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Cheryl Gordon has been teaching yoga for nearly 30 years and touched over 10,000 lives along the way, but when menopause arrived at the start of COVID, the practice she'd built her whole career on suddenly didn't fit. In this conversation, Cheryl shares how she rebuilt her personal practice and her teaching from the ground up, discovering along the way that midlife women aren't just looking to sleep better or lose weight. They're looking to come home to themselves.
Cheryl and Denise talk about the real reasons behind menopausal weight gain, why the number on the scale is just a data point and not a verdict on your worth, how relationships and community naturally shift in this season of life, and why self-care often needs to look different than a spa day or a glass of wine. Cheryl also leads a 60-second mindfulness practice you can do anywhere, and explains the science behind why these small resets actually help reverse the effects of chronic stress on the body.
Cheryl offers a free webinar on how to reset midlife weight gain using yoga and mindfulness: https://mailchi.mp/cherylgordonyt/reset-midlife-weight. You can also catch her own podcast, The Midlife Reset: Sleep, Strength and Joy for Women 50+, at https://cherylgordonyt.com/podcast-the-midlife-reset/.
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