Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga

Liz Albanis - Senior Yoga Teacher
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Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga is a heartfelt podcast for anyone carrying the weight of stress, trauma, or burnout. If you want to learn more about how yoga can release trauma. Learn more about holistic wellbeing. Improve your mental well-being, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with your body. You’re in the right place. Join Liz Albanis, a senior yoga teacher and yoga therapist in training, as she shares tools and insights. You can use to feel calmer, more grounded, and better equipped to navigate life after trauma and leave behind harmful patterns. Expect a mix of solo episodes where Liz shares practical tools, personal stories, and body-based insights. Alongside conversations with experts and fellow yoga practitioners, all offering inspiration and real-life strategies to support your mind, body, and soul. If you’ve ever wondered: What type of yoga is best for releasing trauma?Which yoga is best for the nervous system?Can yoga help you overcome harmful habits?How does yoga benefit the nervous system?What is trauma-informed yoga?How does trauma-sensitive yoga work?Is yoga good for grief and trauma?What's the difference between yoga and somatic yoga?What are customised yoga practices?This is the podcast for you!Subscribe now to Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga, and visit  https://www.lizalbaniswellness.com.au/ to explore personalised yoga programs like Yoga Designed for You, or sign up for exclusive insights and wellness resources https://www.lizalbaniswellness.com.au/podcast/yoga-for-traumahttps://www.youtube.com/@lizalbaniswellnessau*DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please consult with your healthcare professional if you have any personal medical questions.

  1. When Yoga Keeps You Awake With Liz Albanis | Ep 26

    2D AGO

    When Yoga Keeps You Awake With Liz Albanis | Ep 26

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan.  Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram:  Youtube

    18 min
  2. Trauma- Informed Yoga and Play Therapy With Angie Berrett | Ep 25

    APR 27

    Trauma- Informed Yoga and Play Therapy With Angie Berrett | Ep 25

    Host Liz Albanis talks with Angie Barrett about trauma-informed yoga, polyvagal theory, and playful movement. To explore why standard yoga and meditation can feel overwhelming for trauma survivors. Especially when stillness, breathwork, or classroom dynamics trigger freeze responses and body memories for some. Angie shares her background as a child abuse survivor. How betrayal later in life unlocked repressed memories. Why traditional “mind-only” approaches weren’t enough. They discuss the window of tolerance, trauma stored in the body. Trauma-informed yoga principles ( language, pacing, modifications, and nervous system education). Plus polyvagal theory’s ventral and dorsal vagal states. Angie explains how playful, intuitive movement and imagination can be supportive. Release stored stress, expand tolerance, and support recovery without forcing painful experiences. Including a guided swaying/tree exercise and practical tips for rhythmic, repetitive movement. As practical ways to widen the window of tolerance without forcing yourself through overwhelm.  Key Topics: • Angie’s story of repressed memories, betrayal, and body memories returning  • Why calm environments can feel threatening after trauma  • How standard yoga cues, stillness, and loud breathing can trigger  • Trauma-informed yoga choices that reduce shame and increase agency  • Window of tolerance basics and recognising when you are outside it  • Play and imagination as a bridge to safety and connection  • A guided play practice • Red light green light as a simple nervous system model  • Polyvagal theory an important part of trauma-informed yoga • Three quick tips for when you are struggling  About The Guest: Angie Berrett (she/they) is a trauma-informed coach and founder of Angie Berrett Movement, where she helps women survivors of childhood sexual abuse reconnect with their bodies and begin to experience safety, freedom, and self-trust from within. After years of feeling disconnected, unlovable, and stuck in patterns that no amount of success could fix, Angie reached a breaking point in 2017 that forced her to find a different way forward. Traditional approaches weren’t enough—because the impact of trauma wasn’t just in her mind, it was in her body. Through her own healing, she discovered the power of play, movement, and imagination as tools to access and release what words alone couldn’t reach. This became the foundation of her ALT Method™ (Awaken • Liberate • Thrive), a body-based approach that helps women unwind survival patterns, reconnect with themselves, and step into a more embodied, self-led life. Angie is also the host of the podcast Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy, where she explores a new way of healing—one that creates real change without staying stuck in heaviness. Connect: https://angieberrettmovement.com Youtube Facebook ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan.  Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram:  Youtube

    1h 3m
  3. BONUS Quick Tip: Yoga Snacks With Liz Albanis | Ep 24

    APR 23 ·  BONUS

    BONUS Quick Tip: Yoga Snacks With Liz Albanis | Ep 24

    Good news! You don’t need to be bendy, booked in, or even on a yoga mat for yoga to change your day. Host, Liz Albanis a yoga therapist and senior yoga teach, shares some tips. She has built s  yoga habit without rearranging her whole life: “yoga snacks” (tiny moments of practice you can do anywhere).   Key Topics: why short, consistent practices can be surprisingly powerful, especially when you factor in neuroplasticity and how the brain learns through repetition.  Rather than relying on a couple of long yoga classes each week.   Bee Breath, a go-to breathing practices, plus trauma-informed options that offer choice with an invitation to try. More details on the freebie page, in the interactive PDF Relax and Renew. In addition trauma informed interactive PDF. https://www.lizalbaniswellness.com.au/freebies ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan.  Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram:  Youtube

    4 min
  4. Yoga For Trauma: Agency Over Aesthetics: Redefining it on The Mat With Kristin Klipp | Ep 23

    APR 20

    Yoga For Trauma: Agency Over Aesthetics: Redefining it on The Mat With Kristin Klipp | Ep 23

    What if the kindest cue you give is the one you don’t make? Liz Albanis continues her conversation with   trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator and empowerment coach Kristen Klipp.  To unpack how yoga spaces can either calm or inflame the nervous system.  Key Topics: What teachers can do to lean towards being supportive. From the first welcome to the final rest, we focus on consent, language, and environment as the quiet architecture of safety.How consent tokens let students change their minds privately as their bodies shift moment to moment. Directive cues with invitational language that gives back agency and reduces performance pressure. Why staying on your mat can soothe hypervigilanceHow naming your movements prevents startle responsesWhy room setup, especially visibility of exits, matters more than perfect alignment. Yoga props, including how straps and immobilising restoratives can echo restraint, and outline kinder alternatives that still support mobility and comfort.Generational traumaKristen’s holistic toolkit that blends trauma-sensitive yoga, coaching, and chakra-based energy work. Congestion in the root chakra mirrors lived instability.Grounding shapes and guided meditations may help move stuck emotions.  The challenge common yoga teacher self-talk. Wanting students to match our flow, as a subtle control reflex. Whether you teach or you practise, this is a field guide to agency on the mat. Fewer assumptions, more options, and a bias toward predictability, kindness, and self-trust. If the goal is regulation and reconnection, then every cue, prop, and pathway can serve that aim. Listen, reflect, and try one small change in your next class or practice, then tell us what shifted. About the guest:  Kristin Klipp is a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, Empowerment Coach, and Chakra Energy Healer. Kristin has been helping people for 9 years to discover their intuition, heal from trauma, and lead the life they were meant to live. Her company, Truth Lives Within, offers holistic healing sessions that allow clients to find their own inner wisdom and heal their wounds. Kristin has been dedicated to healing trauma after seeing how it has affected her relationships with her family. Kristin has seen how trauma is often swept under the rug and she is getting loud about trauma with her podcast, Get Loud. Find out more about Kristin by checking out her website, https://www.truthliveswithin.com. Facebook: Instagram:  YouTube:  TikTok:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan.  Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram:  Youtube

    31 min
  5. Trauma-Sensitive Yoga With Kristen Klipp | Ep 22

    APR 13

    Trauma-Sensitive Yoga With Kristen Klipp | Ep 22

    What if the bravest thing a yoga teacher can say isn’t “go deeper,” but “you have a choice”? Liz sits down with trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator and empowerment coach Kristen Klipp to unpack how choice, consent, and agency can transform a class.  From the first welcome at the studio door to the last shape on the mat.  Small decisions, words, pacing, predictability can add up to a nervous system that can finally exhale. Key Topics: 300‑hour  Trauma CentrenSensitive Yoga Teacher (TCTSY) certification rooted in neuroscience and clinical evidence. Generational trauma in plain language.Dissociation in a yoga How TCTSY reframes teaching as a shared experience.Invitational cues instead of commands. Non‑coercion over compliance.Interoception that helps students feel what’s happening inside their bodies without getting overwhelmed. Industry blind spots: unsolicited touch disguised as “assists,” heavy scents and dim rooms that spike anxiety, and the myth that “no one here has trauma.” If you’ve ever tensed when footsteps circle your mat or wished a teacher would simply ask before adjusting, this conversation will feel like a sigh of relief.Practical takeaways for both teachers and students. Teachers get ready-to-use language for choice and consent, ideas to make classes predictable without feeling rigid, and ways to embed ahimsa in every decision. Students will learn how to assess a studio’s vibe in the first five minutes, start  a home yoga practice. and advocate for their needs without apology. This is yoga that welcomes every body. And every story it carries. Scientific Research on Trauma Sensitive Yoga: https://www.healwithcfte.org/research/ About the guest:  Kristin Klipp is a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, Empowerment Coach, and Chakra Energy Healer. Kristin has been helping people for 9 years to discover their intuition, heal from trauma, and lead the life they were meant to live. Her company, Truth Lives Within, offers holistic healing sessions that allow clients to find their own inner wisdom and heal their wounds. Kristin has been dedicated to healing trauma after seeing how it has affected her relationships with her family. Kristin has seen how trauma is often swept under the rug and she is getting loud about trauma with her podcast, Get Loud. Find out more about Kristin by checking out her website, https://www.truthliveswithin.com. Facebook: Instagram:  YouTube:  TikTok:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan.  Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram:  Youtube

    45 min
  6. Somatic Yoga For Trauma Release, Triggers and Anniversaries | Ep 21

    APR 6

    Somatic Yoga For Trauma Release, Triggers and Anniversaries | Ep 21

    What if trauma recovery wasn’t a checklist, but a conversation with your body?  Host, Liz Albanis opens season two by reflecting on the first two anniversaries of the house fire which inspired this very podcast. The unexpected ways recovery unfolded. She shares the tools that helped, while naming what still lingers. As a way to create awareness and help others. Moving to a quieter city eased the baseline hum. Fewer sirens, softer pace, better sleep. That shift didn’t erase trauma; it lowered the volume so she could hear her own cues.  She shares what changed between year one and year two. It’s a raw, practical look at what helps when triggers surge, why group classes aren’t always the answer, and how small rituals can outmuscle big fears. Key Takeaways: Yoga needs to be somatic to release trauma.Yoga by itself is not enough.Yoga ideally meets you where you are. Not the other way around.Trauma recovery can be messy and embodied.Mantras for trauma recovery.Yoga can sometimes be more powerful in a particular location after experiencing a traumatic event.Myo-fascial release can help release stored trauma. And it's possible to do it yourself, if you know what you're doing and have the right tools.Liz believes the 'Yoga Tune Up Balls' are the best on the market for effective myo-fascial release. From her experience.It's normal to not feel ready to go back to a yoga class. Even if you're a yoga teacher.Anniversaries alone, can be a trigger in relation to trauma, like with grief.Grounding through flashbacks and sensory anchors.Trauma recovery and sleep.Trauma recovery, like grief is not linear.Managing triggers, apps, and hypervigilance with action. The power of journaling to reveal quiet progress that anxiety hides. A practice that can help adapt, pause, listen, and let the body lead.If you’re navigating recovery or supporting someone who is, expect clear tools, no perfectionism, and a lot of permission to do less. Tune in, share it with a friend who needs steady ground, and leave a quick review so others can find the show. Your story matters. Your pace is right. Subscribe for more trauma-aware yoga conversations and practical nervous system care. * Content warning for trauma and natural disasters  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan.  Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram:  Youtube

    25 min
  7. Yoga For Trauma The Inner Fire of Yoga Season 2 Trailer

    SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Yoga For Trauma The Inner Fire of Yoga Season 2 Trailer

    Welcome to Season 2 of Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga .  This season, we're diving even deeper into the intersection of trauma recovery through yoga. spotlighting powerful tools, practices, and lived experiences that support long-term healing. Whether you're a trauma survivor, a mental health professional, or a yoga teacher wanting to offer trauma-informed yoga, this season is made for you.  Expect raw conversations from people here in Australia and overseas. Science-backed insights, and practical guidance on: Using somatic yoga for trauma to release stored tensionYoga for trauma releaseHow yoga poses for trauma can gently support your nervous systemWhy yoga for mental health is far more than just movementWhat it really means to practice yoga for trauma survivors with empathy and careTrauma Aware, informed and sensitive Yoga approachesNervous system regulationAdvice and key takeaways for practitioners and yoga teachersBonus trauma informed yoga practicesPersonalised approaches for trauma recovery, you'll learn how this practice offers agency, and reconnection with your body.Season 2 premieres on 6 April 2026. Hit Follow so you don’t miss the journey back to wholeness. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan.  Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram:  Youtube

    2 min

  8. 12/28/2025 ·  BONUS

    Announcement: Season 2 Coming 6 April 2026

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? We’d love a review! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download your free resources now to start practising yoga at home. 💲 🎤 📹 💻 Want to make video and audio editing quicker and simpler? Get 50% off the first 2 months of the Descript Creator Monthly Plan.  Topics suggestions. Interested in being a guest or know someone who might be Fill out the podcast form on my website. Instagram:  Youtube

    3 min
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Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga is a heartfelt podcast for anyone carrying the weight of stress, trauma, or burnout. If you want to learn more about how yoga can release trauma. Learn more about holistic wellbeing. Improve your mental well-being, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with your body. You’re in the right place. Join Liz Albanis, a senior yoga teacher and yoga therapist in training, as she shares tools and insights. You can use to feel calmer, more grounded, and better equipped to navigate life after trauma and leave behind harmful patterns. Expect a mix of solo episodes where Liz shares practical tools, personal stories, and body-based insights. Alongside conversations with experts and fellow yoga practitioners, all offering inspiration and real-life strategies to support your mind, body, and soul. If you’ve ever wondered: What type of yoga is best for releasing trauma?Which yoga is best for the nervous system?Can yoga help you overcome harmful habits?How does yoga benefit the nervous system?What is trauma-informed yoga?How does trauma-sensitive yoga work?Is yoga good for grief and trauma?What's the difference between yoga and somatic yoga?What are customised yoga practices?This is the podcast for you!Subscribe now to Yoga for Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga, and visit  https://www.lizalbaniswellness.com.au/ to explore personalised yoga programs like Yoga Designed for You, or sign up for exclusive insights and wellness resources https://www.lizalbaniswellness.com.au/podcast/yoga-for-traumahttps://www.youtube.com/@lizalbaniswellnessau*DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please consult with your healthcare professional if you have any personal medical questions.

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  • Creator
    Liz Albanis - Senior Yoga Teacher
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Yoga For Trauma: The Inner Fire of Yoga
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