Hot Flashes & Cold Facts

Service Description

This continuing education retreat offers healthcare professionals evidence-based strategies for working with clients facing perimenopause, menopause, and age-related changes. Through a unique blend of scientific knowledge, humor, and practical yoga-based interventions, participants will acquire a comprehensive understanding of the complex physiological, cognitive, and emotional changes that occur during these life transitions. This hands-on program combines didactic sessions with experiential labs, teaching healthcare providers how to differentiate between menopausal symptoms and normal aging processes while developing targeted, client-centered treatment approaches. Participants will learn to utilize evidence-based yoga practices to address cognitive changes, musculoskeletal complaints, cardiovascular health, sleep disturbances, pelvic floor issues, and balance deficits. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: 1. Differentiate between symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause versus those related to normal aging processes across multiple body systems. 2. Implement evidence-based yoga interventions, including specific asanas, pranayama techniques, and mindfulness practices, to manage common perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms, as well as physiological changes associated with the normal aging process. 3. Assess current research on hormone replacement therapy and other therapeutic approaches to develop informed care plans for clients navigating menopause. 4. Develop care plans that incorporate pelvic floor health, balance training, cardiovascular conditioning, and bone health strategies specifically tailored for perimenopausal, menopausal, and aging individuals, The workshop will be held at the Landgrove Inn, Landgrove, VT. All participants are highly encouraged to stay at the Landgrove Inn. A facility fee will be charged for anyone not staying at the Inn. Rooms are approx. $200/double occupancy per night/per person plus tax and services and includes 3 meals/day. Please contact Tom Checchia at the Landgrove to reserve your room (www.vtinn@sover.net or 800-669-8466). *Before the workshop, participants will be required to watch one assigned video and read two articles.