523: Yoga + Sexual Trauma - With Zabie Yamasaki

About this episode

Laura Reagan interviews Zahabiya Yamasaki about healing from sexual trauma through yoga.

Welcome back to Therapy Chat! In today's episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C revisits her interview from 2022 with Zahabiya "Zabie" Yamasaki, who is a survivor, an advocate and a teacher who is deeply passionate about helping survivors find healing after experiencing sexual violence. Zabie Yamasaki, M.Ed., RYT is the Founder of Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga. Zabie has trained thousands of yoga instructors and mental health professionals and her trauma-informed yoga program and curriculum for survivors is now being implemented at over 25 colleges campuses and agencies including the University of California (UC) system, Stanford, USC, University of Notre Dame, and Johns Hopkins University. Zabie received her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Social Behavior and Education at the UC Irvine and completed her graduate degree in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs at The George Washington University. Her work has been highlighted on CNN, NBC, KTLA 5, and The Huffington Post. Her book: Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2022. Resources Find Zabie's book, Trauma Sensitive Yoga for Survivors of…

People in this episode

Host: Laura Reagan

Guest: Zahabiya Yamasaki

Topics covered

• yoga
• sexual trauma
• healing
• advocacy
• mental health
• survivor support

Keywords

• yoga
• sexual trauma
• healing
• mental health
• advocacy
• survivors
• trauma-informed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga, University of California, Stanford, USC, University of Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins University, W. W. Norton & Company

Books & works: Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault

Places: California, Washington

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