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HEARTSCAPES

Evidence-based practices for the nervous system, menopause, yoga, and living well in midlife.

What does it mean to live well in midlife?

What does it mean to live well in midlife, in a body that's changing?

 

Midlife is a game change, a time when "push harder" ends and finding a new way to adapt begins. There is no returning or going back, there is the reconciling with what is.

 

And so to live well now is to do two things the culture rarely makes room for: to rest, and to adapt.

 

Your energy, your sleep, your capacity, your pace — they're all renegotiating themselves through perimenopause, menopause, and the years beyond. A body in that much change needs real rest to recover, and the willingness to move differently than you used to.​

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This isn't about fear; It's about embracing a new powerful frontier and way of being in the world. 

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a ethnically diverse and age, size diverse group of women standing together with smiles.

About the Services I offer

I'm Julie Cardoza, M.S, Somatic and Restorative Yoga Teacher IWHI Certified Perimenopause/Menopause Coach.  I'm the founder of Heartscapes, LLC. I'm post-menopausal following a perimenopause journey landing in surgical menopause. 

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How we can work together: 

  • Somatic, Midlife and Hormonal Health, Restorative Yoga Events

  • Monthly Women's Restoration Circle 

  • Private Menopause Coaching 

  • Living Well in Midlife information, tips and news, events

  • Hire or Invite me to speak​​

Let's Meet on the Mat

Women's Midlife Restoration Circle

3rd Sundays Monthly 
3:30 to 5:00 pm
@ Body Sense and Wellness Center, Fresno
Limited to 6 

To live well in midlife is to do two things to rest, and to adapt. The Women's Midlife Restoration Circle is a monthly space for both.

 

It's a Somatic Restorative Yoga practice woven together with reflective journaling. We meet on the mat in gentle somatic practices for nervous system regulation — science-based and body-led, grounded in what we know about the nervous system and the menopause transition, and practiced from the inside out. We follow sensation rather than forcing shape, and make room for the deep, supported rest the body rarely gets.

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Between and after the practice, reflective journaling gives you a quiet place to notice what's shifting — and to do it in the company of other women moving through the same season. You don't have to explain yourself here; And no pressure to perform, push, or fix anything. You come as you are, in the body you're in, and let it settle.

 

The circle stays small and personal, so there's room for real rest and real presence. You'll leave more regulated, more resourced, and less alone in the changes of midlife.

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Are you interested in hosting an event in your space?

I bring somatic restorative yoga, midlife circles, and menopause workshops to studios, wellness centers, and retreat spaces — science-based, body-led, and gently held.

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Julie Cardoza, MS 

Heartscapes, LLC 

6067 N Fresno St Ste 107

Fresno, CA 93710

email: julie@heartscapesllc.com

Heartscapes LLC provides wellness consulting, coaching, and educational content to support well-being in midlife. This work is not medical advice or psychotherapy, and is not a substitute for care from your physician or licensed mental health provider. It does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. If you're seeking diagnosis or treatment, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.

HeartScapes LLC is rooted on the traditional lands of the Yokuts and Mono Peoples. I acknowledge their deep relationship with this land and honor the living cultures of Indigenous communities today.

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