I'm Melanie, the maker behind Bolstered. I'm a restorative and Yin yoga teacher, and also a researcher who studies how we age, and this little shop grew out of both halves of that work. I'm also the author of a book by the same name, Bolstered: Restorative Yoga for the Menopause Years.
Everything here is made for the perimenopause and menopause years, when so much advice arrives as one more mountain to climb. Bolstered is the opposite. Small, gentle things that ask very little of you. A pose held for a few quiet minutes. A calm corner to rest in. Rest offered as the practice, rather than one more thing to get right.
I hope something here brings you a little ease.
Be gentle with yourself.
Melanie