Yoga & Hormone Health: The Deeper Connection
As my personal and professional relationship with yoga deepened, so did my awareness of my own body—and its limits.
Even though my cycle had somewhat stabilized, I was unknowingly operating under a system that wasn’t built for a woman’s biology.
By 2022, I was burnt out.
Despite daily practice, I felt inflamed, exhausted, and out of sync. I was teaching multiple classes across the city, practicing intensely, and running on poor nourishment and the pressure of discipline.
My thyroid was overworked. I was bloated, foggy, and frustrated. I had gut issues, and my PCOS symptoms had reached a peak. I was pooping 3 times a day, craving sugar constantly, and I knew deep down something wasn’t right. I even had abnormal levels of ear wax that bothered me deeply.
When I was finally diagnosed with PCOS—after 14 years—I felt both relief and anger.
The suggested solution? Birth control.
But I had never heard a woman speak positively about her experience with the pill—and I wasn’t about to start now.
That moment changed everything.
I started to see the cracks in the Ashtanga community: a culture that encouraged women to practice like men—daily, aggressively, without honoring their cycles.
I realized how damaging it was to push, push, push without space to rest.
Thankfully, I had been exposed to a different way through Nea’s cycle awareness workshops and an ex-Ashtanga teacher who had become a women’s health coach. That exposure planted the seed that would one day become Menstruation Matters.