Meet Donna
My Menopause Story
Perimenopause was a challenging time for me. I didn’t think there was anything I could do about it. Despite being in fitness my whole life, when I entered this stage, I started to experience depression, loss of libido, and weight gain. My joint pain became so intense that I couldn’t strength train, which only worsened the weight gain. As a personal trainer and a woman, I felt hopeless and didn’t know where to turn. All I ever heard was that hormones were the enemy and that I just had to endure the struggles.
Thankfully, I had resources like Lisa who was there to offer support, providing me with information and loving guidance. With her help, I embraced a holistic approach that included Bioidentical Hormone Replacement therapy along with the essential pillars of nutrition, movement, strength training, mindfulness, and breath work. Slowly but surely, I began to feel better in both mind and body.
Through my experience, I completely changed the way I approach training women, ensuring I support them from a holistic perspective. We focus on Metabolic Health in menopause using the pillars of care I know to reduce risks and improve vitality.
Bio
Donna has worked in the health and fitness world as a personal trainer for over 30 yrs. She began practicing yoga 15 years ago as a way to maintain peace and balance in her own life. Inspired by her personal experience navigating menopause she understands how important bringing these two modalities of physical health is. Donna's teaching focuses on guiding students to rediscover their center bringing in breath work meditation and somatic experience helping them to build a deep calmness no matter what their day has in store. During her class, she places particular emphasis on bringing her clients into the present moment by helping them to drop down into their body and out of their head. She utilizes the powerful methods of breath work and somatic experience to move stagnant energy, allowing for prana to flow more freely. Over the past 7 years Donna has been working mostly with clients in recovery from addiction and or mental health.
Born and raised in Liverpool, England, Donna has called Los Angeles home for 3 decades.
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