The menopause:
millstone or milestone?
While the menopause and perimenopause bring about many physical and emotional changes, Holistic Ayurveda can help to negotiate these natural biological processes and maintain a sense of ease. For a relaxed, happy and healthy experience, you should ideally start preparing for the change of life when you hit 40. In Ayurvedic philosophy, the menopause coincides with a special stage in life: one of insight, wisdom, deep reflection and contemplation.
Ease into menopause with Holistic Ayurveda
Menopause varies from individual to individual. The wide range of possible symptoms means that every woman experiences these hormonal changes differently. Unfortunately, few find it an enjoyable experience: some suffer sleep disturbances, others are plagued by hot flushes, and many succumb to depressive moods. Then there are those who pile on the pounds … the symptoms are as multifaceted and complex as women themselves and range from emotional to physical complaints. Furthermore, western society places extra pressure on women to conform to the unrealistic idea of eternal youth, and since menopause means the end of fertility, it also equates in some people’s minds to the end of women’s femininity and sexuality. Menopause is not entirely dissimilar to puberty in that there are extreme changes in hormonal balance that affect our fundamental equilibrium. This can result in crisis, but it can also harbour opportunities.
Rather than pointlessly waging battle against the menopause, the tenets of Holistic Ayurveda offer a gateway to a new and rather wonderful phase of life.
Ayurveda for the Change of Life – maintaining holistic health during menopause
Ayurveda for the Change of Life is recommended for:
Menopausal and perimenopausal problems.
Hot flushes.
Mood swings.
Insomnia or sleep disorders.
Hormonal fluctuations.
Issues with altered sense of femininity.
Depression and depressive moods associated with menopause.
Menopausal sex drive.
Living with change – the start of a new era
We can make use of the menopause, and the years preceding it, to eliminate imbalances and bring body, mind and spirit into equilibrium. This is an ideal opportunity to develop new resources and mobilise energy to embark on a new, fulfilled and healthy phase of life.
Objectives of the Ayurveda for the Change of Life programme:
Living with change – the start of a new era
We can make use of the menopause, and the years preceding it, to eliminate imbalances and bring body, mind and spirit into equilibrium. This is an ideal opportunity to develop new resources and mobilise energy to embark on a new, fulfilled and healthy phase of life.
Objectives of the Ayurveda for the Change of Life programme:
‘Many women face the prospect of menopause with anxiety: “Will I still be a woman who is desirable and sexually active? Or will I become invisible, a nobody?” The teachings of Ayurveda tell us that menopause is a precious period in life which marks the transition to the most significant phase of our personal development. This is when the veil that separates the self and spirit becomes almost diaphanous. Menopause represents so much more than hormonal change, and means finally having time for yourself, to explore who you are and to acknowledge your needs – even before those of others if necessary. It is a period for setting and achieving new objectives: time for you!’
Christina Mauracher, Holistic Ayurveda expert
‘Many women face the prospect of menopause with anxiety: “Will I still be a woman who is desirable and sexually active? Or will I become invisible, a nobody?” The teachings of Ayurveda tell us that menopause is a precious period in life which marks the transition to the most significant phase of our personal development. This is when the veil that separates the self and spirit becomes almost diaphanous. Menopause represents so much more than hormonal change, and means finally having time for yourself, to explore who you are and to acknowledge your needs – even before those of others if necessary. It is a period for setting and achieving new objectives: time for you!’
Christina Mauracher, Holistic Ayurveda expert
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Holistic Ayurveda, regeneration, healing thermal waters and active holidays
At the Ayurveda Resort Mandira in the delightful region of Styria
Does the idea of Ayurveda, adapted to suit the western world and without the stress of long-distance travel, appeal? ‘Everyday life in Europe is not like everyday life in India,’ explains Christina Mauracher, Holistic Ayurveda expert and managing director of the Ayurveda Resort Mandira in Bad Waltersdorf. ‘Our diets and readily available, natural foods are just as dissimilar. As Holistic Ayurveda has evolved, we have gathered a huge amount of experience in the effectiveness of Ayurvedic treatments and nutrition within a European setting. We have developed new methods, recipes and treatments in combination with other naturopathic and conventional medical disciplines that are tailored to suit the needs, constitutions and lifestyle diseases of western society.’
In Bad Waltersdorf we combine Ayurvedic therapies and nutrition with a special exercise programme, alongside alternative medical therapies and the beneficial effects of thermal water. Together with the Medical University of Graz, the effectiveness of Ayurveda is scientifically examined and continuously developed on the basis of this knowledge.