Sometimes the biggest shifts happen quietly in the in-between moments (Peace in Rest members... you know what I mean😉) when you weren’t sure, anything was moving at all. 😴 But every time you pause instead of pushing, took a breath instead of bracing, your inner landscape changes in ways you might not have noticed yet... I would love to know what you feel you have been able to integrate now! ✨ SHARE Reflection What is one of the greatest lessons you’ve discovered since joining this community? What are you feeling curious to learn or deepen into next?

Some of you have noticed that I’ve been quieter than usual in here lately. I want you to know it isn’t because I don’t care or that I’ve drifted away. I’m still here. I’ve just hit a bit of a wall… and I’ve felt really stuck and unsure of how to share or move forward. This past week brought everything into the light and it’s asked me to surrender. This is a vulnerable and transparent share for me, but the past few months? years? have held me in a wave of depression that I’ve been trying to “manage” rather than actually feel for quite some time. And strangely… letting myself stop fighting it has felt more liberating than anything I’ve done in years. I’ve been ignoring it, minimizing it, over-promising, masking it expertly, freezing, dissociating and bypassing this huge truth that, now that I am finally looking at it directly, BEFRIENDING it even, it's become the very thing that opened the cathartic release I’ve been craving. Hope Abides!! The clouds are parting! The fog is lifting! The sunrise is breaking over the horizon! Hallelujah! 😭🙌🌻 Of course, Yoga Nidra has been the one practice I keep returning to. Some days, it's been the only thing that lets my body unclench… that gives my mind permission to stop negotiating with itself. I wanted to share this because we often talk about Nidra as a tool for rest, clarity, calm… but it’s also a companion for the darker, quieter passages. The ones we don’t (or can't) always name out loud (yet). I know many of you can relate. So, if you’ve ever walked through a similar season and are willing to share.. I’d truly love to hear from you: What helped you? What supported you? Is there a Nidra, ritual, or small practice that carried you through? I’m feeling very seen, loved, and supported through this new revelation, so don’t worry — this isn’t a cry for help, other than wanting to learn from those of you who’ve walked this path before. But I did want to name my absence, let you know I’m still here and extend my hand. Community holds us not only in our good, open seasons, but also in the real work of befriending the parts of ourselves we tend to turn away from. And I know that’s what we’ve built here.. so truly, thank you.

A few years ago, I started drawing a little moon in the corner of my journal entries - just a simple sketch to mark which phase she was in at the time and it didn’t take long to notice the patterns. 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑 I think that’s why I’ve always gravitated toward the moon and her cycles - she feels dependable, a known rhythm to anchor into in a world that changes daily. Yet, she also reminds us that constancy doesn’t necessarily mean stagnation. The moon is always shifting, just as we are. Her phases are proof that it’s natural to expand and contract, to shine and to rest. One of the patterns I recognized early on through this small but mighty ritual was that around the full moon, I’m always at the brim. Sometimes I’m brimming with excitement and joy. Other times, I’m brimming with tears or restlessness. Either way, I’m full - live, feeling, and always reminded of how much there is to be grateful for. As we begin to close out this lunar cycle, I want to take a moment to say welcome - whether you’ve just joined this space or have been here for many moons. As @Ayla Nova always says: "Thank you for being here." As you arrive (exactly as you are) - I’d love to invite you to reflect with me: 🌊 What are you currently full of - energy, ideas, emotion, gratitude, exhaustion? 🌊 How do you honour or keep note of your own rhythms - of rest, creation, and renewal? Feel free to share below - this space was created for connection, reflection, and the gentle reminder that we never move through these phases alone. 🤍

It’s so human to want to fix what hurts. To smooth what feels rough. To quiet what’s loud. But what if you simply listened instead? To your body. To your spirit. To the story your heart is trying to tell. Inside the Peace in Rest Program, this is the work we deepen: learning to meet ourselves with reverence, not resistance. To let the noise soften, not by pushing it away, but by letting it rest too. ✨ Try this When something uncomfortable arises today, place your hand on your heart, and repeat: 'I am allowed to feel this.' Notice what shifts inside when you no longer rush to fix it.

Two years ago, Ayla and I had a magical trip to my favourite place, Sayulita, Mexico. Alya hadn’t had a vacation in six years and I needed to escape my cohabitation-separation with my now ex-husband. So we thought “let’s get the heck outta here..” We hadn’t planned to go for Day of the Dead but it worked out that way and what followed was an incredibly magical week of synchronous rest and connection — to eachother, ourselves and the beautiful town that has stolen my heart. (The pictures are of us from that trip!) After that week, I promised I would go back down for this particular celebration whenever possible so that I could participate in the celebration of death that the Mexican culture has cultivated so beautifully and so generously shares with their visitors. Over the last two years I have experienced many forms of death: a great Aunt, a good friend, a family pet, my ego (a few times), attachments, identity, relationships, habits, and old patterns. I am currently writing this on descent into the Puerta Vallarta airport and tomorrow I am celebrating the death of these things as well as the subsequent growth and life I’ve been blessed to experience in the last two years. Beauty from ashes. Of course, I couldn’t have done it without the restorative support of Yoga Nidra, the Peace in Rest program and this community. Shout out to y’all!!! Tomorrow, I am laying a lot to rest. May it Rest in Peace. ❤️‍🔥💀 I shall report back! P.S. Do you have a special or magical place that you travel to for renewal or have experienced deep healing in?? Please share!! ✈️