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The Art of Menopausing with
Chitra 🦋 Eder
Somewhere in my inbox, I saw the phrase “The Art of Menopausing,” and something said, pay attention. Then I read the line that sealed it:
menopause is inevitable and suffering is optional.
That sentence fit perfectly for what menopause should be. It just goes against everything most women have been taught to expect from this stage of life.
That was how I found Chitra 🦋 Eder author of the Art of Menopausing.
Chitra is an Ayurvedic doctor and the writer behind Art of Menopausing, where she teaches women how to move through menopause using the ancient healing system of Ayurveda, often referred to as the science of life. Her work sits at the intersection of physiology, intuition, environment, and lived experience, and it comes with a deep respect for women’s natural processes rather than an impulse to medicalize them.
When we sat down to talk, I knew I didn’t want to rush into symptoms or solutions. I wanted to know more about the behind the scenes, the story, about how Chitra arrived to work with women to trust their bodies again.
Chitra’s path was not a straight line, and it certainly wasn’t pristine.
She laughs easily when she says she was not always into health. Like many of us who came of age in the seventies and eighties, she grew up in a culture where smoking, drinking, and experimenting were normal. Health was not a central value. Yoga, however, entered her life early. At twelve years old, she found a book and began practicing on her own, unknowingly laying down a thread that would resurface decades later.
The real turning point came in New York City, when she had an unmistakable moment of honesty with herself. She realized she was drinking too much. When she asked a friend for validation, he waved it off. But something deeper had already answered the question for her.
She stopped drinking. All at once, she also stopped sugar, meat, and smoking. She discovered Gary Null and went through an intensive detox program in Texas. She began running. Within a year, she ran a marathon. The shift was dramatic, but what mattered more was that she had started listening to her wisdom.
Alongside these physical changes, another truth was coming into focus. Chitra had always known things she couldn’t explain. She moved energy instinctively. Eventually, she found herself working with a curandera, who named what Chitra had been doing all along. She was a healer.
At first, she simply wanted language. Reiki gave her a framework. Organic food became non negotiable because she could feel chemicals in her system. Yoga, massage, nutrition, and energy work all made sense individually, but something still felt fragmented. Ayurveda changed that
What drew Chitra in was its breadth. Ayurveda did not isolate practices. It offered principles that applied to every part of life and allowed those principles to be personalized based on the individual, their environment, their age, and their unique constitution.
Massage therapy became her entry point into Ayurveda through the practice of Abhyanga, traditional oil massage. Yoga deepened alongside it. Nutrition was no longer about rules but about digestion, assimilation, and elimination. Holistic health became a living, responsive system.
Her work expanded naturally. She opened a yoga studio. She ran a massage therapy practice. And when she found herself caregiving for her mother in a Florida food desert, she started an organic food buying club because there were none.
What began as a small solution turned into a large operation serving communities from Daytona to Jacksonville and Orlando, long before food box subscriptions were common. For several years, it thrived.
When Cancer intervened
While Chitra was studying Ayurveda in Albuquerque, her husband was diagnosed with cancer. Eventually, he passed away. She tried to sustain the business, but grief and responsibility made it impossible. Before he died, he asked her to promise she would return to Albuquerque and complete her Ayurvedic studies.
A Promise Kept
Chitra now lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the traditional land of the Pueblo of Sandia. She describes New Mexico as both the land of enchantment and the land of entrapment. It either brings you in for good or teaches you what you need to learn before sending you on your way. For her, it became home.
We talked about how different places shape us, not just emotionally but physiologically. New York time, Florida time, New Mexico time. Each required a slowing, a recalibration. In the high desert, seasons are palpable and temperature shifts are immediate. This, Chitra explained, mirrors what happens in the menopausal body.
The Menopausal Body
As women move from midlife into later life, heat redistributes. Internal seasons change. Symptoms are not random acts of betrayal but messages shaped by environment, lifestyle, and accumulated history. Ayurveda offers a way to read those messages without panic.
Before we moved deeper into the framework itself, I brought in a question from one of my longtime subscribers, Corie Feiner. She wanted to know whether perimenopause is real and whether it’s possible to prolong the menstrual cycle naturally. Beneath her question was a belief many women carry: that the monthly cycle is the body’s primary cleanse and that losing it means losing vitality. That question became the hinge point for what followed.
Part Two
And that’s where I paused the conversation. In Part two , Chitra answers Cori’s question and gently dismantles one of the most persistent myths women have been taught about their bodies. It’s a perspective shift that reframes symptoms.
If you’ve ever wondered what your body is actually trying to tell you as it changes seasons, Part Two is where we begin to listen. I will see you next week.
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Thank you for watching, reading or listening in . I’m Karen Langston, your holistic nutritionist and hypnotist…. Remember, taking proactive steps toward physical and mental well-being is a journey, and seeking support is a sign of strength.
Stay well, and until next time, question the norm, trust your wisdom, elegantly and unapologetically roar. And most of all… Lady,, keep being fascinating and sage with sass and grace in every day life. I’ll see you then .
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