Menopause Program

What is Menopause?

Menopause is a part of life’s natural progression. Your ovaries reduce the production of sex hormones, and menstruation stops. You officially reach menopause when you don’t have a period for at least one year continuously. The period leading up to menopause – typically lasting a few years – is called perimenopause.

Menopause and perimenopause aren’t illnesses. But everyone going through them knows that the symptoms can be deeply uncomfortable.
According to traditional health sciences like Ayurveda, transition into menopause should be completely without any uncomfortable symptoms. Menopausal symptoms – like hot flashes and mood swings – happen only when a woman reaches this natural life stage with her health already out of balance.

The idea is quite simple to understand. While you continue to have periods, every month, your ovaries produce the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which have important roles to play in your body, beyond just reproduction. These two hormones perform many other tasks. They help your bones stay strong, abdominal weight stay in check, skin remain soft and healthy, body-temperature controls work properly, brain to able to multi-task, stay in good mood, etc. The adrenal glands, which sit on top of your kidneys, also produce small amounts of estrogen and other hormones, to support your ovaries.

When you reach menopause, the ovaries stop producing these hormones, but the adrenal glands continue to do so. While you may no longer be able to have a baby, the other health functions – skin, bones, cardiac health, cognitive health, etc. – will continue to be served by the small amount of these hormones produced by the adrenal glands.

The sad part of our modern life is that by the time most women reach perimenopause or menopause, their adrenal glands are already overworked and exhausted! Modern stress takes such a toll on us that our adrenal glands are unable to make up for the deficit of hormones not being produced by the ovaries anymore. Result: you have menopausal symptoms, which are almost a sign of you arriving at this stage of life burnt out! With our holistic program, that helps to support your adrenal glands to recover and function well again, you can overcome the discomfort and get your vibrancy back!