Geraldine is a Menopause Yoga teacher from Belfast, she leads workshops and specialised classes for women transitioning in their menopause years, nurturing women through their journey with yoga, cooling breathwork, education and self-care techniques that will help make the journey smoother. This episode focuses on understanding menopause, the symptoms, what menopause actually is and how women can look after themselves at this stage of their lives. Geraldine is passionate about managing stress and has some things to say on the 'male menopause too'. Geraldine trained with Petra from @menopause_yoga. Find Geraldine online for her upcoming workshops and menopause yoga classes: ⁠www.cicadawellbeing.com⁠ Some of the symptoms from the booklet symptom checker are: Vaginal Dryness and/or soreness/iritation/pain/burning, skin thinning, Labia shrinking, Clitorial Shrinking/pain, Watery discharge, Painful episiotomy scar, Abnormal vaginal bleeding, Painful intercourse, Bleeding after intercourse, Repeated urinary infections, Urge urinary incontinence, Stress incontinence, Pelvic organ prolapse, Painful smear test. You can get your booklet here: www.menopausesupport.co.uk Dr Louise Newson has books that you can check out as well as Maisie Hill (Perimenopause Power). You can also check out the following support networks and sources of up to date and credible information: British Menopause Society - www.thebms.org.uk Menopause Together (an NI initiative) - www.menopausetogether.org Thank you, Carla @allthingscarla | Wild Flow Co --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soultalkpodcast/message