When Relaxation Backfires: The Triggers Yoga Teachers Miss w/ Liz Albanis

Master Your Yoga Teaching with MaKenzie Fly · Jan 21, 2026 · 52m

What if your “relaxing” yoga class was triggering someone’s trauma response?

Candles. Cues. Eye pillows. Music.

The stuff we think creates calm might be doing the exact opposite—and most teachers have no idea.

Senior teacher Liz Albanis gets honest and unfiltered about the hidden ways yoga can harm—and how to teach with real sensitivity.

Inside this raw + eye-opening episode:

🧠 Yoga as penicillin? Why what heals one student could harm another

😬 The “nourishing” studio elements that quietly dysregulate trauma survivors

💪🏽 That pose isn’t hard—it’s literally not possible in their skeleton

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