Three hours built around what is actually happening in the body, and what actually helps. Not a stage to get through. A stage to train for.

Most conversations about menopause stop at the symptoms everyone has heard of. The ones that arrive quietly are the ones that change how you move.

Falling oestrogen accelerates the loss of muscle mass and bone density, and the deep core and pelvic floor are usually first to go. It also strips collagen, and collagen is not just skin. It is tendon, ligament and fascia, the connective tissue holding every joint in position.

Oestrogen decline does not hit one system. It hits muscle and bone, it hits connective tissue, and it hits the nervous system's ability to settle. No single session addresses all three, which is why this afternoon is three of them.

THREE SYSTEMS, THREE TOOLS, ONE AFTERNOON

Each session does something the other two cannot, and each one leaves the body better prepared for the next. Gaynor teaches all three, so you are not handed between strangers, you are with one person who knows where you started and where you got to. Jen assists on the reformer, so nobody is left guessing.

3PM · STUDIO 1 — REFORMER PILATES: REBUILD THE CORE

Spring resistance gives controlled, progressive load without pounding the joints. Strength and stability rebuilt from the centre out.

4PM · STUDIO 2 — YIN: RELEASE THE FASCIA

Long passive holds work into connective tissue rather than muscle, restoring range of motion, and the sustained stillness starts the nervous system's downshift.

5PM · STUDIO 2 — SOUND BATH: SETTLE THE SYSTEM

Sustained tone and low cognitive demand pull the nervous system into a parasympathetic state, the deep rest that is often hardest to reach when sleep and stress regulation are already disrupted.

Tea and a proper break between the first two. Bolsters and blankets set before the last. We finish around 6pm, and nobody is rushed out.

BEFORE YOU BOOK

No experience needed. Plenty of people come to this having never been near a reformer, and the whole point of two instructors in Studio 1 is that first-timers get looked after properly.

Bring comfortable clothing you can move in, grip socks for the reformer if you have them, and a water bottle. Everything else is here, including bolsters and blankets for the second half.

If something hurts, tell Gaynor at the start. Every exercise has a version that works around an injury, a replacement joint or a pelvic floor that is not behaving. Nothing about this afternoon requires you to push through pain.

Saturday 24 October 2026 · 3pm to 6pm · Arrive from 2.45pm

R1SE Brook Place, 112 Napier Street, Sheffield S11 8DL

Led by Gaynor Hague · Jen assisting

17 places · All three sessions, tea and equipment included

£65 for members and early bookings until 30 September. £75 standard from 1 October.

Full refund up to 14 days before. After that we will move your place to someone on the waiting list if we can, and refund you if we manage it.

Questions before you commit? Call Brook Place on 07782 688421 or ask at reception.

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