Join Liz Albanis as she chats with Doro Baumfalk about teaching trauma-informed Yoga. Yoga for mental health, Ayurveda and journaling.

Together they explore:

• Trauma-aware yoga teaching. How props, poses, language, and environment can be triggers. And how to offer students compassionate options.
• Dorothy’s personal journey to discovering yoga
• The power of combining yoga and journaling. Especially for mental health
• Real-life stories of transformation, including teaching at a rare cancer community event
• Practical ways to balance the doshas through everyday tools.
• The importance of letting go of perfectionism in both yoga and journaling
• Empowering journal prompts
• Journaling offers a powerful way to explore emotions and deepen yoga practice.
• Ayurveda is accessible. Small shifts can help bring balance and insight.

About: Doro is a yoga teacher, Ayurvedic counselor, and journal therapist who brings together movement, mindfulness, and writing to support holistic wellbeing. After more than a decade working in the hotel industry, she experienced firsthand how demanding modern life can be and how difficult it is to truly switch off. Today, she integrates journaling into her yoga classes to help students clear the mind and connect more deeply with their practice. Drawing on Ayurveda, she emphasises the individuality of health and teaches practical ways to recognise and balance the Doshas in daily life. Dorothee also offers workshops and trainings for yoga teachers, inspiring them to enrich their own classes with Ayurveda and journaling.

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Join Liz Albanis as she chats about Yoga for Trauma Recovery and Mental Well-being. Exploring some of the ways to enhance your practice for better mental health.

Key Topics

• Learn why consistent practice. Even just five minutes daily, can be more effective than two studio classes each week.
• Discover how to improve your nervous system with Yoga. can support your journey towards balance without overstimulation or depletion.
• Understand your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems' roles in healing from trauma and recognize signs of being stuck in a fight-or-flight state.
• Why your yoga practice needs to meet you where you are. Helping to alleviate anxiety and depression.
• The Importance of a personalised yoga practice.
• Why yoga poses are only a small part of an effective practice and some other practices to consider incorporating.
• Somatic Yoga for trauma release.

Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or new to yoga. Liz provides practical insights tailored for trauma survivors seeking holistic well-being.

More About The Host

Liz offers one-on-one online sessions to help yogis cultivate a personalised yoga practice. Liz is a registered senior yoga teacher with Yoga Australia. She has been teaching since 2012. Liz is currently studying to become a yoga therapist. A qualified personal trainer through her Diploma of Fitness. Liz is also a qualified Pilates and Barre Instructor.

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Explore how yoga impacts trauma recovery and mental health. Focusing on its role in PTSD, nervous system regulation, and holistic strategies for teachers and practitioner. In this episode, Liz Albanis explores the role of yoga in mental health. emphasising its potential for trauma recovery and well-being. But also, how it could be detrimental towards recovery and mental health in general. monstrating the importance of nervous system regulation through yoga practices. She provides valuable insights for yoga teachers. On how to better support students to help hold a more supportive space. Triggers in a yoga studio, many wouldn't think of. Listen for an enlightening journey toward healing and empowerment through yoga. Liz explains how yoga serves as a powerful tool for trauma recovery..

Drawing on her lived experience and studies in yoga therapy. Liz explores how mindful yoga practices can support holistic well-being. Especially for those navigating trauma, anxiety, or conditions like ADHD. Whether you're a yoga teacher. A student, or curious about how yoga can support your mental and emotional health. This episode shares valuable yoga insights and tools . For integrating yoga practices into everyday life.

Key Topics:

• The impact of PTSD on the brain and how yoga can aid nervous system recovery
• How candles, incense, and even certain language can be hidden triggers in class
• Why trauma-aware teaching is more than avoiding physical adjustments
• How to be more mindful and inclusive in your classes
• The 4 letter word to avoid using, that's not well known to be a trigger.
• What “trauma-aware” is and why assuming every class is, can be harmful
• The importance of mindfulness in yoga and learning to “read the room” as a teacher
• Liz’s personal yoga journey and how it’s reshaped her teaching philosophy

This episode is for you if:

• You’re a yoga teacher looking to teach with more sensitivity and awareness
• You’re navigating trauma, stress, or anxiety and seeking more information
• You believe yoga is more than poses, it's part of holistic health.

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What if the thing holding you back as a yoga teacher wasn’t your knowledge, but your mindset? Liz Albanis joined by Karen Fabian. Karen Fabian is an experienced yoga teacher, anatomy educator and author.

Whether you're a new teacher feeling overwhelmed . Or an experienced practitioner ready to go deeper. This episode delivers useful tools and mindset shifts. To help you transform your teaching from the inside out.

About the Guest

Karen is the founder of Bare Bones Yoga. With over 20 years of teaching experience. And a background in rehabilitative counselling and healthcare administration. Karen brings a science-based yet practical approach to anatomy. Karen is an author of 3 books. To explore how yoga teachers can step into their full potential. By building both anatomical understanding and authentic self-belief.
Karen empowers yoga teachers across the globe to develop clarity. Confidence, and competence through her Yoga Anatomy Blueprint Learning Program. Karen offers yoga insights and tools.

Key Topics & Takeaways

• Karen's persona; yoga journey and how it reshaped her career.
• Mindfulness in Yoga
• Why mindset is the common barrier for yoga teachers.
• The “walk and talk” teaching style and how to build confidence getting off the mat.
• Common limiting beliefs in yoga teachers and how to reframe them.
• The real reason many teachers feel the need to change sequences every week.
• Teaching “safe” yoga: myth vs. reality.
• How to understand and apply anatomy cues with confidence.
• Karen’s 10-step blueprint for learning anatomy in a practical, memorable way.
• The importance of action-oriented cueing and watching your students.
• Why we need to rethink negative framing.
• How to use frameworks instead of memorizing scripts.
• Healthy detachment, self-inquiry, and the power of reflection after teaching

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Liz shares her personal experiences of trauma survival. Insights into how yoga aids trauma recovery and resilience. As part of holistic wellness plan for mental health. Also shedding light on trauma awareness.

On 11 January 2024, Liz's life changed in an instant. In this emotional and episode, she shares the story of the night her neighbour’s house went up in flames. So close that we she and her family only minutes to escape. It was the second fire she had survived, and it ended up sparking the inspiration for this podcast.

This episode isn’t about reliving trauma for sympathy. It’s about creating, awareness. Helping other survivors know they're not alone. Liz talk about fear, guilt, and the emotional aftermath, but also the gratitude, the lessons, and the transformation that emerged from the ashes.

Whether you’ve experienced trauma, supported someone who has, or just want to understand how yoga supports us when life gets raw and real, this conversation is for you.

Key Takeaways:

• Why trauma doesn’t always look the way people expect—and why it’s valid even if you “escaped” physically unharmed.
• How a single moment can completely shift your identity and purpose.
• The role yoga really plays when facing life’s most terrifying moments.
• Why it's okay to grieve, even when others say “it could’ve been worse.”
• How first responders showed up with selfless bravery—and what that taught me about service.
• The long tail of trauma and the ongoing process of recovery.

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This episode contains personal accounts of house fires and may be triggering for some listeners. Please listen with care. If you're in Australia and need support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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Liz Albanis speaks with Justine Janssen. A senior yoga teacher. Former owner of three yoga studios, mentor, retreat facilitator. A lifelong student now training in holistic counselling and somatics. This heartfelt and powerful conversation is for yoga teachers, practitioners, and anyone interested in the deeper dimensions of yoga. Especially those curious about trauma-informed practice. The evolution of teaching styles, and how yoga helps us find resilience through change. Liz and Justine dive into the real and raw journey of being a teacher and student of yoga. From running packed power yoga studios. To finding grounding in personalised, somatic and one-on-one healing practices. Justine shares her path from Vinyasa to a more integrative and therapeutic approach. Reflecting on the need for nervous system awareness, authentic teaching, and deep inner listening.

Key Topics

Justine’s personal yoga journey

The importance of adapting yoga for individual bodies and experiences

Moving from large studio classes to one-on-one and small group healing work

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Reiki, and somatics explained in everyday terms

The evolution of teaching in a post-COVID world and why community still matters

Justine emphasises the importance of mindfulness in yoga

Advice for yoga teachers navigating professional or personal change

Holistic wellbeing

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Justine is a highly regarded senior Australian yoga teacher. Justine has 20 years of yoga facilitation experience, inclusive of over a decade of owning and operating three of her own yoga studios. Throughout her career, Justine has developed and nurtured yoga communities, written and facilitated yoga teacher trainings, run retreats within Australia and internationally mentored yoga teachers. Worked one-on-one with clients and groups. Including corporate schools and Australian and local representative level sporting teams. https://www.remedydaily.org/ IG FB

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Liz chats with Michelle Diener, to explore the hidden dangers of everyday toxins and their impact on our health. Including their role in hormone disruption, chronic illness, and breast cancer risk. She is naturopath, building biologist, and certified low-tox coach. Through 1:1 coaching, group education and in-home assessments, she helps people achieve better health and wellbeing, and reduce the risk of disease in the future. By working with them to reduce the amount of toxins in their home and body. To get the toxins out and keep them out and to support their body’s natural detox pathways. Michelle shares the heartbreaking story of losing her sister to breast cancer at just 38. and how that loss sparked her mission to educate others about low-tox living. Together, they unpack the science behind environmental toxins. Offer practical, affordable changes to reduce toxic load. Support mental health, and protect the body's natural detox pathways. Whether you're navigating perimenopause. Parenting young children. Or simply want to prevent disease and reclaim your energy. This conversation will leave you feeling informed and empowered.

Michelle’s journey began with the devastating loss of her sister to breast cancer. She now helps others reduce their risk through education and personalised assessments.

Key Topics Covered:

• The “Three Ps”—pesticides, plastics, and perfumes. Are major sources of toxins that disrupt hormones. And linked to breast cancer and other chronic illnesses.
• Emotional stress and guilt about past choices can also impact mental health. As Michelle reminds us, “When you know better, you do better.”
• More healthcare professionals are beginning to acknowledge the link between toxins, hormonal changes And diseases like breast cancer. A hopeful shift in mainstream medicine.
• Michelle offers 3 simple tips to reduce toxins in your home. That won't break the bank and are possible for those who are time poor.

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Liz speaks with senior yoga teacher and therapist Lisa Weller based in Brisbane, Australia. With over 20 years of yoga experience. Lisa shares how her yoga practice has evolved into a spiritual and holistic lifestyle. Far beyond poses on a mat. Together, they discuss the intersection of Ayurveda and Yoga. Adapting your practice to your energy levels. How yoga can support the nervous system during real-life challenges like natural disasters.

Yoga is a Spiritual and Holistic Lifestyle Lisa defines yoga as a way of connecting mind, body, and spirit. And shares how it informs everything. From how we breathe to how we eat and live.

Ayurveda and Yoga Work Hand in Hand Lisa explains how understanding her dosha helped her personalise her yoga. Feel more balanced across seasons, moods, and life stages.

Your Practice Should Meet Your Needs. Learn how to honour your body's daily energy by choosing stillness. Strength, or something in between. Without guilt or rigid expectations.

Yoga for Nervous System Support is Real. Lisa recounts how yoga helped her regulate stress and exhaustion. After surviving both floods and Cyclone Alfred.

The Importance of Walking Your Talk. Lisa gives advice for people considering undertaking yoga teacher training. Lisa shares why it's essential for yoga teachers to embody what they teach.

About this episode's guest: Lisa Weller’s teaching is rooted in the sacred practice of coming home to oneself. Her classes offer a grounded, nurturing space where students are invited to deepen their inner awareness and feel supported. Physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Drawing from her strong foundation in Hatha yoga, Lisa honours traditional teachings. While weaving in the wisdom of Yin (Chinese medicine and myo-fascial release), Restorative yoga, and pre/postnatal support. Through intentional, meditative movement and breath, Lisa guides students to explore their unique bodies, honour skeletal variation, and cultivate self-trust. Whether holding a deeply restorative posture or flowing mindfully through asana, her essence is to create space for presence, calm, and deep connection. Beyond the mat.

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