How many times have women stayed silent throughout history? What if rest was a remedy to help us speak up? On today's episode, to celebrate International Women's Day, I talk about how rest helps us reclaim our voices. I also recorded a special gift of rest for you with this episode...a nice, long nourishing yoga nidra meditation called "Deep Rest for Women Speaking Up." You'll find it in the resources section for this episode.
International Women's Day - and women's history month - feels like a great time for women around the world to take a nidra nap!
This episode, and the yoga nidra that accompanies it, was inspired by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés' piece, "How to Silence a Woman: Retrieving Her Voice." After reading this piece, I started thinking about all the threads between how women have been silenced for centuries and how deep rest helps us retrieve our voice. Today's episode are my thoughts on how rest helps women find their voices and fuels women rising up on issues that are of critical importance in today's world.
We need more women's voices at the table. And we most definitely need more diverse women's voices at the table. I believe rest is the remedy to help us speak up and be heard.
Here's to the rise of your well-rested - and no longer silenced - woman.
Happy International Woman's Day and a big "let's go" to Deep Rest for Women!
Key Takeaways
Women's rest-history and how we've been silenced
Karen finding her voice through yoga nidra
How yoga nidra helps us find our voice
Recommendations on how much yoga nidra to practice
