INNER FOREST

Perhaps nothing is wrong. Yet, something has shifted, and a change in tolerance is asking for a different way forward.

This is not a decline, but a threshold.

Around menopause, we enter what the Vedic tradition calls Vanaprastha, the forest-dweller stage of life, a gradual turning inward. Just as late summer gives way to autumn, this transition unfolds slowly. Energy and attention steadily withdraw from what is no longer aligned. Resisting this natural process can lead to strain - physical, mental, and at times an inner crisis.

What happens when we choose to adjust, rather than endure?

This course offers a structured enquiry into this threshold. It supports a clearer understanding of what is changing, while acknowledging what is ending and making space for what is to come. Jite will guide you with practices drawn from Ayurveda and contemplative traditions, with an emphasis on learning to listen closely and developing discernment.

Clarity at this stage does not come from more information, but from tuning into what resonates and learning to interpret one’s own experience with care and attention.

Inner Forest is for women who recognise this threshold and are willing to engage in honest enquiry.



Jite is a yoga and meditation teacher, practising architect, and landscape consultant. She has been teaching since 2008, with a path shaped by time spent across Africa, Europe, and Asia, and a long-standing engagement with the philosophical foundations of Yoga.

Her work is grounded in the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya, with an emphasis on the internal experience of practice and the role of attention, perception, and the mind. Alongside her teaching, she has explored life-stage transitions through Ayurvedic frameworks and a two-year training in Psychosynthesis.

Rooted in both contemplative practice and a deep sensitivity to the natural world, her approach reflects an ongoing inquiry into how we live, perceive, and respond to change—within ourselves and as part of a larger, unfolding whole.