When Rest Feels Hard

Restlessness might be situational for you, or it might seem like a permanent state. For some of us, growing up in our homes didn’t feel safe, or we experienced trauma in life and relationships. This can put our nervous systems on alert; we are hypervigilant, our bodies unable to rest in a true sense due to a vague sense of ‘unsafe’. Today’s episode offers a short practice to help calm the nervous system, paired with a mantra such as ‘I am safe’. In this way, we aim to ease our bodies into much-needed rest.