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How Yoga Changed My Life
Join Mia and Adrienne as they interview everyday people and learn how yoga has impacted their life. Listen as they demystify the yoga studio and break down the barriers and misconceptions of what yoga truly is all about. Whatever your experiences with yoga, this podcast will shed light on the "why" yoga changes your life! This yoga, meditation, and breath work podcast is based in San Antonio, Texas.
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Wanna share your yoga story? Send us a email at yogachanged@gmail.com.
The theme music for this episode, “Cenote Angelita”, was written and produced by Mar Abajo Rio AKA MAR Yoga Music. Dive deeper into this and other original yoga-inspired compositions by visiting bio.site/mcrworks. For the latest updates on upcoming events featuring his live music for yoga and meditation, be sure to follow @maryogamusic on Instagram.
How Yoga Changed My Life
169. Sandbag Pranayama Practice with Liz Albanis
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In this week's episode, Liz Albanis, from Episode 168, guides you through a weighted pranayama practice designed to strengthen and awaken your diaphragm.
Using a sandbag — or any comfortably weighted object — across your diaphragm, this technique becomes a form of resistance training for your breath. A blanket or even a bag of rice can work. The heavier the weight, the more intense the pranayama practice becomes. It’s good to start with a lighter weight so the nothing feels forced. The goal isn’t perfection — it’s gentle, steady feedback.
By adding weight to the breath, you create subtle resistance that helps “weight train” the diaphragm, building awareness, capacity, and resilience in the primary muscle of respiration. Over time, this can support deeper, more efficient breathing patterns and a stronger connection between breath and core.
This episode is perfect for:
• Reconnecting to your breath
• Expanding lung capacity
• Supporting nervous system regulation
• Rebuilding core awareness from the inside out
Expect a slow, intentional, embodied practice that invites strength and softness at the same time.
So lie down, place something weighted across your diaphragm, and breathe.
Check out more from Liz at lizalbaniswellness.com.au
Instagram @lizalbaniswellnessau
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lizalbaniswellnessau
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We Didn't Plan For This Special Series
This series exists because so many of you reached out and said, “I didn’t plan for this either.”
If you’ve gone through a diagnosis, a loss, a life change, a career shift, a divorce, becoming a caregiver, moving, starting over — we want to hear your story.
You don’t have to have it figured out. You just have to be willing to share honestly.
How Yoga Changed My Life a Podcast
If you have a story about how yoga, meditation, breath work, journaling, or movement changed your life, we want to hear from you!
These podcasts are really about the same thing — how people move through the seasons of life they didn’t plan for, and what helps them along the way.
If you’d like to be on the show or share your story: Fill out our guest form or email us at yogachanged@gmail.com
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