The Truth About Trauma, Yoga and What Actually Heals with Liz Albanis

The Truth About Trauma, Yoga and What Actually Heals with Liz Albanis

What does trauma-informed yoga actually mean — and does all yoga heal, or can some of it hurt? In this episode somatic yoga therapist Keri Marino sits down with Liz Albanis, Australian yoga therapist and host of the Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga Podcast, for one of the most honest conversations this show has had about trauma, the body and what healing with yoga actually looks like. They cover what trauma really is beyond the dramatic version, why not all yoga is created equal for trauma recovery, the red flags to watch for in yoga spaces, what a genuinely supportive practice actually feels like from the inside — and where these two experienced practitioners see things differently. If you're looking for an honest, expert take on how to heal through a yogic based approach. This one is for you.  - - -  Ready to put this into practice? Here are some next steps.  Come Home to Your Body - free somatic yoga practice for women ->https://kerimarino.eo.page/comehome [https://kerimarino.eo.page/comehome] Daily Devotion - 21 day structured therapeutic home yoga practice  -> https://www.kerimarino.com/daily-devotion-21-day-program.html [https://www.kerimarino.com/daily-devotion-21-day-program.html] The Nourished Woman Sanctuary - on-demand and live somatic yoga for women ready to feel wildly whole & free -> https://www.kerimarino.com/the-nourished-woman-sanctuary.html [https://www.kerimarino.com/the-nourished-woman-sanctuary.html] If this episode resonated, share it with a woman who needs it and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  - - -  Want to find out more about Keri and Liz? Connect with Keri at https://www.kerimarino.com/ [https://www.kerimarino.com/] and @the_nourished_woman Connect with Liz at https://www.lizalbaniswellness.com.au/ [https://www.lizalbaniswellness.com.au/] and @lizalbaniswellnessau

Your Body Was Protecting You All Along - Trauma, Your Body and Healing Deeply

If you've ever wondered where the chronic tightness in your shoulders comes from, the mirror you'd rather avoid or the pleasure you can't fully open up to receive - it could be because your body is holding onto something to protect you (like it needed to in the past.)  The reality is, so much of how you've thought about and experienced your body - is rooted in trauma and adaptive patterns.  But a conscious, loving relationship with your body in the here and now isn't guided by protective habits alone, it's also resourced in soul alignment, you standing in your power and a nervous system that can hold goodness too.  In this episode, we'll unpack how trauma impacts your body and what it looks like to heal deeply - in a holistic yoga therapy based method.  - - - Ready to put this into practice? Here are some next steps. Come Home to Your Body - free somatic yoga practice for women ->https://kerimarino.eo.page/comehome Daily Devotion - 21 day structured therapeutic home yoga practice -> https://www.kerimarino.com/daily-devotion-21-day-program.html The Nourished Woman Sanctuary - on-demand and live somatic yoga for women ready to feel wildly whole & free -> https://www.kerimarino.com/the-nourished-woman-sanctuary.html If this episode resonated, share it with a woman who needs it and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  Connect with Keri at https://www.kerimarino.com/ and @the_nourished_woman

Women and Our Bodies - Body Image Truths & Finding Liberation

In this episode, Somatic Yoga Therapist Keri Marino unearths the honest truth about women and our bodies including body image, the desires you hold, and what really helps you feel free. We explore what informed how you feel about your body so you can see that the struggles you've grappled with were never your fault, and get insight and inspiration into what really matters most - to help you heal your relationship with your body in a way that sets you free. To be more present, liberated and at peace. 💜 - - - Come Home to Your Body - free somatic yoga practice for women ->https://kerimarino.eo.page/comehome Daily Devotion - 21 day therapeutic home yoga practice  -> https://www.kerimarino.com/daily-devotion-21-day-program.html The Nourished Woman Sanctuary - on-demand and live somatic yoga for women ready to feel wildly whole & free -> https://www.kerimarino.com/the-nourished-woman-sanctuary.html If this episode resonated, share it with a woman who needs it and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  Connect with Keri at https://www.kerimarino.com/ and @the_nourished_woman

From Women's Shelter to Yoga Therapist — on Turning Hard Things Into Something Beautiful with Jessica Erlendson

Jessica Erlendson is a yoga therapist and menopause educator from Calgary — and she is one of those women who has taken the hardest parts of her life and turned them into something that genuinely helping others thrive. In this conversation we talk about leaving a domestic violence situation at 21 and pregnant, how learning became her form of freedom, what yoga therapy actually looks like when it meets a real woman exactly where she is, and why being comfortable in a restorative yoga pose is not a small thing — it might be the whole point. This one is warm, honest and a little unexpected. I think you're going to love her. 🕯️ Come Home to Your Body - free somatic yoga practice for women ->https://kerimarino.eo.page/comehome [https://kerimarino.eo.page/comehome] Daily Devotion - 21 day therapeutic home yoga practice  -> https://www.kerimarino.com/daily-devotion-21-day-program.html [https://www.kerimarino.com/daily-devotion-21-day-program.html] The Nourished Woman Sanctuary - on-demand and live somatic yoga for women ready to feel wildly whole & free -> https://www.kerimarino.com/the-nourished-woman-sanctuary.html [https://www.kerimarino.com/the-nourished-woman-sanctuary.html] If this episode resonated, share it with a woman who needs it and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  Connect with Keri at https://www.kerimarino.com/ [https://www.kerimarino.com/] and @the_nourished_woman Connect with Jessica at https://canadianperimeno.com/ [https://canadianperimeno.com/] and @perimenopausesupport

I Cried Recording This — On Giving MySelf Permission and Why Yoga Needs to Go Deep Again

I almost didn't make this episode. It's the most personal thing I've shared in a while — and at one point I just stopped and cried, right there into the mic. This is me working through a paradigm shift I've been sitting in for months: owning that after seventeen years, I'm not a beginner yoga therapist figuring it out anymore. I'm a senior one. And that comes with a responsibility I've been hesitant to fully claim — to speak honestly about what's happened to yoga over the last twenty years, as it moved from weird and deep to widely available, and in that spread, became diluted. Surface level. Fitness oriented. A stress reliever you do for 15 minutes and forget. In this episode I talk about why yoga has always been about healing and integration, not just exercise — and why, in a world accelerating into AI and disconnection, we need practices that turn us inward more than ever. I talk about devotion. About what it means to actually identify as a woman who practices — not occasionally, but as a real part of who you are, with a system and a village around you that helps you fill the gaps when life gets hard. This one is raw, it's honest, and I think it might be exactly what some of you have been needing to hear. Come Home to Your Body - free somatic yoga practice for women ->https://kerimarino.eo.page/comehome [https://kerimarino.eo.page/comehome] Daily Devotion - 21 day therapeutic home yoga practice  -> https://www.kerimarino.com/daily-devotion-21-day-program.html [https://www.kerimarino.com/daily-devotion-21-day-program.html] The Nourished Woman Sanctuary - on-demand and live somatic yoga for women ready to feel wildly whole & free -> https://www.kerimarino.com/the-nourished-woman-sanctuary.html [https://www.kerimarino.com/the-nourished-woman-sanctuary.html] If this episode resonated, share it with a woman who needs it and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  Connect with Keri at https://www.kerimarino.com/ [https://www.kerimarino.com/] and @the_nourished_woman