This episode is for you if:
👉🏼 You’re interested in incorporating trauma-informed practices into your healing journey or professional work.
👉🏼 You’re navigating burnout and looking for sustainable ways to manage stress and balance self-care.
👉🏼 You’re curious about trauma-informed yoga and the resources available for survivors and practitioners.
In this episode, Natalie welcomes Zabie Yamasaki, a leader in trauma-informed yoga and author of Trauma Informed Yoga for Survivors.
Zabie opens up about her personal experiences managing burnout and balancing her many roles—mother, activist, and educator—with deep care and self-compassion.
Zabie and Natalie discussed:
Practical tools for trauma-informed yoga, including Zabie’s book, affirmation card deck, and flip chart, designed to support both survivors and practitioners.
The importance of flexibility in wellness routines, allowing them to adapt to our lives and not become another source of stress.
How toxic productivity and systemic issues contribute to burnout, especially in helping professions.
The significance of building supportive communities and establishing "embodied boundaries" to maintain wellness and prevent compassion fatigue.
Personal practices that help Zabie stay grounded, including nurturing relationships, finding joyful movement, and choosing restorative activities over high-intensity workouts.Try medicines from the jungles in the Amazon, visit www.fourvisions.com and use CODE: NATALIE15 upon checkout to get 15% off! 🥰
🔗 Connect with Zabie Yamasaki
Instagram: @transcending_trauma_with_yoga
Website: https://www.zabieyamasaki.com/
Zabie's Book: https://www.zabieyamasaki.com/books-resources
🔗Get in touch with Natalie Valle:
Instagram: loveandalchemy_
Youtube: @LoveandAlchemybyNatalieValle
Website: loveandalchemy.com
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