Karen Brody is the founder of Daring to Rest, a yoga nidra-based approach for women. 

In this episode, we talked about:

• Karen’s former experience of being a Type A personality and having panic attacks.

• Finding yoga nidra at her yoga studio whilst looking for a stretchy class to tone up her body.

• Lying down and taking a nap was outside of her paradigm

• Realising that she put her boys down for a nap each day and it helped them to be less cranky, but why wasn’t she doing this for herself?

• The danger of sleep-deprivation

• How do you quiet the mind?

• What is yoga nidra? Sleep meditation with a state of relaxed awareness

• Feelings of freedom, hope and possibility arose from the experience of yoga nidra

• The subconscious mind guiding you to your best self

• The fourth state of consciousness that you can’t access from sleep

• Rest-shaming in our culture

• Letting go of what you don’t need

• Being supported and safe when you lie down and surrender

• Yoga nidra as a gift for your baby/ children

• Even 5 minutes of yoga nidra in the car is worthwhile

• Realising the transformational effect of yoga nidra after a traumatic robbery which left Karen with PTSD

• Creating a rest cave

• Sharing yoga nidra online to give more people access and create connections and community from women all over the world

• Training women in the Daring to Rest Method

• Yoga nidra taught an embodied understanding of choice and agency

• This tool can be used alongside anti-anxiety medication and anti-depressants

• Feeling less alone and more connected

• Yoga nidra as non-negotiable rest before and during your period

• Bookending in the morning and/or night

• Soul whispers

• The Wild Woman archetype from Clarissa Pinkola Estés

• Activating the intuitive part

• Awakening creativity through rest

• Lying down teaches us to tune in

• The most radical act for women is to rest and reawaken

Resources

If you’d like to connect with Karen Brody, find her @karen_Brody or @daringtorest or visit her website:

www.daringtorest.com

You can read her book, 

Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Rest Meditation

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