If you were there live, thank you for holding that space with me. If you missed it, the replay is now posted and waiting for you. We moved through a guided yoga nidra built for the energy of the Solstice, and we explored the Five States of Rest — the spectrum that runs from depleted and disconnected all the way to radiant and integrated: 🌱 The Rooted One — returning to body, safety, ground 🌊 The Tidal Heart — honoring emotional flow without losing yourself 🔥 The Flamekeeper — finding stillness inside a restless mind 🌙 The Dream Weaver — trusting the vision already in you ☀️ The Radiant One — integrating, embodying, leading from presence The Solstice holds all five. So do you. Two things worth doing while it's fresh: → Not sure where you are right now? Take the free States of Rest quiz: https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/sor→ This Solstice also marks the opening of something bigger — the Peace in Rest | Nova Nidra Teacher Training. Enrollment is open: https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/teach Rest well. Be well. — Ayla Nova

Big day in the Nova Nidra Community. 🌙 Today marked the graduation ✨the rebirth ceremony✨ for our latest teacher training cohort. Three months of deep work, real growth, and so many gifts witnessed. My heart is full. Here's what's coming up: Tomorrow | Tidal Hearts: States of Rest session (live for Premium + VIP members). We're exploring the emotional body, what it means when feelings feel too big, too numb, or like they don't even belong to you. This one's going to be tender and restorative. This season | Rest & Restore Series will be bringing us into the Solstice AND we're celebrating the Solstice together as a community. On YouTube too! You're invited. LASTLY... The FULL quiz is officially LIVE. Find out which state of rest you're currently in and what your nervous system actually needs. Not sure where you're at with rest? Take the Test Drop your results below 👇 I'd love to know where you're landing.

I want to celebrate a moment that happens in this community all the time... and deserves to be seen. One of our members shared this recently, and I keep coming back to it: "I wasn't expecting to walk away with a community. I think it surprised me that I found a community, not just a class." That's you, by the way. You are who she found. Every time you show up in the comments, every breakout session you lean into (during our Live Sessions/Next one: June 11), every honest share... you are the reason this community is what it is. So on this Saturday — thank you for being here. For being open. For being real. What's one thing you're carrying into this weekend that this community has given you?

Not scrolling until your brain goes numb. What does actual, nourishing rest feel like in your body? One of our Peace in Rest members said something that stuck with me: "I approached yoga nidra to get better sleep... and then I had no idea the depth it would take me to." That's it, isn't it? Most of us come in through the door of exhaustion and end up discovering something we didn't even know we were looking for. So — I want to hear from you. Drop it below: What brought you here? What are you discovering it's actually about? Or what would you like to learn about true rest!? No right answers. Just the honest ones.

"I'm so tired. But even when I lie down, I can't seem to actually rest." If you've said something to this effect, even just to yourself, I want you to know I hear you. And I want to share something that might bring a little relief. What you're describing has a name. In the yogic tradition, we understand the body as the first and most foundational layer of our experience... the Annamaya Kosha, or the food body. When this layer is struggling, rest feels impossible even when we desperately want it. The nervous system stays switched on. Sleep doesn't fully restore. There's a kind of bone-deep fatigue that just seems to linger no matter what you do. This is the state of the Rooted One — someone whose body is asking, very quietly and very persistently, for permission to feel safe. This is one of the five states I've been mapping in my work, and it's where so many people find themselves without ever realizing it (OVER 38% OF YOU)! The exhaustion feels personal. It feels like a failure. But it's actually the body doing exactly what it was designed to do (protect you) and just needing a little help learning that it's okay to stop. WHAT UNDERSTANDING THIS CAN OPEN UP FOR YOU When you can recognize yourself in this state, something subtly shifts. You stop fighting your body and start listening to it. Even simple things... the way you breathe, the way you transition into rest... begin to feel different. Sleep becomes more accessible, and that low hum of tension starts to ease. You don't have to overhaul your life. You just have to learn the language your body is already speaking. To learn more, join our VIP Supporters and gain access to our LIVE Rooted Ones Experience. We're starting right here, with the body layer, and I'll walk you through what it actually means to come home to yourself. Gently. Without pressure. Just a grounded conversation and a practice to bring you back to rest and community.