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Yoga Saved Me
by Always Home Yoga
I became a Yoga teacher after Yoga saved my life for the 2nd time. The first time was in 1996 after I was dropped out of a 4-story window in the suburbs of Paris, France. The second time was after Daddy died in 2021 and I was drowning in grief. Here, you'll get Yoga and Meditation practices and listen to conversations with others saved by Yoga.🕊️ **Start your free 5-Day Calm Reset**It’s a gift for you: gentle breath, grounding movement, and everyday rituals that help your calm *last*.👉 Join the waitlist here https://bit.ly/5DayCalm
Episodes
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What happens when the job you counted on disappears?
Episode 1: When Your Job Disappears Yoga Saved Me Podcast | Adrianne Lind Duration: 9 minutes, 59 seconds When Policy Becomes Personal For federal employees, government contractors, and others affected by workforce reductions and changing policies, losing a job can mean losing much more than a...
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Can Sound Help Calm a Busy Mind? A Conversation with Deena Rahill
Can sound help your body settle when your mind refuses to slow down? In this first episode of The 30 Minute Calm Reset, Adrianne Lind welcomes sound therapist Deena Rahill for a practical conversation about sound therapy, stress, sleep, and the nervous system. Deena shares how a single experience...
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Webs, Claws, Beaks and Paws: A Short Movement Reset
Sometimes the body needs a little movement before the mind can settle. In this short Yoga Saved Me practice, Adrianne guides you through gentle movements for the fingers, wrists, shoulders, spine, feet, and legs. You will begin seated with the playful sequence of webs, claws, beaks, and paws…
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A Short Meditation for Breath and Sound Awareness
Pause for a few minutes and notice what is already happening around you and within you. In this short guided meditation, Adrianne invites you to settle into a comfortable seated position, soften your gaze, and listen. You will notice your breath, the sounds beyond the room, the sounds nearby, and...
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Begin Gently: A Practice for Moving From Freeze to One Small Step
In this gentle Yoga Saved Me practice, Adrianne guides listeners through a grounded way to meet stress without forcing themselves to “fix” everything at once. This episode focuses on what to do when worry, pressure, or life logistics make the body freeze. The practice invites you to pause, check…
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Rest Without Effort: A Guided Meditation for Shoulders, Arms, and Hands
In this guided meditation, Adrianne invites you to rest without effort. This practice begins with simple arrival. You can sit, lie down, cradle tea, hold a pet, lower your gaze, or close your eyes. From there, you will notice physical support beneath you, soften your breath, and bring awareness…
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4 to 6 Breathwork Practice - Selfcare for Crazy Times
In this short Yoga Saved Me practice, Adrianne guides listeners through a simple 4 to 6 breathing exercise. The practice uses a 4 second inhale and a 6 second exhale through gently pursed lips, as if breathing through a straw. This is a quick reset for moments when you need to slow down, steady...
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Meditation for Stability and Resilience in Uncertain Times
In this guided practice, Adrianne leads a 20 minute meditation for stability and resilience during uncertain times. The session begins with gentle breath awareness, then moves into grounding through the feet, a simple body scan, emotional acknowledgment, breathwork for inner strength…
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Breathwork and Gentle Yoga for Steadiness, Support, and Rest - Yoga Saved Me Podcast
In this calming practice, Adrianne guides listeners through breathwork, meditation, mindful movement, gratitude, and rest. The session begins with box breathing and a steady affirmation, then moves into a body scan, gentle spine movement, seated twists, side stretches, forward folds, light…
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Slow Strength and Mobility. Moving With Breath and Self Respect
Show notes A long form mindful movement practice focused on mobility, strength, and choice. Breath led. Option rich. Grounded in noticing rather than pushing. What you will experience • Seated warm up with arm sweeps and twists • Side stretches with attention to support • Tabletop spinal movement…
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Sensing Safety Through Sound and Stillness
A guided meditation that shifts attention from the room you are in to the quiet of a night sky. Grounded in sensory awareness and gentle imagination. What you will experience • Choice to sit or lie down • Simple breath awareness • Attention to sound, scent, touch, and temperature • A guided night...
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Gratitude and Rest. Settling the Body Before Sleep
A quiet gratitude and body awareness practice to support rest. Designed to close the day with ease and attention. What you will experience • Time to get comfortable and supported • A brief gratitude reflection • A slow body scan from feet to face • Simple breath counting to steady attention • A...
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Warming the Body With Choice and Breath
A full body mindful movement practice. Built around choice, breath, and steady pacing. Accessible seated, kneeling, or standing. What you will experience • Progressive warm up for arms, shoulders, spine, hips, and legs • Breath led movement • Frequent pauses to notice sensation • Multiple options...
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Choosing One Clear Direction for Today
A short intention setting practice to focus attention and guide action. Simple. Direct. Grounded in choice. What you will experience • A clear definition of intention • Examples of present tense statements • Space to choose what fits today • Repetition to reinforce commitment Practice highlights…
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Be Love Anyway: A Self-Compassion Practice from Portugal
Episode Summary In this heartfelt episode, Adrianne shares a gentle reflection on love, loss, and intention. Speaking from her winter stay in Portugal — after intentional planning and in the midst of unexpected storms — she offers a grounding reminder: even when hearts feel broken, love remains...
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Tapping and Breath to Slow the Body
A gentle breath and tapping practice to support self regulation. Designed to slow the stress response without forcing calm. What you will experience • Guided breathing through the nose and mouth • Gentle tapping to support body awareness • Clear affirmations that reinforce safety and choice • A...
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A Grounding Breath Practice for the Present Moment - For Crazy Times
A short, steady practice to arrive in the body and settle attention. Designed for moments of stress, distraction, or transition. What you will experience • Simple orientation to the present moment • Gentle body awareness • A clear breath rhythm through the nose and mouth • Reassuring self...
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20-Minute Meditation
Find a quiet place. Breathe. Rinse & repeat as needed. #meditation #20minutes Your One Shift Solution is to notice when survival is speaking, honor that response, and gently return to your breath, your body, and your right to live as your full self. Subscribe to the Yoga Saved Me Podcast, share...
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Mindfulnes Practice for Holiday Grievers
What this episode explores • A raw, personal story of stress, grief, and the moment everything changed • How grief after losing both parents affected Adrianne’s physical health • The blood pressure readings that became a wake-up call • How yoga and mindfulness became her lifeline • The role...
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A 20-Minute Meditation
Take a 20-minute break to unwind. Release Tension When Stress Builds Up Free 3-Day Course 10-Day Course Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab
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Meditation for Energy
Feeling drained on Thanksgiving? Dreading the holidays? This 20-minute meditation is for you. Release Tension When Stress Builds Up Free 3-Day Course 10-Day Course Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab
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Affirmations for Calm in Chaos
Use these affirmations to find moments of calm regardless of the chaos on the news. Release Tension When Stress Builds Up Free 3-Day Course 10-Day Course Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab
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Carine Vandenberghe from Tadasana4Yoga - Talk Tuesday
Carine in Belgium studied Sankrit in University. Listen to this episode to learn more about this amazing woman. Release Tension When Stress Builds Up: Free 3 Day Course 10 Day Course Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab
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Calm in Chaos - 15 Affirmations
Use one deep breath between each line. Two ways to Release Tension When Stress Builds Up: 3 Day Tension Release 10 Day Tension Release Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab
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3 Part Breath, The Grand Yoga Breath
Let's learn and practice the 3 Part Breath, also known as The Grand Yoga Breath. This technique serves as a cornerstone for all pranayama practices and is a great way for anyone to improve their breathing habits. Besides enhancing the functioning of all body systems, it also helps in calming the...
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Mindfulness Meditation
Find a quiet place, sit down, exhale, and follow my voice. Two ways to Release Tension When Stress Builds Up: Free 3 Day Course 10 Day Course Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab
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Managing Sadness Practice
Here’s a precise, practice-based flow when sadness feels heavy. Breathwork Exercise: Exhale Release Sit upright, feet grounded. Place one hand on your chest, one hand on your belly. Inhale gently through your nose for a slow count of 4. Hold the breath softly for 2. Exhale through pursed lips for…
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Chaja van Boesschoten from DesignIN Yoga on Talk Tuesday
Meet Chaja van Boesschoten of Design IN Yoga. Currently in Tanzania with her family, she offers classes online. In sum, Chaja teaches Hatha/ Kundalini Yoga with a deep focus on pranayama and energetic exploration. She has experienced living cross-culturally, having lived in the Netherlands…
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Rest, Gratitude, and Breath for Steady Mornings
Today’s practice Grounding breath (choose your exhale). One-minute gratitude check-in. Three affirmations. Gentle tapping on the collarbones. Close with one steady breath. Affirmations I’m grateful for my mind, my body, and my soul. Gratitude is the foundation of my day. I am enough exactly as I...
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60-minute Breathwork & Gentle Yoga Practice - Selfcare for Crazy Times
Sixty minutes is all you need, and you deserve that and even more. Breathe, move, be grateful, and rest with this Yoga practice. Reclaim calm with the free 5-Day Calm Reset. Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #reclaimcalm
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Meditation for Energy - Selfcare for Crazy Times
Use this meditation to recharge your energy in calmness. Reclaim your calm with the free 5-Day Calm Reset. Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #reclaimcalm
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You Can Become Summit - Selfcare for Crazy Times
You know Stefanie Heider as a guest on a Talk Tuesday episode and for her Water Yoga offering for us. She's fantastic, and of course, I said YES when she asked me to participate in her You Can Become Summit. It's free and runs from August 4 to 7. Register here: https://stefanieheiderycb.de/summit...
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Mindful Moment - Selfcare for Crazy Times
How are you feeling? It probably changes from news cycle to news cycle. But we can reclaim calm with mindfulness tools. Enjoy these mindfulness practices today. Reclaim calm with the free 5-Day Calm Reset online course. Join the waitlist today. https://bit.ly/5DayCalm Mindfulness partners…
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Breath of Fire practice with Chaja van Boesschoten - Selfcare for Crazy Times
In this energizing episode from an upcoming Talk Tuesday episode on 2 September 2025, we’re joined by Chaja van Boesschoten for a guided Breath of Fire practice. Chaja shares the benefits of this dynamic breath technique, often used in Kundalini Yoga to build internal heat, increase focus, and...
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Guided Meditation - Selfcare for Crazy Times
This 20-minute guided meditation is a path to calm. Read the closed caption text here. Reclaim your calm with the free 5-Day Calm Reset. Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #guided meditation #reclaimcalm
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Yin Yoga Practice - Selfcare for Crazy Times
I love Yin Yoga for the way it provides an opportunity for calm and rest. Practice in bed if you want. Reclaim calm with the free 5-Day Calm Reset. Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #yinyoga
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Slow Stretch - Yoga for Crazy Times
Carve out 30 minutes for yourself with this Slow Stretch Yoga practice. Reclaim your calm with the free 5-Day Calm Reset. Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #slowstretch #reclaimcalm
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Anchor in Breath, Not Newsfeeds Meditation
Reclaim your attention.I know the headlines are overwhelming. Reclaim your calm with the 5-Day Calm Reset: https://bit.ly/5DayCalm Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #reclaimcalm #boycottheadlines
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Returning to Yourself Again and Again with Zaz Grumbar - Talk Tuesday
In this heartfelt episode, Adrianne welcomes Yoga teacher and multi-passionate woman Zaz Grumbar, who shares how Yoga helped her reconnect with her body, breath, and self during some of life’s most difficult transitions. Zaz speaks honestly about overcoming an eating disorder through ahimsa,...
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Grounded in a Shifting World: 5-Minute Meditation
Here is a grounding meditation and set of affirmations for people feeling anxious, heartbroken, or powerless after hearing that the U.S. bombed Iran. Reclaim your calm with The 5-Day Calm Reset. Free, online, and takes about 5 minutes a day: https://bit.ly/5DayCalm Mindfulness partners: Adagio...
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Breath of Love: A Father’s Day Practice for Grief and Grace
Today’s practice is for anyone grieving on Father’s Day. For children missing their fathers. For fathers missing their children. For all who carry invisible loss. May you feel seen, held, and gently supported in this space. Take the free 5 Day Calm Reset online course for women 45+. Takes about 5...
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Honoring the Memories of Loved Ones and Comrades
“I carry their memory with love.” “I honor their life by how I live mine.” “I am allowed to remember and feel.” Ladies 45+ are invited to reclaim their calm with The 5-Day Calm Reset free online course. https://bit.ly/5DayCalm Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab
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Cooling the Fire Within - A Meditation for Rage and Anger - Selfcare for Crazy Times
Feeling angry? Harboring rage? You're not alone, and those are natural emotions. The key is managing them. Start with this meditation. Women 45+ are invited to a free 5 Day Calm Reset online course. https://bit.ly/5DayCalm Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #restorecalm...
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Mental Health Awareness Month 2025
Take care of your mental health. Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab
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Saturday morning affirmation and breathing: Selfcare for Crazy Times
Saturday morning affirmation and breathing exercise. Reclaim calm wih the free 5 Day Calm Reset. Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #mindfulnessactivist #managestress #managegrief
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Mother's Day Mourning
My first Mother's Day I didn't want to celebrate. This is for us with broken 💔 hearts. Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #mothersday
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Goodbye April. Hello May Meditation. Selfcare for Crazy Times.
What can we do? It's time to say goodbye to April. Embrace May with this meditation. https://linktr.ee/rootedforcare Mindfulness partners: Adagio Teas Yoga Design Lab #goodbyapril #hellomay #meditation
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April 2025 Loving Kindness Meditation
What the world needs now is love, sweet love. Start with this Loving Kindness Meditation. Find us where you are: https://linktr.ee/alwayshomeyoga
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Five Affirmations for Stress and Worry: Self Care for Crazy Times
Talk to yourself as you would your best friend, child, or someone else you love. I hope these five affirmations make you feel all better! Find me where you are: linktr.ee/alwayshomeyoga
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Mindfulness practice for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
I am a survivor and this episode is for us (see the end for help). My Sorority has this message: *********************************** April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month — a time to speak out, support survivors, and work toward a world free of sexual violence. 1 in 3 women globally have...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I became a Yoga teacher after Yoga saved my life for the 2nd time. The first time was in 1996 after I was dropped out of a 4-story window in the suburbs of Paris, France. The second time was after Daddy died in 2021 and I was drowning in grief. Here, you'll get Yoga and Meditation practices and listen to conversations with others saved by Yoga.🕊️ **Start your free 5-Day Calm Reset**It’s a gift for you: gentle breath, grounding movement, and everyday rituals that help your calm *last*.👉 Join the waitlist here https://bit.ly/5DayCalm
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I became a Yoga teacher after Yoga saved my life for the 2nd time. The first time was in 1996 after I was dropped out of a 4-story window in the suburbs of Paris, France. The second time was after Daddy died in 2021 and I was drowning in grief. Here, you'll get Yoga and Meditation practices and...
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