Yoga For Women: To Maximise Female Health.

Yoga for women’s health overview

The Women’s Wellness Yoga, is for yoga NON-beginners. It covers women’s wellness issues in general, such as bone health, osteoporosis, and appropriate movement. But, it also includes options for yoga for period pain, fertility, anxiety, stress, weight gain, intimacy issues, heart disease, and menopause.

(If you’ve done beginner level classes for 12 months plus, and are relatively comfortable with inversions, then you’re also welcome to hold both a non-beginner pass for this class, and a beginner level pass for other classes that you still may do at beginner level. See also the Transition to Non-Beginners options).

So, hear certified Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Chris Lalor, explain matters that you’ll only hear about in these yoga classes for ladies only. In the class, you’ll also do the poses recommended. Plus, you’ll get interactive tips and guidance on how to do the poses so as to give you the greatest women’s health benefits.

The women’s health poses themselves can also be done in Flametree’s regular classes online or in-studio. But, knowing the particular poses for women’s health, why they help, and what they’re addressing, will also help you ensure the numerous women’s health poses are built into your regular weekly routine.

You may also want to check out this related blog post outlining what exactly is women’s wellness yoga.

Plus, here is a quite detailed list of the class content, or syllabus, for this Women Only yoga class.

Wide range of yoga for women’s health topics

The Women’s Wellness  class focuses on yoga asanas (poses) that a woman of any age should do in a regular practice so as to maximise female health and wellness.

Context and additional information is given so you can see the importance of each pose.

Knowing the background and context to poses can also help your motivation to do regular yoga practice (in other classes or at home).

In addition, the post at this link also lists some more of the other important topics that will be periodically covered in the Women’s Only class.

To some extent, they are in addition to the issues in the survey of women’s health concerns summarised below.

Weight, menopause, & more

As well as all that, the topics of mindful eating, and intermittent fasting, are also discussed from time to time, and are also outlined further in this Facebook post.

These issues are also discussed by Chris Lalor in other classes or workshops.

Alternatively, you can talk one-to-one with her about them before and after class.

In the process, she will also draw on this discussion about mindful eating and weight. (Weight issues and menopause is one of the many questions people want answers on, especially in relation to menopause).

So, attending online or in-studio, or via yoga video, is also a good way to ensure you learn the poses, and do them regularly.

Yoga for womens health suits all ages

The Women’s Health poses taught are suitable for all phases of a woman’s life cycle.

So, you’ll get many physical and mental benefits from regular Women Only yoga.

This class can be done by itself, or combined with many other Flametree class types and formats.

All yoga at Flametree also includes strength training. Given the special bone health issues that face women, appropriate strength training is particularly important… both in terms of muscles, and bones.

Many students also find their energy and strength improve with regular practice.

So, women of all ages can feel the benefits of Flametree’s in-studio or online Women Wellness classes.

Yoga passes for Yoga For Women’s Health classes, & others

Beginners: 10 classes at HALF price plus 2 FREE, $59.50 (New & Lapsed)

Non-beginner HALF price 10 pass plus 2 FREE, $104.50, for new & lapsed

FREE first class for newcomers

What the research says about yoga for women’s health

In 2024, a review of 24 randomised trials with 2,028 women going through menopause found that yoga improved overall menopausal symptoms, sleep quality, anxiety and low mood compared with usual care. It did not find a clear difference in hot flushes. The authors called for larger, better designed studies (Wang and colleagues, International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2024, doi 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104928). An earlier review of 13 trials found the effects of yoga on menopausal symptoms were comparable to those of other exercise (Cramer and colleagues, Maturitas, 2018, doi 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.12.005).

For period pain, a 2024 network meta-analysis (a review that compares several approaches at once) of 29 trials with 1,808 women found that yoga reduced period pain after 8 weeks compared with no exercise, as did the other forms of movement studied, with gentle relaxation work showing the largest effect (Tsai and colleagues, Sports Medicine Open, 2024, doi 10.1186/s40798-024-00718-4). Many of these studies were small, so the results are encouraging rather than certain.

Yoga supports, and does not replace, care from your doctor. If you have a health condition, tell your teacher before class.

Survey of typical concerns addressed by yoga for women

In 2019, a survey of 10,000 Australian women had worrying findings. More than 40 per cent of women said they had been previously diagnosed with a nervous system condition. These includes an anxiety issue or depression.

In addition, the survey also said that a “concerning” number of all ages had trouble sleeping. Many worried “excessively about different things”.

The study also found the biggest health concerns of women across all ages were:

• menopause, including hot flashes, and mental clarity at times
• period pain
• heart disease
• breast cancer
• bowel health
• mood swings common to premenstrual syndrome
• hormonal shifts
• mental health
• levels of stress, and
• painful physical intimacy.

These concerns are exactly the type of issues that Flametree’s Women’s Only Yoga classes for ladies seeks to address. (See also our post on yoga for bone health and osteoporosis).

Other women’s health issues, or issues for ladies only

Younger women in the study were also concerned about fertility, and endometriosis.

A quick scan of media over the last 12 months also shows the increased attention to these issues.

At various life changes, women also often have issues with and questions regarding lower back pain, weight loss, body weight, belly fat, or weight gain.

In addition, some women regularly experience chronic pain related to particular Women’s Health issues. 

Clearly, there is much that can be addressed that is of particular concern to women. Such issues also include stress levels, as well as physical and mental well-being. We discuss some of these below, including why they are ongoing issues for women.

Yoga for women: for all issues, as well as pelvic issues

Whatever your body type, good quality yoga practice can make a real difference for many women.

So Flametree’s weekly Women Only class works on many of the issues above.

You’ll learn yoga postures, get commentary from the teacher in class, and be able to participate in questions and answers.

There are things you can only comfortably talk about in these yoga classes for ladies only.

Obviously, issues related to pain in intimacy, overly tight pelvic floors, and more, is one such area. (For more on what I, Christine, will address in this area, see my post on the topic of so-called pelvic liberation).

So, in these yoga classes for women only, the yoga poses are also specially designed sequences (or sets of poses) for women only yoga. They touch on many of the issues above.

But, in addition, many of Flametree’s other regular weekly yoga and breath meditation classes also help with addressing these women’s issues.

Most importantly, they provide additional time for regular yoga practise of what you’ll learn in these yoga classes for women.

In particular, if you’ve been less active lately, yoga is a good complement to your usual health care. In addition, in this women only yoga class, you’ll learn poses that can be built into a variety of yoga routines.

If you have particular issues you want to discuss, please chat to the teacher before or after class, or contact us.

If you’re looking for “women’s yoga near me”, then try this class. It’s online too. Create your own home studio room where you keep your yoga props. Or use any room at home at any time of  day that suits.

Busy lives lead to exhaustion & frustration

Women live very busy lives, especially in any professional life they have. As well as all that, they have multiple roles.

Often the struggle of family, and other paid work, leads to exhaustion and frustration.

Biologically, women also face specific issues. First, for decades, they face the physiological and hormonal changes that occur monthly.

Second, they face changes and challenges with age as they progress to and beyond menopause.

These challenges bring their own set of unique problems and internal conflicts.

So, Flametree’s Women Wellness classes and workshops also help women find more calm and balance in the way they live.

Plus, as discussed, the Women Wellness class is used to address their specific health concerns, via yoga.

Passes that can be used for our occasional Yoga For Women classes, plus for other classes

Beginners: 10 classes at HALF price plus 2 FREE, $59.50 (New & Lapsed)

Non-beginner HALF price 10 pass plus 2 FREE, $104.50, for new & lapsed

FREE first class for newcomers

Weekly Women Only class or workshop

Flametree has a  Women Only class, Women’s Wellness Yoga, every week.

Classes are at 5.45pm Wednesdays, Darwin time. That is 6.15pm in Queensland, and 6.15pm in NSW, Victoria and the ACT in winter (7.15pm during daylight saving). See the class time in your time zone in our Non-Beginner yoga timetable.

Among the many other matters mentioned, these classes also show women how to use asana (yoga postures), and pranayama (breath meditation) for physical and mental well-being.

In each class or workshop there will be women of all different ages. Some will be menstruating regularly, others will be perimenopausal, some menopausal, and some will be post-menopausal.

So, in some cases, there may be specific poses given to each group. There’ll also be a group of poses that will be able to be practised by the whole group. It often includes poses traditionally used for period pain.

No matter where you are located, use our online classes to get your own “ladies only yoga near me”. Or if you’re in Darwin, Australia, then come along to the Woolner studio.

At Flametree Yoga Studio, Women’s yoga classes can be part of any of our yoga programs, including our occasional special focus classes or workshops. In such classes, we explain why and how yoga helps the issues women face. Then you practise such poses in our other regular yoga classes. So, Flametree gives you a convenient yoga class for ladies near me, in Darwin or online.

More on what happens in a Ladies Only type class

In this Women Only yoga class, the teacher will do a number things.

First, they will demonstrate a pose. Depending on the pose, the women’s only teacher will tell you where to put your right hand, or right foot, or right shin, or right leg, or whatever.

In addition, for instance, they may show how your abdominal muscles, or sit bones, or inner thighs, work together to improve a particular pose.

In the yoga tradition, each pose is also linked with effects on things like circulation and overall physical health.

The teacher will focus on teaching the pose, and having you do the poses.

But the comments from your teacher will draw out some of why the pose is being done.

So, these hatha yoga poses, in the Iyengar yoga style, will work for all age groups, and all levels of skills.

Consequently, they’re suitable for advanced yogis, and any other non-beginners. The class consists of the best yoga poses for these purposes, adjusted for who is the class.

The classes are a good way to get the wider benefits of yoga, plus work on the special issues for women.

Like all yoga, depending on what you want, there are also spiritual benefits, as well as the generation of inner peace.

Details of yoga for women classes, including yoga for period pain

As mentioned, the weekly Women Only class is simultaneously LIVE online and in-studio (in Darwin, NT, Australia).

If online, you can of course choose to have your camera off. Then, you can still see the teacher, but they can’t see you. (Obviously, if the teacher can’t see you, she can’t give you specific tips about improving the women’s health yoga pose, or getting more from it).

A selection of the classes are also available as videos in Flametree’s On-Demand options.

The in-studio class  is held at 19b Bishop Street, Woolner, Darwin.

Women Only classes also include more restorative yoga poses than the average yoga classes. In the yoga tradition, restorative poses are used for period pain, stress and anxiety, and many women find them helpful.

Chris Lalor uses bright yoga pants so her classes can be watched easily online. Chris says her own general health, and women’s health, have benefited a great deal from the poses taught in Women’s Only yoga.

More on menopause & menstruation

Flametree has more on yoga for menopause symptoms, on pregnancy and periods, on fertility, and on anxiety. There is also some details of the yoga poses taught and used in the Women Only yoga classes.

At Flametree’s page of links about the various benefits of yoga, you can see various links that you may find especially relevant to this topic.

There’s also a range of useful articles in the Flametree yoga Blog. 

Or see stories from women about how yoga for women has helped Wayan or Chris.

Suitable as prenatal yoga

This women’s class can be suitable for pregnant women who already practise yoga. Please let the teacher know you’re pregnant, and see Flametree’s pregnancy yoga page for more.

If you also want prenatal classes, and you’re a non-beginner with a regular yoga practice, this class can be part of your week.

Many women find regular yoga helps them feel calmer and more comfortable during pregnancy.

The yoga at Flametree may also help you sleep better. Many students find it does.

In addition, if you wish, you can join the pranayama (breath meditation) classes at 6.30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Darwin time.  These classes teach you how to use deep breathing, and breathing techniques, for more calm and relaxation.

Whether or not you want any kind of spiritual practice, or spiritual support, breath meditation is an excellent addition to yoga.

Ideally, create or follow a daily yoga routine.

In the class, if needed, your pose will be adjusted to fit with a prenatal yoga sequence.

If you have a more advanced practise, then your yoga instructor can advise on any adjustments needed.

If you want “yoga classes near me for ladies”, then try our online yoga classes, or Flametree’s studios at Woolner and Coolalinga, in the Darwin area. Whatever your yoga skill level, or fitness level, there is a Flametree class to suit you.

Highly qualified teacher

Chris Lalor teaches Women Only yoga. She is a certified Senior Iyengar Yoga teacher, and teaches therapeutic yoga.

The Iyengar style of yoga she teaches is well known for its precision, as well as the extensive training of its teachers.

Chris has trained regularly in India.

She also follows the published research on yoga and women’s health.

In the studio, all props are provided. At home we suggest at least a yoga mat. One or two yoga blocks also help.

More about Flametree Yoga

In the Darwin area, Flametree has studios at Woolner and Coolalinga. Many classes are also live online.

There is also a variety of classes, with or without these “yoga classes near me for ladies”.

There are classes that suit many health conditions, alongside your usual care.

Due to yoga’s holistic approach, some of the best things you get from yoga are flexibility, calmness, and overall health. Such yoga benefits come with a full-body workout.

New students who are non-beginners get the deals at the button or links below.

Private classes in yoga or breath meditation are also available, another way to start yoga, or work on particular conditions.

The full price list shows every option. Online only? Get 30 days of unlimited online classes for $29.

In addition, there is also a range of yoga videos options. They are among the many different ways you can access class types. With such formats, it’s even easier to involve yoga in your daily life.

So Flametree is a good option to start or continue your yoga, especially if you’re looking for options like yoga class for ladies near me.

Yoga for women: common questions

Does Flametree have women-only yoga classes?

Yes. Women’s Wellness Yoga is a women-only Iyengar yoga class taught by senior Iyengar teacher Chris Lalor. It runs every Wednesday at 5.45pm Darwin time, in the studio at 19b Bishop Street, Woolner, and live online at the same time.

What time is the women’s yoga class in my time zone?

The class is at 5.45pm Darwin time on Wednesdays. That is 6.15pm in Queensland all year, 6.15pm in NSW, Victoria and the ACT in winter, and 7.15pm there during daylight saving. The non-beginner timetable shows the time in your own time zone.

Can beginners join the women’s yoga class?

The Women’s Wellness class is for women who already have some yoga experience. If you are new to yoga, start with a beginner class; your first class is free. Beginner classes use many of the same poses, and you can move to the women’s class once you are comfortable.

What does the Women’s Wellness class cover?

Poses and sequences chosen for women’s health across life stages: menstruation, perimenopause and menopause, bone health, the pelvic floor, stress, sleep and mood. Chris explains why each pose is used, so you can build the poses into your own practice.

Can yoga help with period pain?

Many women find it does. A 2024 review of 29 trials with 1,808 women found yoga reduced period pain after 8 weeks compared with no exercise, and other forms of gentle movement did too. Many of the studies were small. See your doctor if period pain is severe or new.

Can I join the women’s yoga class online from anywhere in Australia?

Yes. The class is taught live on Zoom at the same time as the studio class, so you can join from anywhere. Click the class time you want and we email you the link to join. You can keep your camera off, though the teacher can give you more help if she can see you.

Is yoga only for women?

No. Most Flametree classes are for everyone, and many men practise yoga too; see yoga for stiff guys. The Wednesday Women’s Wellness class is kept for women only, so topics like periods, menopause and the pelvic floor can be discussed openly.

How much does the women’s yoga class cost?

If you are new to Flametree, your first class is free. Non-beginners new to Flametree, or away three months or more, can then get 12 classes for $104.50 (10 at half price plus 2 free), with no code. Online only, it is $29 for 30 days of unlimited online classes.

Yoga for women options & packages