Cathy Aganoff

Empowered Yogi Podcast

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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...

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Should You Rest From Yoga to Help Heal Your Low Back Pain? 20.12.2025 29:18

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...

Yoga for Low Back Pain Relief: How Stress and the Protectometer Affect Chronic Pain 08.12.2025 18:35

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. Dr...

The Most Important Yoga Pose To Modify For Your Low Back 30.11.2025 18:56

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 com...

The Missing Link In Your Low Back Pain Recovery Journey 24.11.2025 24:00

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 recur...

Yoga Therapy for Low Back Pain 01.10.2025 18:43

🎙️ 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 stor...