Sounds True: Insights at the Edge Zabie Yamasaki: What the Nervous System Often Needs Is LESS
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May 5, 2026 
Zabie Yamasaki, founder of Transcending Trauma Through Yoga and author of Protect Your Energy, offers trauma-informed somatic tools in this conversation. She explores nervous system regulation, why healing often needs less not more, somatic boundaries, practical rest shapes like supported bridge, and saying no to protect capacity. Warm, grounded, and deeply practical.
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Book As A Co-Regulator
- Many healing books supply cognitive info but lack embodied co-regulation that feels restorative.
- Zabie wrote Protect Your Energy to be a soft, somatic co-regulator you can open and feel soothed while reading.
Panic Attacks Led To Slow Nervous System Repair
- Zabie described living prolonged hypervigilance that made rest feel like collapse and led to rolling panic attacks during the pandemic.
- Recovery came slowly via small daily practices and a recognition she couldn't continue amid her husband's cancer, pandemic stress, work, and writing.
Prioritize Less Over More For Regulation
- Do release the pressure of over-scheduling self-care and recognize sometimes the nervous system needs less, not more.
- Distinguish managing energy from managing time and return to basics like drinking, eating, and bathroom breaks.
