
What Wise Women Know About Menopause
Psychologist and yoga teacher Laila Tórsheim explores menopause as both a physical and psychological transformation, offering new perspectives on this major life stage for women in their 40s and 50s.
Laila Tórsheim holds a master's degree in psychology and works as a psychotherapist, yoga teacher and author with over 20 years of specialisation in women's yoga. She founded Yogakompagniet in Copenhagen and co-founded Cyklusinstituttet, and since 2012 has led the postgraduate programme Women's Yoga & Health, training professionals in female physiology, the menstrual cycle and menopause. In 2018 she co-authored the bestselling book "Dit hemmelige våben" (Your Secret Weapon) with nutritional therapist Nanna Ewald Stigel, and she lectures widely on the psychological dimensions of menopause.
Laila Tórsheim gives a lecture on menopause at Pilates House, where she provides a holistic understanding of the physical and psychological changes in this life phase.
On February 2, 2025, Laila Tórsheim gave the lecture "What Wise Women Know..." at Yoga Amager about the physical and psychological layers in menopause.
In March 2024, Laila Tórsheim gave the lecture "What Wise Women Know" for FOF Nordsjælland about the physical and psychological aspects of menopause.
In August 2018, Laila Tórsheim and Nanna Ewald Stigel published the book "Your Secret Weapon - Guide to Your Female Cycle" at Womens Power Press publishing house.