Longevity & Ayurveda – A New Understanding of Midlife for Women

Effective Support for Women During Menopause

Women in midlife have a lot on their minds: sleep that no longer restores them. Thoughts that are harder to organize than they used to be. The feeling of becoming a stranger to oneself. What they lack is a confidante who can help them make sense of it all without pathologizing it.

Because menopause is not a phase of deficiency. It is a transition—physical, hormonal, and biographical—with great potential for growth.

In three days, you’ll learn to understand the changes of midlife from Ayurvedic, hormonal, and systemic perspectives: the Vata phase of life, Agni, Ojas, and Rasayana as principles of feminine vitality, perimenopause through postmenopause, shifting roles, and redefining values. You’ll work with coaching questions, practical daily routines, and language that empowers rather than pathologizes—clearly distinct from therapy and medicine.

The second focus is your practice. Women aged 40 and older are a growing target group, and Female Longevity isn’t about getting older, but about living longer while staying healthy, active, and connected. You’ll develop your first original offerings—for massage, coaching, lifestyle guidance, or group formats—and highlight “WechselZeit” as a serious, forward-looking topic in your work.

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Contents

  • Women’s Midlife & Female Longevity – Lifespan and Healthspan, the Women’s Health Gap, Midlife as a Window of Health and Development
  • A Pragmatic Understanding of Hormonal Changes – Perimenopause, Menopause, and Postmenopause; Typical Changes in Sleep, Stress, Energy, Weight, Mood, and Mental Clarity
  • Ayurveda and Female Longevity – The Vata Phase of Life, Dosha Dynamics During the Transition Period, Agni, Ojas, Dhatus, and Rasayana as Principles of Female Vitality
  • Practical Recommendations for Everyday Life – Nutrition, Rhythm, Exercise, Regeneration, and Self-Care for Women 40+
  • Systemic Transition – shifting roles within family, relationships, and career; caregiving patterns and boundaries; life assessment; clarifying values; and envisioning the future
  • Female Longevity Coaching in Practice – Initial Consultation, Coaching Questions, Conversation Techniques, Resource and Case Work; a Language That Empowers Rather Than Pathologizes
  • Clear Distinctions – Between coaching, prevention, Ayurvedic counseling, therapy, and medicine; support without promises of a cure
  • Practice Integration and Service Development – Women 40+ as the Target Audience for Massage, Coaching, Lifestyle Guidance, Workshops, and Group Formats; Developing Your Own Services and Promoting Them Professionally

For whom?

Professionally: Ayurvedic practitioners and therapists, health coaches, nutritionists, midwives, yoga instructors, medical doctors, and alternative practitioners who wish to provide expert support to women going through midlife.

Personal: Women who view their own menopause as a phase of personal growth and wish to shape it accordingly.

Lecturers

Ariane Hotzel

Price info

Seminar fee from € 570

Please note the price information for the respective module dates.

plus accommodation and meals - only for attendance dates in Birstein

Guest houses are available on the campus of the European Academy of Ayurveda. You can choose from rooms of different categories for your overnight stay during the training. Ayurvedic full board from our organic kitchen is included in the room price.

Final payment

By invoice: Due 14 days before the start of the seminar

At a glance

Required prior knowledge:
Ayurveda for women and stress-related complaints

Scope
3 Days 45 learning hrs of which 22,5 hrs presence
3 Days 45 learning hrs of which 22,5 hrs live-webinar
47 Lessons 0 learning hrs of which 0 hrs live-webinar

from € 570
Plus board and lodging if applicable

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