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How Yoga Changed My Life
How Yoga Changed My Life is a podcast about the unexpected twists life throws our way and how we learn to keep going. 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. Through honest conversations, personal stories, and guided meditations, you’ll find reminders that you’re not alone—even when life doesn’t go according to plan.
New episodes every Monday.
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In Case of Emergency, Press Play Meditations
This yoga, meditation, and breath work podcast is based in San Antonio, Texas.
For more, go to https://howyogachangedmylife.com
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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
205 episodes
15. In Case of Emergency, Press Play: Courage
Courage isn’t the absence of fear—it’s choosing to move forward even when fear riding shotgun beside you.This guided meditation is for the moments when life feels uncertain, overwhelming, or just plain hard. Whether you’re facing a diffi...
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188. We Didn't Plan For This: Wait...You Said No Chemo?!
Wait...I thought you said no chemo?!Those are words no one wants to hear after believing the hardest part is over.In this follow-up conversation, Nora shares what happened when her treatment plan changed. After preparing for one s...
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14. In Case of Emergency, Press Play: Next Step
Some seasons of life don’t come with clear answers.Maybe you’re waiting on news or facing a tough decision. Maybe everything feels uncertain and your mind won’t stop trying to solve tomorrow before today is even over.This meditati...
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13. In Case of Emergency, Press Play: Enough
For exhausted humans, perfectionists, widows, parents, and caregivers.Have you ever had the feeling like you should be do more, accomplish more, heal faster, or somehow handle life better than you are?This guided meditation is an ...
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12. In Case of Emergency, Press Play: Grief Waves
Grief doesn’t always arrive when we expect it.Sometimes it’s a song on the radio, a photograph, or a memory that suddenly brings a wave of emotion crashing in.This guided meditation isn’t about fixing, understanding, or making gri...
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187. We Didn’t Plan For This: Moving, Grieving & Growing Up
The move they never planned. In this week’s episode, you’ll hear a conversation between Campbell and Nora about college, independence, grief, and what it feels like to move forward after losing a parent. The milestones Brian should ...
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186. We Didn't Plan For This: First Father's Day Without Him
It’s Father’s Day weekend. It’s also the weekend Campbell moved to Birmingham to begin her next chapter. For Adrienne, these two milestones collide in a way she never expected.In this personal episode of We Didn’t Plan for This, Adrienne...
11. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Present Moment
Life has a way of pulling us in every direction. We replay conversations, worry about tomorrow, and carry the weight of things that haven’t even happened yet.This guided meditation is an invitation to gently return to the only place you...
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10. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Focused Breathing
When life feels overwhelming, your breath is always with you.This short guided meditation is a simple invitation to pause, slow down, and reconnect with the steady rhythm that’s been there all along. No special experience required. No p...
9. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Protect Your Energy
Some days it feels like everyone wants a piece of you. Your attention. Your time. Your patience. Your energy.This guided meditation offers a gentle space to reconnect with yourself and create healthy boundaries without buil...
185. Widow or Grief Brain is Real: My Brain Left The Group Chat
Have you ever walked into a room and completely forgotten why you were there? Do you constantly find yourself trying to remember where you put your keys? Since Brian's unexpected passing in January, Adrienne has found herself forget...
8. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Moonlight
Some vacations require plane tickets. This one just requires pressing play.Have you ever noticed that everything feels a little softer under moonlight?This guided visualization invites you to step away from the noise, the responsi...
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7. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Grounded
Ever notice how your mind can be everywhere except where you are?This guided meditation is an invitation to step away from the planning, the replaying, the worrying, and the endless mental to-do list. Through simple breat...
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6. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Kindness
Most of us would never speak to a friend the way we sometimes speak to ourselves.This guided loving-kindness meditation is an opportunity to soften your inner dialogue and reconnect with compassion—for yourself, the people you love, ...
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5. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Anxiety
If anxiety burned calories, some of us would never need another workout.This guided meditation is designed for the moments when your mind is racing, your shoulders are creeping toward your ears, and your nervous system feels like it’s wo...
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184. My Husband Died Without a Will. Now What?
When Brian died, Adrienne thought there was a will.They had talked about it. He told her it was done. It wasn’t until after he died that she learned there was no will—and felt the rug pulled out from under everything she thought had been...
4. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Labels
Imagine someone took away your business card, your LinkedIn profile, your family group text, and your to-do list.Who would be left? Don’t panic. This isn’t a pop quiz.It’s a guided meditation.We can ...
3. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Busy
Busy has become a badge of honor for many of us.In fact, the Urban Dictionary defines “busy” as what people say when they’re too overwhelmed to explain what’s actually go...
2. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Worry
“Worry is just prayers for chaos” -Gabby BernsteinFor many of us, worry isn’t an occasional visitor - it can be a full time roommate. One thought becomes another, and before we know it, our minds are spinning through every possi...
1. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play: Bedtime
Ah Bedtime...It’s amazing what your mind can accomplish the moment your head hits the pillow.All day long, you couldn’t remember why you walked into the kitchen. And now, suddenly at bedtime, your mind remembers an email you forgo...
183. In Case Of Emergency, Press Play Trailer
Life doesn’t always unfold the way we planned.This year on How Yoga Changed My Life, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the moments that change everything—the diagnoses, the losses, the uncertainty, the unexpected turns non...
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182. Beyond The Clock: A Guided Meditation on Time
Time passes equally for all of us, yet our experience of it can feel vastly different. An hour spent with someone you love can disappear in an instant, while a few minutes of waiting can feel endless.In this guided meditation, Chris Kenn...
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181. Three Years Later...What Actually Changed?
What happens after the beginning?After spending sometime inside our special series, We Didn’t Plan for This, this conversation felt like a return to the roots of what How Yoga Changed My Life has always been about — how p...
180. The Stages of Grief Happen Before Death
Grief and grieving aren't really the same thing. The stages of grief happened before death—through fear, anticipation, exhaustion, denial, and watching life change in real time. What came after wasn’t stages. It was grieving....
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179. We Didn't Plan For This...We Have Notes.
This week on We Didn’t Plan For This…We Have Notes.Recorded while driving home from a road trip, Nora and Adrienne take a break from the heavier conversations to talk about the strange, hilarious, mildly concerning reality of be...
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