Writing on Women's Health, Yoga Science & Teacher Education
Evidence-informed writing where traditional yoga knowledge meets female physiology, modern science and lived teaching experience.
Knowledge Should Help You Make Better Decisions
Yoga information is widely available, but useful education requires more than lists of postures and simplified health claims. The Stri Wellness resource library brings together yoga philosophy, anatomy, physiology, women's health, nervous system science and practical teaching experience. These articles are written to help readers understand context, limitations and application—not to replace appropriate medical care or professional assessment.
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Why We Chose to Leave Varkala and Rishikesh for Uttarkashi
The story behind moving Stri Wellness's residential programmes from Kerala's coast and Rishikesh's crowds to a quiet valley on the Bhagirathi — and what that move says about how we teach.
Every school has a reason for where it stands. This is ours: why two well-loved yoga towns weren't quite right for the kind of teaching and residential learning we wanted to build, and why a smaller, quieter town in the Himalayas turned out to be.
Read the Founder's Story
Six Places to Start
Three areas form the core of what we write about. Practice, residential learning and founder writing support them.
Women's Health & Hormones
Fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and menopause — and the hormonal factors that shape them.
- PCOS Is Now PMOS: What the Change Means
- A Trimester-by-Trimester Guide to Pregnancy Yoga
- Yoga Through Menopause
Yoga Science & Therapeutic Practice
How yoga interacts with pain, fascia, the vagus nerve and the nervous system — the mechanism, not just the pose.
- Hormone Yoga Therapy: What It Is
- The Vagus Nerve, Yoga and Stress Hormones
- What the Research Actually Says
Teacher Education
Certification, curriculum and methodology — and how specialisations relate to a foundational 200-hour training.
- What 200-Hour Trainings Don't Teach About the Female Body
- Yoga Alliance Certifications Explained
- Online vs Residential Training
Practice Library
Routines, breathing techniques and relief-focused sequences you can actually use.
Explore Topic (5 articles)Retreats & Residential Learning
What sets Uttarkashi apart, and the case for immersive, in-person study.
Explore Topic (12 articles)Founder's Journal & Stri Stories
The personal story behind our move to Uttarkashi, and how to plan a stay.
Explore Topic (2 articles)Going Deeper After Your Foundational Training
You already hold a 200-hour, 300-hour or 500-hour certification. These articles are about what comes after — choosing a specialisation, understanding certification pathways, and deciding how you want to teach.
Hormone Yoga Therapy: What It Is and Why Teachers Study It
An introduction to hormone yoga therapy as a specialised field — what distinguishes it from a general asana practice, and why more teachers are choosing to study it after their foundational training.
Read the ArticleUnderstanding Your Own Body and Practice
You don't need to be training as a teacher to want a deeper understanding of your own body. This pathway spans female anatomy and physiology, menstrual and cyclical health, hormones, nervous-system regulation, and practice across pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and menopause — the full arc of a woman's life, not one condition.
If you want to go further with structured, residential study of women's physiology and practice — without any obligation to teach — the 100-Hour Yoga Training for Women Practitioners is built for exactly this.
Fertility, Pregnancy, Postpartum & Menopause
Evidence-informed writing on fertility, pregnancy, postpartum recovery and the hormonal transitions of a woman's life.
View All Women's Health Articles →The Mechanism Behind the Practice
How yoga interacts with the nervous system, pain and hormonal health — the mechanism behind the practice, not just the pose.
View All Yoga Science Articles →Certification, Curriculum & Specialisation
Certification pathways, curriculum design and the specialisations that take a teacher deeper after their foundational training.
View All Teacher Education Articles →Recently Added
Already know Uttarkashi is calling? Read the practical guide to planning your visit →
Explore All Articles
Every article in the Journal, grouped by topic. Titles already published as standalone pages link there directly; the rest will move to their own pages as the archive is migrated.
Women's Health & Hormones
- PCOS Is Now PMOS: What the Change Means — and How Yoga Therapy Can Help
- PCOS, Fertility and Yoga: What Actually Helps
- PCOS vs Endometriosis: How a Yoga Approach Often Differs
- Ayurveda and Yoga Together: A Lifestyle Approach to Hormonal Health
- A Trimester-by-Trimester Guide to Practicing Yoga During Pregnancy
- Returning to Practice After Birth: A Postpartum Recovery Timeline
- Garbha Sanskar: The Traditional Practice of Conscious Pregnancy
- Yoga Through Menopause: Supporting the Body Through Its Own Transition
- Perimenopause Often Starts Earlier Than Women Expect — Here's What to Watch For
Yoga Science & Therapeutic Practice
- Hormone Yoga Therapy: What It Is and Why Teachers Study It
- What the Research Actually Says About Yoga and Hormonal Balance
- The Vagus Nerve, Yoga and Women's Stress Hormones
- Why Fascia Matters More Than Flexibility in a Long-Term Practice
- What Yoga Research Actually Shows About Pain
- What Happens in the Body During Meditation, According to Current Research
- How to Read Yoga Research Without a Science Background
- Yoga and Anxiety: What the Clinical Research Shows
- A Look at the Evidence Behind Yoga for Sleep
- Where the Hormonal Yoga Research Still Falls Short
Teacher Education
- 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training vs 100-Hour Yoga Training for Women: What's the Difference?
- Yoga Alliance Certifications Explained: RYS, RPYS, RCYS and YACEP
- RYT 200 vs RYT 500: What's the Difference?
- Can You Specialise After a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training?
- Why Most 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings Cannot Cover Women's Health in Depth
- What Makes a Yoga Teacher Training Evidence-Informed?
- What Should You Learn After Your First Yoga Teacher Training?
- YACEP Explained: What Continuing Education Actually Requires
- Inside a 100-Hour Residential Curriculum: What Is Actually Taught, Week by Week
- Why We Teach Anatomy Through Observation, Not Just Textbooks
- What Ethical Teaching Looks Like in Practice, Not Just in Theory
- Why We Cap Every Cohort — and What Changes When a Class Stays Small
- How to Choose a Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training
- What a Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training Should Actually Teach You
- Children's Yoga Teacher Training: What It Covers and Who It's For
- Menopause Yoga Teacher Training: Who It's For and What You'll Learn
- 50-Hour Menopause Yoga Teacher Training
- Online vs Residential Yoga Teacher Training: Which Is Right for You?
- What It Actually Takes to Become a Yoga Teacher in India
Practice Library
Retreats & Residential Learning
- Why Uttarkashi Is Becoming One of the Himalayas' Quiet Retreat Destinations
- The Best Yoga Retreats in Uttarakhand: What Actually Sets Them Apart
- What Actually Happens During a Residential Yoga Retreat
- Retreat or Holiday? How to Know Which One You Actually Need
- Healing in the Himalayas: What the Mountains Add to a Wellness Retreat
- Who a Himalayan Yoga Retreat Is Really For
- The Best Season to Visit Uttarkashi for a Yoga Retreat
- Life at Anand Ganga: A Look at Daily Rhythm, Food and the Bhagirathi Valley
- Why Immersive Learning Works Better Than Weekend or Online Study
- The Psychology of Learning Away From Home
- Why Environment Shapes How Deeply You Learn
- What Learning Through Community Actually Looks Like
Founder's Journal & Stri Stories
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