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.

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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.

Inner Support for Calm, Awareness & Response

A 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 inward, and respond from the body rather than react.

Through gentle visualization and breath-led awareness, you’ll be guided to meet your mood exactly as it is, without judgment or fixing. This meditation focuses on cultivating internal strength, resilience, and trust in the body’s ability to adapt and support you moment by moment.

Rather than reacting from habit or urgency, this practice offers space to pause, sense, and choose—honoring the wisdom that already lives within you.

This meditation is especially supportive for anyone seeking grounding, nervous system regulation, emotional clarity, or a deeper connection to their embodied self.

Best enjoyed seated, lying down, or gently moving—whatever feels supportive to you today.

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Wanna be on the show? Click here to fill out our guest info form or drop us a email at yogachanged@gmail.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.

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 beyond.

Deb brings decades of experience as a prenatal yoga teacher, labor support doula, childbirth educator, and pelvic health specialist. After a challenging first birth, her curiosity and commitment to understanding pelvic health, functional movement, and empowered birth deepened—leading her to advanced training in Yoga, pelvic floor health, pregnancy and postpartum corrective exercise.

Together, Adrienne, Nora, and Deb discuss:

• Why pregnancy and birth should never be one-size-fits-all
• The importance of non-prescriptive, non-restrictive movement practices
• How functional yoga supports a functional birth
• Pelvic health as a lifelong conversation—not just a postpartum concern
• Learning to trust your body’s wisdom instead of overriding it

Deb also shares how her passion for education and advocacy inspired her podcast, Yoga | Birth | Babies, where she has had conversations with some of the most respected voices in the birth world, including Penny Simkin, Gail Tully, Pam England, Rebecca Dekker, Dr. Sarah Buckley, and many more.

At the heart of this episode is a simple but powerful reminder...Know what feels good to you. Have a conversation with your body.

Whether you’re pregnant, postpartum, a movement professional, or simply curious about embodied choice and empowerment, this episode offers insight, compassion, and permission to do things your way.

Learn more about Deb and her work:

Prenatal Yoga Center – NYC

https://prenatalyogacenter.com/

Listen to Deb’s podcast:

Yoga | Birth | Babies

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Wanna be on the show? Click here to fill out our guest info form or drop us a email at yogachanged@gmail.com

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