A conversation with Zabie Yamasaki.

Zabie Yamasaki is the Program Director of Trauma-Informed Yoga Programs at UCLA, and created a trauma-informed yoga program that’s being used at over 20 college campuses in the US. In this episode, David and Zabie discuss the difference between observing and absorbing adversity and stress in a leadership role; strategies to support self-regulation to best support others; and how the physiological triggers of trauma can be worked with skillfully in body-based contemplative practices.

Episode 10 | Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault

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Grounding In Nature Guided Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness by David Treleaven

Grounding In Nature Guided Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

A guided meditation by David Treleaven on appreciating the body.

Body Appreciation Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

In this solo episode, David speaks about the reasons he’s stepping back from TSM and three of the most important lessons he learned over the years: the importance of practicality, the inability to meet everyone’s needs, and the pros and cons of focusing on safety in trauma-sensitive work. David also shares his gratitude for the community and his visions for the future.

Episode 28 | A Final TSM Podcast Episode

In this episode David speaks with Meena Srinivasan, an expert in the field of mindful education and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). They discuss the relationship between SEL and mindful education, the mental-health crisis of Covid and the particular forms of stress that educators are facing in school systems, the difference between mindfulness as a path versus mindfulness as a tool in education, and the relationship between identity, SEL, and traumatic stress.

Episode 27 | Mindful Education, Trauma, and Social Emotional Learning

In this episode, David speaks with Joe Flanders and Andrew Rose, two leaders in the field of psychedelic-assisted treatment. They discuss the current movement around psychedelic treatment, conditions that support healing and transformation in psychedelic therapy (including mindfulness), working with “stuckness” in psychedelic treatments, and the relationship between mindful awareness, traumatic activation, and psychedelics.

Episode 10 | Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault

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