Name: Cat Corchado

Menopause phase: Post-menopause

Place you call home: Charlotte, NC

What you’re creating: Fit for Life Alliance

Age: 68

1. Rituals can be deeply personal. What is one personal practice you’ve adopted to embrace the transitions of menopause?

Working out - Pilates. Weight Training, Yamuna Body Rolling.

2. Have you redefined beauty in this stage? If so, how? Do any of your rituals support this definition?

Fitness is my beauty ritual since it helps your brain, bones, muscles and heart.

3. Is there a particular practice—whether it’s movement, meditation, or something else—that has become essential to your well-being in this current stage of your life?

Definitely movement.

4. What role does your community or your sista circle play in your menopausal and aging experience, and do you share any rituals with other women that support this journey?

As women, I believe that we need to share whatever hacks we have found with other women in your circle. We need to support each other. Yes.

5. What does the concept of sacredness mean to you as you age, and do you honor this stage of life through any special rituals?

Yes - Catitude day is every Sunday and is my way of giving back to myself every week.

6. Looking back on your pre-menopausal years, is there anything you wish you had known or done differently to prepare for this transition? How does this wisdom shape your rituals now?

Yes. I wish I had more info about perimenopause and menopause.

7. How do you define well-aging, and what does it look like for you?

It’s taking care of me every way I can at each stage of my life on a daily or weekly basis.

8. Everyday Rituals: Share one ritual for each of the following, that you've not shared above

Daily Ritual: Quiet time every morning and stretching before I get out of bed.

Weekly Ritual: Yamuna Body Rolling (YBR).

Monthly Ritual: VClearing my personal space of junk.

Yearly Ritual: Taking note of all my accomplishments big and small - business and personal.

Connect with Cat:

Website: www.smallspacepilates.com