162. What This Year’s Guests Taught Us Artwork

How Yoga Changed My Life

How Yoga Changed My Life shares honest conversations about grief, resilience, healing, and the practices that help us navigate life’s hardest seasons. Through personal stories, movement, meditation, breathwork, and interviews, you’ll discover tools to help you keep moving forward—even when life changes unexpectedly.

Hosted by Adrienne Smith, Mia Obaile, Nora Pair and Natalie Pasqualone, each episode explores resilience, family, personal growth, grief and the moments that change us forever.

New episodes every Monday.

We Didn’t Plan For This special series

In Case of Emergency, Press Play Meditations

For those who have reached out asking how to support Adrienne and her family during this time, click here to donate. There is absolutely no expectation—just sincere

gratitude.

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.

EMAIL US: WDPFTPodcast@gmail.com

You don’t have to have it figured out. You just have to be willing to share honestly.

For more, go to https://howyogachangedmylife.com

Follow us @yogachanged

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.

All Episodes

How Yoga Changed My Life

162. What This Year’s Guests Taught Us

December 29, 2025 • How Yoga Changed My Life • Season 3 • Episode 162

0:00 | 8:01

Lessons in Trust, Resilience & Being Human

What 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, rest, nervous system care, and being human.

Instead of a traditional recap, this year-end episode weaves together the deeper lessons that emerged across guest interviews:

Learning to listen to the body
Honoring our nervous system's capacity
Redefining strength
Practicing rest
Finding your way back to yourself when life untethers you.

Featuring reflections and powerful moments from conversations with Deb, Erin, Scott, Beth, Rubina, Jenny, Lara, Shelley, Chiara, and Jorge, this episode is an invitation to pause, integrate, and carry forward what truly matters.

A grounded closing to the year — and a gentle beginning.

Send us Fan Mail

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.

EMAIL US: WDPFTPodcast@gmail.com

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

Send Us Your Stories!

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

Follow us on TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@yogachanged

Follow us on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/yogachanged/

More info, go to https://howyogachangedmylife.com

For th...