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 show up as tension and pain in the low back and hips.How your nervous system “learns” pain after months of chronic stress.The difference between band-aid fixes (like simply cutting back your to-do list) and true nervous system retraining.Practical yoga therapy tools, breathwork, gentle rhythmic movement, strength training, affirmations, and meditation, to help you discharge stress, calm your protectometer, and feel safe in your body again.If you’ve ever noticed your back pain flare during times of overwhelm, or wondered why rest alone doesn’t fix the problem, this episode will give you fresh insight into the stress–pain connection. You’ll also hear Cathy’s personal story of heartbreak and chronic back pain, and how yoga became the missing piece in her healing.👉 Key takeaway: Safety is the real medicine. By processing stress and building resilience through yoga, you can retrain your nervous system and reclaim comfort in your body.Resources & Links Mentioned in This EpisodeDownload this episodes: key takeaways and mantrasExplore local yoga therapy & physio services → tribalance.com.auJoin Cathy's next FREE Live workshop: Yoga For Low Back Pain Thanks for listening. If today's episode landed for you and you had some aha moments and insights, I’d really love to connect with you and hear what they are. The best place to connect with me is over on my insta. You can DM me there @cathys_yogajournal and if you enjoyed the episode I invite to give it a 5 star rating and leave me a review.

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