The Daring to Rest Podcast

Get ready to shake your yoga nidra pompoms! On this episode, Rest Sisters from the Daring to Rest Academy join me to share our key takeaways from The First International Yoga Nidra Conference. We discuss the theme of unity that pervaded the conference despite the different lineages of yoga nidra represented and reflect on what is a feminine approach to yoga nidra, how we express this in Daring to Rest programs, and Uma Dinsmore-Tuli's permission to be 'wild within the structure' of the practice. I ask about the network versus hierarchy debate posed at the conference, and we offer insight on the idea of post-lineage yoga nidra that allows us to play inside the framework. We delve into Kamini Desai's metaphor around being a container for what is rather than identifying with what comes and goes—and describe how yoga nidra effectively reorganizes our relationship with our emotions. We explored concepts from the many yoga nidra rock star teachers we learned from including Indu Arora's view of yoga nidra as 'the sleep of realization' and deep truth. Listen in for insight around emphasizing invitation and choice in the language of yoga nidra and learn how each Rest Sister integrated her profound feelings of gratitude, balance and belonging into life after the conference. After you listen, tell us your takeaways in the comments below or on social media. Key Takeaways The theme of unity and mutual respect at the Kripalu Yoga Nidra Conference How Uma Dinsmore-Tuli offered permission to be 'wild within the structure' The common thread around entering the sacred space through the breath Why we need more post-lineage yoga nidra (i.e.: network vs. hierarchy) Kamini Desai's metaphor around being the ocean rather than the waves The value of guiding students from timebound to timeless consciousness How yoga nidra effectively reorganizes our relationship with our emotions Uma Dinsmore-Tuli's intro to resources around the history of yoga nidra Molly Birkholm's take on bringing yoga nidra to the corporate workplace The emphasis on invitation + choice in scripts over telling people what to do How each woman experienced reentry to life after the yoga nidra immersion Indu Arora's insight on yoga nidra as the sleep of realization and deep truth SHOW RESOURCES Daring to Rest Academy Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Rest Meditation by Karen Brody Yoga International's recordings for the First International Yoga Nidra Conference

Today on the Daring to Rest podcast I'm taking you inside the most recent tribe in the Daring to Rest Academy who just finished their Daring to Rest yoga nidra training a couple of months ago. I didn't realize it until we were all together, but each woman who shares her story on this episode have very different professional background and have journeyed through the Daring to Rest Academy quite differently too. From an intuitive astrologer and soul counselor, to a Qoya teacher and trainer who is also a reiki master, to a health psychology professor at one of the most prestigious women's college's in the United States. I love that rest brought us together, and I hope you'll enjoy hearing about the creative ways these women are bringing to fruition and dreaming about sharing the message of rest. The Daring to Rest Academy started as a dream I had to create an online and easy way for women around the world to come together, in sisterhood, to learn how to feel like a well-rested woman, lead like a well-rested woman, and share the message of rest with others. As you'll learn in this episode, inside the Academy we train you in yoga nidra meditation, the Daring to Rest method, and so much more that can't be easily laid out in a bullet pointed list. It is urgent to have rest whisperers - guides - in our culture planting the seeds of rest. Rest gives us resilience, presence and so many long-term sustainable tools to feel more peaceful. And I believe in my bones that this yoga nidra kind of deep peace within will trickle up to a more peaceful, less-inflamed world. As Benita shared on the podcast, "I just think how revolutionary it would be if our heads of state started their meetings off with rest, and all our college classes did that too. Imagine how much clarity and power we would have if we were able to step into all the places we come together with a pause." This is the rest revolution we're building, community by community, at the Daring to Rest Academy. In this month's episode of the podcast we have lots of yummy conversations like this, and we also give you an idea of what it would be like to join the Academy. Listen in & join us! Key Takeaways How it's possible to enjoy the Academy even if you can't make the live online mentoring When the start date of the Academy doesn't work for you, and why it didn't matter for Claire and Benita How the Rest & Digest Phase is missing in our lives and Daring to Rest teaches us to take it back The power of combining Daring to Rest with the lunar cycles The yummy combination of Daring to Rest after movement like Qoya Taking Daring to Rest into college and academic settings Bringing Daring to Rest to activists to avoid burnout and lead from the feminine Why we start our mentoring calls in the Academy connecting to our heart, and then ripple out to the world The importance of creating a well-rested world and spaces where people can rest, from colleges to governments How deep connection takes place in the Academy even though we are online and not in person SHOW RESOURCES Daring to Rest Academy Waitlist