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Posted On: October 14th 2026, 12:46 pm
Reflections On The Importance of Rest: Rest is a practice of slowing down, of reclaiming time and space in a culture that so often demands productivity, urgency, and constant output.
Rest allows us to come back to ourselves, to soften into presence, and to restore our energy so that we can meet both the challenges and the joys of life with more resilience.
At the same time, rest is not always easy.
Many of us find it difficult to switch off, or feel guilty when we pause. Rest can also feel inaccessible, either because of external pressures or caring responsibilities, or the ever mounting To-Do-Lists calling for our attention. The ways rest is interrupted in our culture are many.
Yet when we make time for rest, even in small ways, it can be a radical act of care for ourselves and, ultimately, for our communities too. When we are well rested, we are often better able to connect and take care of one another.
A lot of my own understanding of rest has come from my lived experience of chronic illness and from fantastic writers and leaders such as Tricia Hersey who wrote Rest is Resistance where she encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice.
She writes “Rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most basic humanity. We are enough. The systems cannot have us.”
I’ve been sharing rest practices all week at our 7 Day Retreat in Morocco with @dorarubinstein in the form of Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra.
I thought I’d pop a little post on here about it too as I rest at the beautiful retreat centre @babzouina while our lovely group goes out on a hiking trip!
Looking for some rest inspiration?
📚 Try These Book Recommendations:
Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Do Pause: You are Not a To Do List
by Robert Poynton
Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change by Octavia F. Raheem
#RestPractice #RestorativeYoga #YogaRetreat #YogaRetreats
Rest allows us to come back to ourselves, to soften into presence, and to restore our energy so that we can meet both the challenges and the joys of life with more resilience.
At the same time, rest is not always easy.
Many of us find it difficult to switch off, or feel guilty when we pause. Rest can also feel inaccessible, either because of external pressures or caring responsibilities, or the ever mounting To-Do-Lists calling for our attention. The ways rest is interrupted in our culture are many.
Yet when we make time for rest, even in small ways, it can be a radical act of care for ourselves and, ultimately, for our communities too. When we are well rested, we are often better able to connect and take care of one another.
A lot of my own understanding of rest has come from my lived experience of chronic illness and from fantastic writers and leaders such as Tricia Hersey who wrote Rest is Resistance where she encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice.
She writes “Rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most basic humanity. We are enough. The systems cannot have us.”
I’ve been sharing rest practices all week at our 7 Day Retreat in Morocco with @dorarubinstein in the form of Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra.
I thought I’d pop a little post on here about it too as I rest at the beautiful retreat centre @babzouina while our lovely group goes out on a hiking trip!
Looking for some rest inspiration?
📚 Try These Book Recommendations:
Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Do Pause: You are Not a To Do List
by Robert Poynton
Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change by Octavia F. Raheem
#RestPractice #RestorativeYoga #YogaRetreat #YogaRetreats
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