Empowered Yogi Podcast

About Empowered Yogi Podcast

Overcome persistent low back pain with yoga therapy, physiotherapy, and nervous system healing. Hosted by Cathy Aganoff, physiotherapist, yoga teacher, and founder of TriBalance Studio in Brisbane. If you’ve been sidelined by a recurring low back injury and feel like your yoga practice may be slipping away, you’re not alone. Rest, acupuncture, massage, or even standard physio might give short-term relief, but they don’t always break the cycle of pain and flare-ups. Here’s the truth: you’re not just a body. You’re a complex, multidimensional being: mind, body, and emotions all influencing your recovery. Pain is not only physical; it’s shaped by your beliefs, your stress levels, and your nervous system. On The Empowered Yogi Podcast, Cathy combines 20+ years of physiotherapy expertise with yoga philosophy to help you: Reclaim your yoga practice without fear of re-injury. Retrain your nervous system to break free from pain pathways. Modify postures and build strength safely for long-term resilience. Heal at all three levels: mind, body, and emotions. Unlike podcasts that offer one-size-fits-all exercises or quick fixes, here you’ll learn practical, science-backed yoga therapy tools designed specifically for yogis with recurrent low back pain. Every episode blends neuroscience, movement, and spirituality to help you transform pain into possibility. Because this isn’t just about healing your back pain. It’s about reclaiming your freedom, joy, and the lifestyle you thought you had to leave behind: yoga retreats, long hikes, bike rides, and everyday movement with confidence. ✨ Hit Follow and join Cathy each week to reprogram your body and mind for a stronger, more resilient, and spiritually aligned you.

Publisher

Cathy Aganoff

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Oct 2025

Latest episode

20 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Dec 2025

   Should You Rest From Yoga to Help Heal Your Low Back Pain?

   Is resting from yoga actually making your low back pain worse? In this episode, Cathy breaks down one of the most common and most harmful beliefs yogis have about managing recurring low back pain. The idea that pain always means tissue damage, and that rest is the safest response. You’ll learn: ✨ Why pulling back from your yoga practice can increase nervous system sensitivity ✨ The surprising science behind pain, load, and your brain’s “protectometer” ✨ How chronic pain bec...

2. 

   8 Dec 2025

   Yoga for Low Back Pain Relief: How Stress and the Protectometer Affect Chronic Pain

   Are stress and unprocessed emotions secretly fueling your low back pain? In this episode, physiotherapist and yoga therapist Cathy Aganoff explains how your brain’s protectometer, its built-in threat detector links stress, chronic pain, and the nervous system. Discover how yoga therapy offers powerful tools to release stored stress, retrain your nervous system, and reclaim safety in your body. Drawing on both neuroscience and yoga philosophy, Cathy shares: Why stress and stored emotions often...

3. 

   30 Nov 2025

   The Most Important Yoga Pose To Modify For Your Low Back

   Episode 3: The Most Important Pose to Modify for Your Low Back in Yoga What if the yoga pose causing your low back pain isn’t what you think? In this episode of The Empowered Yogi Podcast, Brisbane physiotherapist and yoga teacher Cathy Aganoff reveals the single most important movement to modify if you want lasting low back pain relief, and it’s not a backbend or twist. You’ll learn: Why one common yoga transition is responsible for so much spinal overload.The science behind hip hinging and ...

4. 

   24 Nov 2025

   The Missing Link In Your Low Back Pain Recovery Journey

   Episode 2: The Missing Link in Your Low Back Pain Recovery Journey Are you doing all the right things for your back pain, but still not getting lasting relief? In this episode of The Empowered Yogi Podcast, Brisbane physiotherapist and yoga therapist Cathy Aganoff reveals the often-overlooked missing link in low back pain recovery and how yoga therapy can help you finally break the cycle of recurring pain. You’ll discover: Why common treatments like massage and core exercises often aren’t eno...

5. 

   1 Oct 2025

   Yoga Therapy for Low Back Pain

   🎙️ Episode 1: Yoga Therapy for Back Pain. How a Brisbane Physio Discovered Yoga and Never Looked Back. If you’ve been struggling with low back pain and feel like you’ve tried everything — from physio and Pilates to stretching, medications, or massages — only to end up back in the same cycle of pain, this episode is for you. In this very first episode of The Empowered Yogi Podcast, I share my story as a Brisbane physiotherapist who discovered yoga not just as exercise, but as a powerful therap...

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