SCIENCE, SOUL & SISTERHOOD
A Workshop Series on Menopause
September–December 2025 | Saturdays 10 am-12 pm
Explore the menopause journey—peri to post—with insight, compassion, and holistic support.
Join us for a series of heartful and informative workshops featuring local practitioners
who bring wisdom, science, and soul to this transformational life stage.
Each session includes expert insights, simple practices, and time for rest and reflection.
Attend one or join the full series.
SEPTEMBER 13
Elaine Doll, CAS, PKS, LMT
Blissful Ayurveda
Menopause Through the Lens of Ayurveda
Menopause Through the Lens of Ayurveda
Ayurvedic principles, self-care practices, and seasonal alignment
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MEET ELAINE
Elaine began her study of Ayurveda in 2004 at the California College of Ayurveda. Upon graduation she traveled to India to dive deeper into Ayurveda’s ancient wisdom. There she received additional training and hands on experience through working at traditional Ayurvedic clinics located in Mysore and Rishikesh. Since 2008 she has had her own healing practice in Bozeman.
Elaine believes in the power of Ayurveda to tap into the medicine chest within each of us, allowing optimum health and peace of mind to be restored, cultivated, or maintained in everyone. She uses all manner of techniques to help achieve this goal in her patients, including (but not limited to) 1-on-1 consultations focusing on diet and lifestyle, ayurvedic bodywork, retreats and workshops, yoga, aromatherapy, color therapy, herbal support, cleanses, and integrative reflexology. Elaine is also a specialist in the ayurvedic cleansing and rejuvenation techniques known as Pancha Karma; widely celebrated for their profound healing qualities. She weaves her multitude of skills into a powerful program that guides individuals to root out disease and ultimately age more gracefully. And since we don’t get much choice in the fact that we age we might as well do it well.
SEPTEMBER 27
Kirsten Mackey, DO
Peak Osteopathy Inc
Strategies to Reduce Fatigue & Burnout
Nervous system regulation, structure & function, energy restoration
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MEET KIRSTEN
Dr. Kirsten Mackey is a board-certified family medicine physician who practices traditional osteopathy and integrative primary care. She specializes in osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) and prolotherapy and neural therapy injections, with additional training in homeopathy, cranial sacral therapy, Ayurveda, autonomic response testing (ART) and functional medicine approaches. Dr. Mackey commonly treats acute and chronic athletic/orthopedic injuries, headaches, vertigo, TMJ dysfunction, IBS, pelvic pain, and newborn issues such as latch/feeding dysfunction, reflux, and colic.
Born and raised in the Chicago area, Dr. Mackey received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University. She subsequently earned her medical degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a family medicine residency at the University of Nevada Reno. Additionally, she has been an active Hatha yoga instructor since 2004.
Prior to osteopathy, medical school and yogic life, Kirsten was an NCAA Division I field hockey player and a competitive snowboarder. It was her injuries and health issues during this time that introduced the importance of an integrative approach to healing. When she’s not learning, teaching or treating patients she enjoys singing and writing songs, rock climbing, snowboarding and hiking with her family.
OCTOBER 11
Heather West, NTM, RYT200
Heart of the West Holistic Nutrition
Navigating Perimenopause & Menopause
A Nutritional Approach Through a Holistic Lens
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Hormones 101: A Brief Description of Hormones That Matter in Peri/Menopause
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Nutrients that matter in Peri/Menopause
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Highlight on Osteoporosis
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Menopause and the Liver/Thyroid Connection
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The Cortisol and Stress/Blood Sugar/Sleep Connection
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Why Detoxification Matters: the Mitochondria/Lymph/Bile/Liver/GI Connection
MEET HEATHER
Heather is a Holistic Nutrition Therapy Master (NTM), is a member of the National Association of Nutritional Professionals (NANP) and plans to become board-certified in Holistic Nutrition (BCHN®). She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), and sees the close connection her nutritional background and the mindfulness practice of Yoga have with one another in developing a balance in all facets of life.
As a Holistic Nutrition Professional, Heather has advanced clinical education that enables her to make evidence-based health and well-being recommendations, coupled with health coaching skills that support and enhance client experience and compliance. Bio-individuality, the science of food, nutrient composition, anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry are all part of the holistic approach she applies when working with her clients.
You’ll see Heather regularly at the local farmers markets supporting quality, organic, and regeneratively produced foods to stock her kitchen, or you may have received some of the bounty of vegetables, fruits, and greens from the home gardens she and her husband have created. In their free time, Heather and her husband spend as much time as they can out on the trails in the surrounding areas skiing, hiking and mountain biking.
OCTOBER 25
Morgan York-Singer, PT, DPT, PRPC
Montana Core Physio
Core & Pelvic Floor Health Through All Phases
How can Pelvic Floor PT help you?
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What the deep core system is and how it interacts with bowel, bladder, core strength and sexual health.
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How this system is impacted by changes in hormones that women experience throughout the changing times of our lives.
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What a Pelvic Floor PT treats and how these changes are integrated into that treatment.
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How a Pelvic Floor PT can be a good adjunct to other body work and health teams throughout these phases of life.
MEET MORGAN
Dr. Morgan is a 5th generation Montanan, she grew up in Missoula MT where her family instilled a deep love of the outdoors, including hiking, skiing, backpacking, mountain biking and camping. She received her bachelor of science degree from the University of Oregon in 2005 and after being a dedicated ski bum at Alta Ski area she enrolled and received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of Montana in 2009. She soon after began post doctorate studies in the specialty of pelvic health and has not looked back. In 2016 she applied for and was accepted to sit for her Pelvic Rehab Practitioner Certification making her the first in the state of Montana to complete.
She takes a very hands-on approach to her patient’s care, with education being a large component of treatment. She firmly believes that if we truly understand what is happening between the neuromuscular systems there can be true connection and comprehension to what symptoms or problems her patient’s might be experiencing and then they can be given the appropriate tools to take a more active approach to care, creating the results they desire.
When not working, Morgan loves spending time with her two active boys and faithful dog in the mountains or on the slopes. Additionally, she loves live music and traveling and spending quality time with friends and family.
NOVEMBER 11
Karen Mitchell, NBC-HWC, FNLP, Functional Nutritional Health Coach
Karen Mitchell Wellness
The Gut-Brain-Hormone Connection
Aligning Your Body, Brain & Belly in Midlife
Feeling foggy, anxious, or off in menopause? You’re not alone—and it’s not just in your head.
In this intimate masterclass for women in midlife, join functional nutrition coach Karen Mitchell to explore the Gut‑Brain‑Hormone Connection and how it shapes your digestion, mood, energy, and mental clarity. As hormones shift during peri- to post-menopause, your gut and brain respond—and when you understand that connection, you can support your body more wisely and gently.
MEET KAREN
Karen is a mom, wife, and is walking the edge of post-menopause with deep lived experience and clinical training. She combines functional nutrition, health coaching, years of meditation and mindfulness practice, and a lifelong love of cooking and growing food to help clients find real, lasting support for complex health challenges like SIBO, IBS, IBD, and autoimmune disease.
After navigating her own healing from SIBO, Hashimoto’s, endometriosis, and a head injury, Karen offers practical, compassionate care for women ready to reclaim their vitality. She is a wise and relatable guide who believes that when women feel well, the whole world benefits.
DECEMBER 6
Turi Hetherington, E-RYT500, C-iRest, CT-LPF
Strength & Grace Yoga & Wellness
Rest as Medicine: Thoughts, Emotions & Sleep in Menopause
A somatic and soulful exploration of the mind-body connection
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Understand the connection between thought patterns, emotional health, and sleep during menopause
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Learn accessible tools to regulate the nervous system
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Explore self-trust and self-compassion through embodied awareness
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Leave feeling more grounded, informed, and empowered
MEET TURI
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