Calm Your Cue: Gabrielle Fields on Yoga, Breathwork & the Pool Player’s Mental Game | Lucky Breaks Podcast

Recorded at the BCA USAPL Nationals in Las Vegas, this Lucky Breaks podcast episode features Gabrielle Fields, who shares how yoga and breathwork improved her pool performance, emotional control after misses, endurance, and overall health after having back-to-back babies and recovering from a torn ACL. She explains bringing wellness into the pool community through “Calm Your Cue,” hosting yoga and breath sessions in a pool room followed by a tournament to feel immediate benefits. Gabrielle and the hosts discuss treating the body as a key tool, using breath rhythms and simple poses for balance, shoulder and neck relief, and focus, plus mental strategies like reset breathing, self-talk, and grace after mistakes. She previews a planned app with breathing guides, stretches, flows, journaling, and match-play features, then leads a short pre-tournament yoga routine and closes with a testimonial from pro player Teruko Macklin.

00:00 Body as the Tool

00:21 Welcome and Guest Intro

00:55 Gabrielle Pool Origin

02:01 Yoga Journey and Recovery

03:21 Bringing Yoga to Pool Halls

06:53 Grace and Responsibility

09:53 Physical Yoga for Pool

15:19 Breathwork for Mental Game

19:20 Mantras and Self Talk

22:01 Grace Over Perfection

23:15 Winning Over Skeptics

27:39 Pool Wellness Mindset

29:03 Meditation Like Misses

29:59 Calm Your Cue Vision

33:34 Magic Eight Ball Picks

35:18 Tournament Warmup Flow

37:59 Breath With Movement

44:16 Try It Daily

46:44 Player Testimonial

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