Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault: Practices for Healing and Teaching with Compassion

Yamasaki, Zahabiyah: - Zahabiyah A. Yamasaki, MEd, RYT is the founder of Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga, which is an organization that offers trauma-informed yoga to survivors, consultation for universities and trauma agencies, and training for healing professionals. Zabie has trained thousands of yoga instructors and mental health professionals and her trauma-informed yoga program and curriculum is now being implemented at over 30 college campuses and trauma agencies including the University of California (UC) system, Stanford, Yale, USC, University of Notre Dame, and Johns Hopkins University. She has received countless awards in victim services and leadership, including the Visionary in Victim Services award from one of the largest rape crisis centers in California, the Voice of Courage Award from Exhale to Inhale, and the Remarklable Woman Award from KTLA5.