SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTs & CONSULTING
Duke University, Keynote Speech: Yoga in the Era of #MeToo, Embodied Learning Summit
Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga, 8-Week Program for Survivors
Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga, 8-Week Program for Survivors
Training for the University of California (UC) Staff in the Implementation of TSTTY Survivor Curriculum
Healing in Community at Tea at Shiloh in Los Angeles
KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Zabie has spoken all over the US on the impact of trauma-informed yoga on the healing process for survivors. She is available for keynote speeches or guest lectures. Talks can be tailored to the needs and audiences of each organization. Please feel free to reach out to inquire about speaking fees.
REQUESTING A TRAUMA-INFORMED workshop or training
Memories of sexually violent experiences can be intrusive, which can create challenges for survivors. These memories can also make it difficult for survivors who are looking to establish a connection in their lives and learn how to trust again. The entire experience of practicing yoga can help survivors find union between seemingly disconnected and challenging aspects of the self; allowing participants to slowly build the pieces into an integrated whole.
The impact trauma has on the body’s physiology is far-reaching, as such it is essential to incorporate evidence-based and culturally relevant practices that provide alternative forms of healing for survivors. By focusing on a holistic approach, we are helping change the way our world responds to trauma and provides support to survivors at various stages in their healing. The last few years have witnessed a radical shift in our understanding of best practices for healing trauma. It is now widely recognized that the body, mind, and spirit are interconnected and must all be integrated within treatment.
There are many formats that Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga can facilitate for trauma-informed-yoga workshops or trainings. These 1 or 3-day trainings will provide yoga teachers, mental health professionals, educators, administrators, activists, medical professionals, doulas, coaches, healers, or anyone who is interested in teaching from a trauma-informed lens with all of the necessary tools to create a safe environment for survivors of sexual violence. Additionally, we offer a series of workshops on compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma for universities and mental health agencies on embracing the biology of our nervous system to foster wellness.
If your yoga studio, trauma agency, or university is interested in scheduling a weekend immersion workshop, lecture, content for teacher training, or workshop for your staff, please feel free to contact us.
CONSULTING
Institutions across the nation are forming task forces, coalitions, and taking a serious look at their current sexual assault policies, protocols, and services to re-evaluate and re-focus their efforts to support survivors and ensure campus safety. For years, the sexual violence movement has been limited in resources and services- offering talk therapy as one of the only solutions to seek help in the healing process. While each survivor’s healing process is unique, due to factors such as cultural barriers and stigma around seeking mental health services; it is essential that sexual violence providers and support agencies offer multiple pathways to heal. Offering trauma-informed yoga as a support service to survivors offers a different entry point, helps survivors reconnect to their bodies, and allows them to access resources when they are ready.
By focusing on a holistic approach, we are helping change the way our world responds to trauma and provides support to survivors at various stages in their healing. Many programs have found that survivors who are uncomfortable with or express a lack of interest in talk therapy have flourished in art or movement-based formats (Holistic Healing Services for Survivors). Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga has created a model therapeutic yoga program and curriculum and has trained thousands of yoga instructors to implement yoga programs throughout the US!
We have worked with a number of universities and rape crisis centers including: Yale, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, Occidental College, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC San Francisco, University of San Francisco, University of Southern California (USC), California State University, Long Beach, California State University, Fullerton, East Los Angeles Women's Center, Center for Pacific Asian Families, and Community Service Programs (CSP) Rape Crisis Center to help them build trauma-informed yoga programs for survivors.
We would love the opportunity to support your university and/or agency in the implementation of a trauma-informed yoga program. Click below for more information about consulting packages and options for your trauma agency or university.
healing events
Zabie facilitates community healing events, primarily in the Los Angeles area. In the past, she has posted events like Healing in Community: Tenderness and Care for Your Nervous System at Riverbank and Tea at Shiloh.
Events typically include a blend of trauma-informed movement and meditation, rituals of care for the nervous system, and nourishing community to help participants explore grounding and embodiment in a supportive environment.
Are you interested in bringing Zabie to your healing space to facilitate an event? Please fill out the form linked below.
PUBLIC SPEAKING & CONSULTING
University or Agency Consultation on Building a Comprehensive Trauma-Informed Yoga Program
1 in 5 women are being sexually assaulted during their time in college, yet the reporting rate remains staggeringly low, with only 5% of cases being reported to campus authorities and law enforcement. It has been one year since the first report was produced by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. The task force announced a series of actions to help combat this issue including:
(1) identify the scope of the problem on college campuses, (2) help prevent campus sexual assault, (3) help schools respond effectively when a student is assaulted, and (4) improve, and make more transparent, the federal government’s enforcement efforts.
As a result, institutions across the nation are forming task forces, coalitions, and taking a serious look at their current sexual assault policies, protocols, and services to re-evaluate and re-focus their efforts to support survivors and ensure campus safety. For years, the sexual violence movement has been limited in resources and services- offering talk therapy as one of the only solutions to seek help in the healing process. While each survivor’s healing process is unique, due to factors such as cultural barriers and stigma around seeking mental health services; it is essential that sexual violence providers and support agencies offer multiple pathways to heal. Offering trauma-informed yoga as a support service to survivors offers a different entry point, helps survivors reconnect to their bodies, and allows them to access resources when they are ready.
By focusing on a holistic approach, we are helping change the way our world responds to trauma and provides support to survivors at various stages in their healing. Many programs have found that survivors who are uncomfortable with or express a lack of interest in talk therapy have flourished in art or movement-based formats (Holistic Healing Services for Survivors). Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga has created a model therapeutic yoga program and curriculum and has trained yoga instructors to implement yoga programs throughout the U.S!
We have worked with a number of universities and rape crisis centers including: Stanford University, Occidental College, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, University of Southern California (USC), California State University, Long Beach, California State University, Fullerton, East Los Angeles Women's Center, Center for Pacific Asian Families, and Community Service Programs (CSP) Rape Crisis Center to help them build trauma-informed yoga programs for survivors.
We would love the opportunity to support your university and/or agency in the implementation of a trauma-informed yoga program. For more information about consulting packages, please click here.
CONSULTING TESTIMONIAL
“Our counseling department has been working with Zabie and her team for over a year to develop a Trauma-Informed Yoga Program for Survivors of Sexual Assault and in offering healing spaces that include breathing, movement, or yoga on our campus. We are so pleased with her and her team’s work. They are responsive, attuned, and have been able to meet our needs for different campus groups. Zabie also facilitated our virtual retreat during these challenging times of the Pandemic, which was such a great space for us. We are incredibly grateful for everything. Her professionalism, gentle and affirming nature, and willingness to support us along the way have made an incredible difference in allowing us to offer more support for our students in new ways. We look forward to continuing to partner with her in the future and highly recommend her programs to those that are looking for something powerful!”
“About 5 minutes into my very first meeting with Zabie Yamasaki, I knew that we needed to bring her Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga program to the CSULB campus. About 10 minutes into our meeting, I knew that I wanted to become a teacher as well.
The entire program is well thought out and beautifully crafted and covers every detail needed for successful implementation – suggestions for marketing and connecting with potential campus and community partners, a detailed weekly curriculum, participant handbooks, and assessment tools to document the program’s effectiveness. But the materials pale in comparison to the attention and support from Zabie herself. Her passion for her work is evident, yet she never makes you feel as if she is selling you ‘her’ program – she offers suggestions and guidance while supporting you in shaping the program to meet the needs of your own audience. Her hands-on training for yoga teachers is equally inspiring.
In the spring of 2016, we launched our first two “Yoga for Healing” series at CSULB, and it was deeply moving to see the changes in the participants from week one to week eight, as they learned new ways to take charge of their own healing. Implementing this program has been an immensely rewarding experience, both personally and professionally, and I will always be deeply grateful to Zabie for her support and inspiration.”
TRAININGS FOR YOGA STUDIOS
Trauma symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, hyper-vigilance, anxious thoughts, stomach pains, migraines, etc. are the body's way of communicating to us that we have undigested sensory residue that needs to be processed. As yoga teachers, we have an obligation to be mindful of the way trauma shows up for our students. We have a powerful opportunity to support trauma survivors in their recovery, to give them the tools to support their stress-response, to help them improve the flow of energy through the nervous system, and to help them find safety within themselves.
If your yoga studio is interested in scheduling a weekend immersion workshop or lecture and content for teacher training, please feel free to contact us.