An 8-week Self-Paced Yoga as Healing Course for Sexual Assault Survivors

A trauma-informed yoga series for survivors of sexual assault

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The 8-week Yoga as Healing program will explore re-connection to the self through mind, body, and spirit. This program will provide survivors of sexual violence a means of becoming reacquainted with their bodies, help them become grounded in the present moment, and allow them to explore the benefits of mindfulness as they flow breath to movement in guided trauma-informed practice and meditation.

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 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.

This program provides the opportunity for survivors to:

  • Access 8 audio recordings of themed trauma-informed yoga classes
  • Find peace and healing through trauma-informed yoga practice
  • Develop positive coping skills including strengthening inner resources⁣⁣⁣
  • Learn self-care strategies and mindfulness around setting and asserting boundaries⁣⁣⁣
  • Exercise the choices they have to move their body in ways that feel comfortable
  • Learn to establish connection to self, trust others, and strengthen relationships
  • Establish safety and stability in the body
  • Tap into inner strength and build resiliency skills
  • Build positive coping strategies for managing painful experiences
  • Regain power and control through mindful movements and reconnection to the body
  • Ease feelings of depression, stress, and anxiety⁣⁣⁣
  • Ease symptoms of PTSD⁣⁣⁣
  • Increase feelings of self-compassion⁣⁣⁣ and strengthen self-esteem⁣⁣⁣

The course explores the following themes over an 8-week series:

  • Class 1: Intention and Orientation
  • Class 2: Safety
  • Class 3: Self-Care
  • Class 4: Boundaries
  • Class 5: Assertiveness
  • Class 6: Strength
  • Class 7: Trust
  • Class 8: Acceptance + Self-Love

Yoga provides a safe and accessible way for survivors to explore their healing internally and uncovers layers of pain to get to the core of who they have always been. It offers them a beautiful form of expression that moves beyond trying to find the words to articulate how they feel. These inward experiences of healing on the yoga mat can support survivors in developing positive coping strategies. Past participants have shared that they were empowered to report what had happened to them because they felt strong and stable in their bodies, others were able to be intimate again with a partner because they felt they could assertively communicate their boundaries, and many participants have shared how the program allowed them to experience self-compassion for the very first time.

Survivors have also shared that the yoga as healing program increased their confidence and self-esteem, helped them learn how to trust themselves and others, allowed them to develop a strong sense of community, helped them incorporate self-care strategies, and empowered them to seek other resources.

Please note that this training does not replace formal treatment. If you are in crisis, please consider contacting the free and confidential National Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline for immediate support, local resources and options at 1-800-656-4673, visiting their online chatroom for support, or calling 911.

Students will be asked to complete a waiver before accessing the course materials.



Your Instructor


Zabie Yamasaki
Zabie Yamasaki

Zabie Yamasaki, M.Ed., RYT (she/her) 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.

Zabie received her undergraduate in Psychology and Social Behavior and Education at UC Irvine and completed her graduate degree in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs at The George Washington University. Her work has been highlighted on CNN, NBC, KTLA 5, and The Huffington Post.

Zabie is widely recognized for her intentionality, soulful activism, and passionate dedication to her field. She is a trauma-informed yoga instructor, resilience and well-being educator, and a sought after consultant and keynote speaker. She has worked with thousands of survivors to support them in their healing journey, ground them in their own worthiness and remind them they are inherently whole. Zabie centers survivors in her work, and provides them with tools to help uncover trauma imprints, support the healing process, create balance of the nervous system, and lessen the grip that past experiences of trauma may have on the heart.

She is a survivor, mother, partner, daughter, sister, friend, and activist. 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 and the Voice of Courage Award from Exhale to Inhale. She is the author of the book and affirmation deck published by Norton: Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault: Practices for Healing and Teaching with Compassion.


Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
Do you offer refunds?
Unfortunately, we do not offer refunds. Zabie has poured her heart and soul into this course. Please make sure before enrolling that you read through all of the content to ensure it is the right fit for you.

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