BODYWISE
Rediscover balance, energy, and ease in peri-to-post menopause.
The peri-to-post menopause transition brings real shifts—in your sleep, your energy, your joints, your mood.
You’re not imagining it, and you don’t have to push through it alone.
BodyWise is a 10-week well-being series designed to help women 40+ move through the menopausal transition with steadiness, strength, and calm.
Tuesdays, 6:00–7:00 PM | April 14 – June 23, 2026
Mount Si Physical Therapy Wellness Collective
$249 for the full 10-week series | $30 per class
If your body feels unfamiliar lately, you’re not imagining it.
→Fatigue that sleep doesn’t fix.
→Joints that ache for no clear reason.
→A mood that shifts without warning.
→Brain fog that makes you question yourself.
These are real physiological changes—not personal failures.
And they respond to specific, well-chosen support.
BodyWise offers that support.
Movement, breathwork, and rest practices designed specifically for what your body is going through right now.
Why BodyWise?
BodyWise combines education, movement, and mindfulness to help you strengthen, release, and restore—inside and out.
Each session blends traditional yoga, breathwork, and relaxation techniques with modern insights from women’s health research to support whole-person well-being.
✓ Enhance sleep quality and energy levels
✓ Manage stress, mood, and temperature shifts
✓ Support bone and pelvic health
✓ Improve balance, posture, and mobility
✓ Regulate your nervous system
✓ Feel more at home in your changing body
Practical Tools
🌿 What You’ll Experience
In each session, you’ll step into a calm, supportive space with a small group of women navigating the same transition.
Over 60 minutes, you’ll move through:
✓ Mindful, breath-led movement to build strength and stability
✓ Breathwork and HeartMath-informed practices for stress and temperature regulation
✓ Myofascial release and somatic techniques to ease tension
✓ Guided rest to support sleep and nervous system recovery
You’ll leave each session with practices you can use at home—not just during the hour, but between sessions, and long after the series ends.
A Complete Body-Mind-Spirit Experience
Each week, we move through interconnected themes that build on each other.
Strength & Balance for Feet and Legs. Stability, proprioception, and bone health—building a strong foundation.
Happy Hips. Mobility, joint stability, and myofascial release for midlife hips.
Psoas & Pelvic Health. Deep core awareness, pelvic floor support, and postural alignment.
Core Awareness. Functional core engagement, breathing, and integrated strength.
Spine, Heart & Shoulders. Thoracic mobility, posture, shoulder stability, and heart-opening practices.
Emotional Strength & Integration. Mind-body connection, breath practices for hot flashes and brain fog, and whole-self restoration.
BodyWise is for you if you’re…
✓ In perimenopause, postmenopause, or medical/surgical menopause
✓ Looking for natural, evidence-informed ways to manage symptoms
✓ Wanting to rebuild strength, balance, and calm—at your own pace
✓ Interested in practices that support bone, joint, and pelvic health
✓ Ready for support that meets you where you are—not where you think you should be
Two Ways to Join
Drop-In
$30 per class
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Try a single session
Perfect if you’re curious
Full Series • Best Value
$240 x 10 classes • save $60
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The complete 10-week journey
Progressive, guided practice
🎁 Full Series Bonus
Register for the full series to receive access to the BodyWise private podcast—guided meditations, breathing techniques, and coaching to support your journey between sessions and beyond.
Meet Alex
Alexandra Howson PhD, E-RYT is a yoga teacher and medical writer who specializes in inquiry-based movement and mindful awareness to support nervous-system regulation and whole-body balance.
With a professional background in healthcare education and research, Alex integrates traditional yoga with evidence-based approaches to the peri-to-post menopause journey. She brings both deep expertise and lived experience to every session.
Love for BodyWise
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Last week's practice was incredibly helpful. Learning to slow my breaths (in my case, to one every ten seconds) has proven very effective for reducing my stress during the workday. Thank you!
~Amy
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This is amazing! Thank you for sharing!
~Jheri
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Coming to your class Saturday morning just meant the weekend to me. I miss your inspiration and all the poems and notes you share in class. I miss your welcoming spirit and fantastic instruction.
~Kirstin
A Taste of BodyWise
A guided core awareness practice and a conversation about rest, nervous systems, and why midlife asks for a different kind of support.
In this conversation with Heather Yancey on The Badass Reset podcast, I share how tiny micro-rest practices can help you regulate your nervous system, recover your energy, and feel like yourself again.
Try this short core-awareness practice to build strength, stability, and mindful connection through the center of your body.
Got Questions?
We’ve got answers.
Location: Mount Si Physical Therapy Wellness Collective
Dates: April 14–June 19, 2026
Time: 6-7p.m.
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BodyWise is specifically designed for women navigating perimenopause and beyond. Every session integrates movement, breathwork, and rest practices informed by women’s health research—not a generic flow class. We target bone health, pelvic floor, core, and emotional resilience so you build knowledge and skill over time.
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Drop-in lets you try a single class with no commitment—perfect if you’re curious. The full series gives you all 10 sessions at $24/class (a $60 savings) and the benefit of progressive, connected learning. Most participants find the cumulative experience is where the real shifts happen.
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Not at all. BodyWise is designed to meet you where you are. Whether you’ve practiced for years or have never been on a mat, every session includes options and adaptations. There’s no expectation to “keep up”—this is your practice, at your pace.
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Bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing you can move in. We'll provide props such as blocks, straps, bolsters, and blankets.
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All classes take place at Mount Si Wellness Collective, a welcoming physical therapy and wellness space in North Bend, WA.
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Each class is 90 minutes, giving you time for movement, breath practices, guided rest, and discussion.
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No. BodyWise is a complementary well-being program, not medical treatment. It works beautifully alongside clinical care—including HRT, physical therapy, or counseling—but is not a substitute for medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider about your individual needs.
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Full series registrations are non-refundable. You can transfer your registration to another participant or the next series. Drop-in payments are non-refundable.