did all the things we are told we “must” do on social media, 24 hours of our day and every penny we earn, would be given over to strength training, protein shopping, cooking, supplement shopping, mobility drills, the latest HRT research and application, equipment purchases… the list goes on and on…

The word on the slide is kind of a joke… But I sure feel that if I’m not careful, the pressure is there… I’m not far from it myself! It’s all very well to aim to support my health, and it’d be nice to pick and choose how I age and die! But I can’t avoid it all, and something is going to get me in the end.

In the meantime, I make it my intention during the day to do things just for the sake of doing them.

Do you feel the pressure? Are you able to relax about it sometimes?

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