Dates and cost hereThe Perimenopause Circle
Somatic & Therapeutic Support Group
Perimenopause is not just a hormonal shift.
It’s a whole-system transition.
Sleep changes. Mood fluctuates. Stress hits harder.
You may feel more reactive, more exhausted, less buffered from emotion — or simply not like yourself in ways that are difficult to explain.
And most people are expected to navigate this quietly.
The Perimenopause Circle is a 6-month integrative group container designed to support the emotional, neurological, hormonal, and relational dimensions of this season.
What’s Actually Happening
Perimenopause affects more than reproductive hormones.
Fluctuating estrogen and shifting progesterone influence the nervous system — which shapes mood stability, sleep patterns, stress reactivity, digestion, and cognitive clarity.
If you feel less resilient, more sensitive to stress, or slower to recover, you are not “failing.” Your system is recalibrating.
This circle meets that recalibration directly — physiologically and psychologically.
How This Shows Up
Perimenopause often feels like:
• Increased irritability or anxiety
• Lower stress tolerance
• Sleep disruption
• Mood shifts that feel unfamiliar
• Digestive or metabolic changes
• Grief around identity or shifting roles
• A desire for more clarity and fewer obligations
Many people describe feeling strong and capable — and also more easily overwhelmed.
What This Program Offers
Therapeutic Processing in a Small-Group
Facilitated by a licensed therapist, this small group provides structured space to explore the emotional realities of perimenopause — identity shifts, irritability, grief, and boundary renegotiation.
Because the group meets consistently over six months, depth develops. You are not navigating this season alone. Shared experience becomes part of the healing.
Yoga Therapy for Nervous System Resilience
Perimenopause alters stress reactivity and recovery. Yoga therapy offers a precise way to work with those shifts. Through progressive, breath-led sequencing, you’ll learn to recognize activation earlier, influence your internal state in real time, and build capacity for intensity without overwhelm. This practice becomes a foundation for the emotional work of the group — cultivating resilience, insight, and a steadier internal ground.
Ayurvedic Lifestyle Support
We’ll explore how traditional Ayurvedic wisdom understands stress, digestion, sleep, and hormonal change. You’ll learn simple, practical ways to care for your body — through food, herbs, warmth, and daily routines — that can steady the nervous system and support emotional and hormonal balance during this transition into menopause.
Who This Is For:
This circle is for people navigating perimenopause who:
• Feel less steady under stress than they once did
• Notice irritability, anxiety, grief, or mood shifts that feel hormonally influenced
• Experience sleep disruption or lowered resilience
• Sense identity shifts around ambition, boundaries, relationships, or capacity
• Want structured, intelligent support — not trends or quick fixes
• Value both psychological insight and embodied practice
You do not need to be in crisis.
You do not need prior yoga or Ayurveda experience.
You simply need curiosity about what this phase is asking of you.
The 6 Month Arc
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Perimenopause alters stress reactivity, mood regulation, sleep, and metabolism. Our work combines psychotherapy, nervous system training through yoga therapy, and rhythm-based Ayurvedic care to address these shifts at a whole-system level.
Each month builds on the last — combining nervous system education, progressive somatic practice, therapeutic processing, and practical lifestyle tools you can actually use.
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We begin by understanding how hormonal shifts impact stress, sleep, and mood.
You’ll learn a foundational breath-led regulation sequence we return to throughout the program — building steadiness in your body.
We introduce simple daily anchors to support better mornings and more settled evenings.We open with a warm beginning — taking time to arrive, connect, and mark the start of this six-month journey together.
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Together, we explore how sleep, mood, digestion, and stress fluctuate.
You begin to see patterns — and you’re not the only one. -
We layer in restorative practices to support sleep and recovery.
This is often the month people feel their system soften. -
Irritability, grief, intensity — we approach emotional shifts skillfully, with breath ratios and gentle practices that increase tolerance without suppression.
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As capacity changes, so do relationships.
We strengthen voice, containment, and sustainable structure — in dialogue and in the body. -
You leave with a personalized regulation sequence and a clearer rhythm for this phase of life — supported by six months of shared experience.
Structure
6-Month Container
• One 2-hour in-person session for embodied practice and supported group dialogue each month
• One optional 1-hour virtual skills and process session per month
• Consistent small group
The extended format allows time to track patterns, practice new skills, and experience steady community over time.
Facilitators
Maya Semans
Yoga Therapist & Ayurvedic SpecialistMaya Semans is a yoga therapist and Ayurvedic specialist working in mental health settings, supporting individuals navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, and stress-related conditions. She integrates nervous system science, breathwork, therapeutic movement, and Ayurvedic bodywork into clinical care, working at the intersection of physiology and emotional experience.
Rooted in the Krishnamacharya lineage and informed by Polyvagal Theory and trauma-aware practice, Maya’s work focuses on the connection between hormonal shifts, stress reactivity, digestion, sleep, and mood — particularly during midlife transitions. She is passionate about teaching progressive, breath-based regulation practices and rhythm-based lifestyle tools that build steadiness and embodied self-trust over time.
Licensed Clinical Social WorkerJillian Parente
Jillian is a licensed clinical social worker, board-approved supervisor, and adjunct professor with over 11 years of experience. She specializes in gender-affirming care, trauma, and perinatal mental health, and has worked across residential treatment, criminal justice settings, nonprofit organizations, and private practice. She is the founder of Cultivate Peace, where she currently provides remote therapy.
Jillian uses an integrative, trauma-informed approach that includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic and solution-focused modalities, and mindfulness-based positive psychology. She is passionate about supporting clients in understanding the connection between mental health, hormonal shifts, and overall vitality.