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 led by local practitioners who bring wisdom, science, and soul to this powerful life stage. Each two-hour session blends evidence-based insights with embodied practices, offering space for reflection, rest, and connection.
Come to one or join the full series—each session stands alone and complements the others.
$45 single workshop
$120 for any 3 | $210 for all 6
Early Bird Special (register by August 15): $110 for any 3 | $195 for all 6
Limited to 10 participants per session.
Advanced registration and payment required to hold your spot.
SEPTEMBER 13
Elaine Doll, CAS, PKS, LMT
Blissful Ayurveda
Aging Gracefully into Menopause and Beyond
An Ayurvedic Approach to Easing the Transition
Discover how the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda can help you navigate menopause with greater ease and vitality. Learn how simple shifts in daily rhythm, diet, and herbal support can bring more balance to body and mind during this natural phase of life.
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Lifestyle practices for balance, including abhyanga (self-massage) and optimal meal timing
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Food choices to support hormonal shifts—especially for calming vata (favoring warm, moist foods)
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Ayurvedic herbs and adaptogens for energy, resilience, and hormone regulation
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
Integrative Strategies to Balance and Maintain Vitality in and around Menopause
A Western Medicine, Osteopathic and Ayurvedic Perspective
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Understand the physiology of:
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Hormones
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis
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The nervous system
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Explore how these systems relate to fatigue in menopause
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Learn integrative strategies to naturally prevent and treat symptoms
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: key players in peri/menopause
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Nutrients that matter during hormonal transition
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Osteoporosis: prevention and support
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The liver/thyroid connection
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Cortisol, stress, blood sugar & sleep
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Why detoxification matters: mitochondria, lymph, bile, liver, GI function
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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Understand the deep core system and its role in bowel, bladder, strength, and sexual health
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Explore how hormonal shifts impact this system across the lifespan
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Learn what pelvic floor PT treats and how care is tailored
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Discover how PT complements other bodywork and health modalities
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 15
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, functional nutrition coach Karen Mitchell explores the gut-brain-hormone connection and how it shapes digestion, mood, energy, and mental clarity. As hormones shift, your gut and brain respond—this session helps you understand that link and 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 thoughts, emotions, and sleep in menopause
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Learn accessible tools to regulate the nervous system
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Cultivate self-trust and compassion through embodied awareness
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Leave feeling more grounded, informed, and empowered
MEET TURI
Turi is the founder of Strength & Grace Yoga & Wellness, where she helps women reconnect with their innate strength and grace through embodied movement, stillness, and self-inquiry.
She has lived and worked in the Gallatin Valley for over 30 years, with a career spanning snow sports, restaurants, marketing, non-profits, and the wellness world. Her passion for the intersection of ancient yoga and modern-day science has led her to teach widely—from yoga studios and MSU to the detention center, veterans' organizations, and beyond.
Inspired by the magic of the surrounding mountains and a deep respect for her teachers, Turi brings warmth, curiosity, and reverence to her work with women in midlife and beyond.