Don't Forget Us Fellas: Yoga and Male Menopause
by Baxter Baxter and Friend by Melina Meza Nina and Shari�s posts over the last week (see Yoga for Menopause: An Overview , Yoga for Menopause: Fatigue , Yoga for Menopause: Headaches , and Yoga for Menopause: Joint Problems ) and the workshop I just completed this weekend on the endocrine system reminded me that men also face changes related to the sex hormones of the body that can lead to challenges as we age. So it seemed like the right time to talk about men, aging, and the sex hormones or androgens, especially testosterone. Just as girls begin to experience hormonal changes as they approach puberty that lead to the growth and developments of their sexual organs and ability to get pregnant, boys at the onset of puberty also begin to experience hormonal shifts that lead to the development of the testes and penis and the secondary sexual characteristic, like body hair pattern, muscular development, voice changes and such. The brain starts putting out signals from the hypot...