Zabie Yamasaki: What the Nervous System Often Needs Is LESS
5/5/202659 min
Your body has been sending the signals. You've just been too busy to listen. Tami Simon speaks with Zabie Yamasaki—founder of Transcending Trauma through Yoga and author of Protect Your Energy—about nervous system regulation, somatic boundaries, and why the most powerful act of resistance in troubled times isn't pushing harder. It's learning, finally, how to rest.
This conversation offers genuine transmission—not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. Originally aired on Sounds True One.
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First 90 secondsTami Simon· Host0:00
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Zabie Yamasaki· Guest0:02
[gentle music] One of the reasons burnout is so sneaky is because we're constantly borrowing from tomorrow to get through today. You know, where we're just, "Yeah, I can do it. I can do it. I can do it." And then suddenly the body says, "No, no more."
Tami Simon· Host0:27
[upbeat music] Welcome, friends. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Zahiba Yamasaki. I have the opportunity to call her Zabi, and you can call her Zabi too. Zabi is the founder of Transcending Trauma Through Yoga. Her Yoga as Healing curriculum, get this, is now being implemented at over 50 college campuses. She's the author of several books on trauma-informed yoga, and Zabi has a new book with Sounds True. It's called Protect Your Energy: A Gentle Guide to Nurture Your Nervous System, Cultivate Rest, and Honor Your Needs. This book, dare I say it, is a co-regulation partner that you can use. That's what it's designed for. It's a co-regulation