You Can’t Outperform Your Nervous System: Why Trauma-Informed Yoga Might Be the Healing Tool You’re Missing

You’ve tried talk therapy. You’ve read the books. You’ve done the mindset work. And still—your body keeps reacting like the threat never left. Because here’s the truth: you can’t think your way out of trauma that lives in your tissues.

In this episode of You Have the Power, I sat down with yoga therapist and mindfulness coach Rachel Posner to talk about something most high-achieving women overlook: the body. Not as a thing to fix or control—but as a portal to healing. And if you’ve been feeling disconnected, burnt out, or stuck in survival mode... you need to hear this.

Your Anxiety Isn’t Lying—But Your Story About It Might Be

One of the most powerful things Rachel said in our conversation was this:

“It’s not that there aren’t physical things happening in our bodies when we’re anxious. But we start telling a story about that anxiety—and that story makes it worse.”

If you’re constantly overwhelmed, reactive, or spiraling into stress, you’re not broken. You’re dysregulated. And what your nervous system needs isn’t more control—it’s grounding.

When you learn how to come back into your body—on purpose—you start expanding what trauma therapists call your window of tolerance. It’s the difference between surviving your life... and actually living it.

Trauma-Informed Yoga Isn’t About Flexibility—It’s About Power

Let’s clear something up: trauma-informed yoga isn’t about doing fancy poses or finding your Zen. It’s about reclaiming choice. Traditional yoga classes often use command-style language and assume your body is a safe place to be. For trauma survivors—or women who’ve spent years ignoring their own needs—that’s a dangerous assumption.

Rachel explained how trauma-informed yoga focuses on interoception—your ability to feel what’s going on inside your body. Not to perform. Not to perfect. Just to notice.

Because when you notice, you have a choice. And that choice? That’s where your power starts to come back online.

Why Every High-Performing Woman Needs Somatic Awareness

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: most high-performing women are masterful at dissociation. You’ve had to be. You’ve learned how to keep it all together, even when your insides are screaming.

But the body doesn’t lie.

If your throat tightens every time you speak up…If you’re constantly exhausted but can’t sleep…If your anxiety spikes when you’re still for too long…

Those aren’t personality flaws. Those are symptoms of a dysregulated nervous system.

Somatic practices like trauma-informed yoga help bring the mind and body back into relationship. And no—you don’t need to process your childhood trauma in a yoga class. You just need to start feeling something. Safely. Slowly. And consistently.

Safety Isn’t Cozy—It’s Foundational

Rachel said something I’ll never forget:

“Safety doesn’t always feel cozy. We can be uncomfortable and still be safe.”

This is everything for the high-achieving woman who’s used to performing. Who’s learned that power means pushing through. But what if real power came from the ability to listen? To pause? To say no when your body says not yet?

Trauma-informed yoga teaches you that. It gives you permission to move at your own pace. To take up space. To do less, and feel more.

And that... changes everything.

Ready to Come Back Into Your Body?

Whether you’re just beginning your healing or you've been doing the work for years, this conversation is essential. It cuts through the surface and gets to the real, embodied truth of why your nervous system still feels hijacked—and what it actually takes to shift that from the inside out.

🎧 Listen to the full episode: The Body Never Lies with Rachel Posner

📺 Watch on YouTube: Watch the Interview

And if this hit home for you—if you’re tired of feeling stuck, unseen, and over-functioning in every part of your life—it might be time for The 90-Day Reinvention. It’s my private coaching program for high-performing women who are ready to stop the patterns that keep them small and start building a life and love that actually fits.

Your body remembers. But you get to rewrite the story.