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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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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.
Episodes
179 episodes
177. She Had Her Dream Job—Until She Didn’t
Amelie had what many would call a dream job—performing with Cirque du Soleil.She stepped away to have a baby, fully expecting to return.But when she did… the job she thought would be waiting for her wasn’t there anymore.In ...
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176. Your Friends Didn’t Plan For This Either
If you’ve ever wondered, “Am I doing this right?” You’re not alone.In this episode of We Didn’t Plan For This, Adrienne and Campbell sit down with Natalie to talk about what it’s like for our family and friends when som...
175. Three Months Later: What Actually Helps
Three Months Later: What Actually HelpsThree months after Brian’s passing, Adrienne sits down with her daughter Campbell for a conversation they didn’t plan and didn’t script. Together, they reflect on the experience of being...
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174. If You Don’t Know What To Do, Breathe
Your breath is a bridge between your nervous system, your body, and your brain.In this solo episode of We Didn’t Plan For This, Adrienne talks about one of the simplest and most powerful tools we have — our breath.Breathi...
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173. When Your Body Stops Feeling Like Your Own
On this series we’ve talked about loss, diagnosis, and life changing overnight. Today we’re talking about what happens when the thing that changes… is your body.In this episode of We Didn’t Plan For This, Mia shares her experien...
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172. She Did Everything Right: Nora's Diagnosis
In this week’s episode of the We Didn’t Plan For This series, Nora and Adrienne explore how sometimes life doesn’t slowly change — sometimes it changes in an instant.Nora has done everything right. She took care of her health, e...
171. Learning to Live With What You Didn't Plan For.
What helps when life suddenly becomes something you never planned for?In today's episode of We Didn’t Plan For This, Adrienne shares where she is now after the sudden loss of her husband, Brian.If you listened to Episodes...
170. We Didn't Plan For This: Trailer (A Special Series)
We Didn’t Plan For This… is a new special series from the hosts of How Yoga Changed My Life about navigating life transitions, and unexpected change in real time.After Adrienne's sudden loss of her husband, so many of you reached out wit...
169. Sandbag Pranayama Practice with Liz Albanis
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 t...
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168. A Yogi from Down Under on Resiliency and Yoga Therapy
In this week's episode Adrienne and cohosts interview Liz Albanis. She shares how she found yoga despite disconnection with her own body, found the right teacher training at the right time, and is deepening her yoga teaching through yoga therap...
167. Hope Is the Ability to Take One More Step — Lunar New Year Guided Relaxation
The Lunar New Year marks a turning — a gentle invitation to begin again.In this week's episode, Natalie explores a quiet, powerful truth: hope is the ability to take one more step. Not a leap. Not a perfect plan. Just one small, steady m...
166. I'm Down A Man: The Quiet Parts of Grief
This episode contains candid discussion of grief, loss, widowhood, and emotional overwhelm. Please listen in a way that feels supportive to you, and pause or skip if needed.In today's episode, Adrienne shares the quiet parts of her grief...
165. Where in the World has Mia Been?
It's over 10 months since Mia has been on the podcast! Time to catch up with everything that has been going on in her life and how yoga has played a role in her life.
164. I Don't Know What Comes Next, But This Is Where I Am Today
This is an honest check-in after the sudden death of Adrienne’s husband, Brian.In this solo episode, Adrienne shares where she is right now — the shock of loss, the moments from the hospital and funeral that stayed with her, how family a...
163. Shed the Snake, Learning to Wrangle the Horse
As the Lunar New Year shifts from the introspective Year of the Snake into the bold, forward-moving Fire Horse, Adrienne, Natalie, and Nora pause—before picking up the reins.This isn’t about starting over.It’s about shedding what ...
162. What This Year’s Guests Taught Us
Lessons in Trust, Resilience & Being HumanWhat did this year’s conversations really teach us? In this week's episode, Adrienne wraps up 2025 by reflecting on lessons from podcast guests about trust, resilience, res...
161. Grounded From The Inside
Inner Support for Calm, Awareness & ResponseA grounding, body-based practice to calm the nervous system and build inner support through breath, awareness, and mindful presence.This episode invites you to slow down, listen inwa...
160. Know What Feels Good: A Conversation with Deb Flashenberg on Pregnancy, Pelvic Health & Trusting Your Body
In this week's episode of How Yoga Changed My Life a Podcast, Adrienne and Nora sit down with Deb Flashenberg, founder of the Prenatal Yoga Center in NYC, to explore what it truly means to listen to your body through pregnancy, birth, and beyon...
159. People be Peopling 4: The “I Can Totally Do This—Oh Wait No I Can’t” Episode
In today's People Be Peopling episode, Adrienne, Natalie and Nora break down one of the most misunderstood parts of fitness, yoga, and being a human: the gap between our expectation of effort and our actual nervous system capacity
158. The Way You Carry Yourself Carries Your Energy
In this week’s episode of How Yoga Changed My Life, biomechanics-driven Lara Heimann unpacks one of her favorite topics: posture and alignment — and why they matter more than you think.Lara breaks down posture as more than how you sit or...
157. BONUS EPISODE: A Special Thanksgiving Gratitude Meditation
This Thanksgiving, take a moment to pause, breathe, and soften.Join Adrienne for a gentle gratitude meditation to ground your nervous system, honor your body, and reconnect with what’s already here and enough. A quiet space to say thank ...
156. Accidental Entrepreneur: Calming the B*tch in Your Brain & Moving Better with Lara Heimann
In this week’s episode of How Yoga Changed My Life, Adrienne and Natalie sit down with the brilliantly bold and refreshingly real Lara Heimann — physical therapist, yoga teacher, and founder of LYT Yoga — for a conversation that is equal parts ...
155. Ditch Your All or Nothing Thinking: Top 10 Tips to Survive the Next 6 Weeks!
The holidays are here—and so are the schedules, the stress, the celebrations, and the chaos that can pull you away from your movement routine. In this episode, Natalie, Nora, and Adrienne break down the myth that movement has to be all or n...
154. People Be People'ing: From Performance to Presence
We live in a world where mirrors multiply — in studios, selfies, and in our own minds. From leggings designed to contour every curve to the endless scroll of “post or it didn’t happen,” movement has become something we perform instead of someth...
153. Listening to the Whispers of Your Heart with Pam Yula
Join author and teacher Pamela Yula for a heart-centered guided meditation designed to help you slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with your inner truth. Accompanied by soothing singing bowls and gentle journaling prompts, this...