Supporting Participants During
This training explores how perimenopause and menopause can create a heightened window of vulnerability for disordered eating and eating disorder symptoms. It examines the intersection of hormonal and metabolic changes, shifting body composition and internal cues, and the life-stage and cultural pressures that often converge during midlife.
Participants will learn how these changes can affect body trust, interoception, nervous system regulation, and recovery, including why symptoms may emerge for the first time or resurface after years of stability. The training also considers how Eat Breathe Thrive practices can support participants in reconnecting with their bodies through self-attunement, embodied agency, self-compassion, and flexible regulation. Rather than viewing this life stage only through the lens of risk, the training emphasizes opportunities for deeper embodiment and a more trusting relationship with the changing body.
Speaker
SHANNON TURNER
Shannon Turner, founder of Lionsgrace, is a yoga teacher and mother of three. She discovered yoga nearly 28 years ago while pregnant with her oldest child, and it became an important part of her recovery from disordered eating. After training with Karma Kids Yoga and earning her 200-hour certification at Byron Yoga Centre in Australia, Shannon began teaching children, teens and adults. She’s passionate about creating safe, connected spaces and loves hiking, skiing and exploring with her family.