{"id":25374,"date":"2026-05-05T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=25374"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:40:21","slug":"zabie-yamasaki-what-the-nervous-system-often-needs-is-less","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/zabie-yamasaki-what-the-nervous-system-often-needs-is-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Zabie Yamasaki: What the Nervous System Often Needs Is LESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/204d87d5-eb3d-42b7-828f-b57314c586dd\/embed?theme=light-gray-orange\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if the problem isn&#8217;t that you&#8217;re not doing enough\u2014it&#8217;s that you&#8217;re doing too much, too fast, and on borrowed time?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, Tami Simon speaks with Zabie Yamasaki\u2014founder of Transcending Trauma through Yoga, whose yoga-as-healing curriculum is now taught at over 50 universities including Stanford, Yale, and Johns Hopkins\u2014about her new Sounds True book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protect Your Energy: A Gentle Guide to Nurture Your Nervous System, Cultivate Rest, and Honor Your Needs<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing from her own journey through hypervigilance, burnout, and a rolling series of panic attacks that landed her in the emergency room, Zabi offers both the science and the soul of nervous system healing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Tami and Zabi to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why burnout is so sneaky\u2014and how we&#8217;re constantly borrowing from tomorrow to get through today<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between managing your energy and managing your time\u2014and why that distinction changes everything<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What it means to &#8220;hold the default nervous system in the room&#8221;\u2014and the hidden toll it takes on parents, teachers, healers, and leaders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How boundary work is nervous system work\u2014and why lack of boundaries shows up in your body long before you recognize it as a boundary problem<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Shapes of rest&#8221;\u2014simple body-based practices that offer genuine restoration, not just collapse<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somatic self-consent: the embodied check-in practice that helps you navigate the gray zone between yes and no<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why, especially right now, protecting your energy isn&#8217;t selfishness\u2014it&#8217;s resistance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a conversation for everyone who keeps going even when their body is begging them to stop\u2014and who needs permission, finally, to rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen now and start protecting your energy. \u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This conversation offers genuine transmission\u2014not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. 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