What does it mean to rest?

If someone asked you - when was the last time you truly rested? The last time your body and mind felt at peace?

What would your answer be ?

Would it be that you cannot remember the last time that you experienced ? Or is rest such an integral aspect of your routine that it is second nature?

Are there emotions which arise before you allow yourself to rest?

At whichever time this writing finds you, I invite you to explore your own relationship to rest while contemplating the words below. I invite you to observe all that arises before you rest as well as after.

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‘We tend now to the inner light that shines within these hearts,
We nurture now the embers that can warm a deeper trust.
We rest & know that in this pause,
Our earth upon this land,
We invite reconnection to the pulse of all that lives.

And through this reconnection,
We do honor life herself:
The earth and the sky, the fire and air,
The space that holds us all.

We choose to rest & honor life
And afterward arise to face the world and all that lives,
With heart & soul renewed.’

Words by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli