In this first episode of our Rest Stories Series, Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody tells her worn out woman to well-rested woman story and why she decided she must teach the transformational sleep practice known as yoga nidra.
It may seem ridiculous to teach people how to rest, but today more than ever - with inflammation causing physical illness in so many people and inflammation of the world threatening our planet - the most simple solution is to show people how to relax their nervous system, and the best rest practice we know at Daring to Rest is yoga nidra. Rest turns out to be much easier said than done as most people have an uneasy relationship to rest. Realities of paying the rent, raising children and the chores of daily life provide few easy moments to take a break. Rest shame is real, leaving us to believe that rest is unproductive, lazy and weak.
Karen Brody, founder of Daring to Rest, and the women who enter the Daring to Rest Academy's professional yoga nidra teacher training program, know this worn out woman scenario all too well. Most of us were experts in burnout. But then we found yoga nidra meditation and discovered that rest was more accessible than we thought, and that was essential for our survival.
In this special Rest Stories Series, Karen and ten Certified Daring to Rest Facilitators, tell their rest stories, explain what rest means to them and why they are so passionate about teaching yoga nidra to others. Throughout the month of January, we'll be telling our rest stories. Listen in to discover why yoga nidra is "more than a fancy nap" and why so many women are teaching it to create a well-rested world.
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Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
