Life handed me an unexpected lesson in my own medicine this week. After yoga class, I fell riding home and broke and twisted my pinky finger. I'm now in a fairly dramatic hand brace, and I've got a specialist visit next week — fingers crossed (the ones that still bend) that we can avoid a full cast. So here's the irony I'm sitting with: I teach rest and restoration for a living, and now my body is asking me to actually practice it. I'm leaning on Yoga Nidra to help my nervous system settle, support the healing, and keep me company through the discomfort. It's humbling and kind of beautiful to be on the receiving end of the work. A practical note: Tidal Hearts Yoga Nidra won't release tonight as planned. The fall caused some technical difficulties on my end, so I'm giving it the time it needs to come out right. Thank you for your patience. If you've got a prayer or a good thought to spare, I'll happily take it. 🙏

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'll say it again for the people in the back: yoga nidra is not a sleep practice. It's a consciousness practice that happens to heal sleep as a side effect. When we reduce it to "the thing that helps you sleep," we accidentally cut off 90% of what's available. One of our Peace in Rest members put it this way: "It's not a quick fix if you're not in a place to commit to setting some time aside. It's spiritual. It is a practice." And another: "I approached it to get better sleep and then I had no idea the depth of yoga nidra." So here's my question for you this week: What's the part of this practice you didn't see coming? What surprised you? What opened up? What shifted that you weren't looking for? I want to hear it all. The unexpected stuff is where the real teaching lives.

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