MEET KAREN

Karen's first panic attack came in her boyfriend's dorm room while he read her poetry. She thought she was having a heart attack only to be told by healthcare professionals that it was panic. She shouldn't have been too surprised. As a child, she remembers her father calling emergency medical technicians in the middle of the night because he thought he was having a heart attack, only for her father to be sent home with never any mention of a heart attack.

When Karen realized that these trips to the hospital must have been her father having panic attacks, she prepared for a life of anxiety and continual burnout until one day she walked into a yoga studio and discovered yoga nidra, a sleep-based meditation technique - what she calls her "Super Nap." To her surprise, within a year, despite raising two active boys under the age of five, she was off anti-anxiety medication, felt more energy than she had in years, and thanks to the new energy she had from yoga nidra, she went on to write a critically-acclaimed play, BIRTH, called "The Vagina Monologues of childbirth" with global productions raising over one million dollars to improve maternity care around the world.

Soon Karen was on a mission to tell other women about this Super Nap that was changing her life. She got trained in it, and began offering 40-day experiences for women. The results were phenomenal. Women in her programs reported getting the best sleep of their lives, feeling calmer than ever, increased sexual desire, and bursts of energy and creativity at both home and work.

Today, Karen runs the Daring to Rest Academy, training wellness professionals around the world in her Daring to Rest program, and she delivers keynote talks and workshops that inspire people to:

Give themselves permission to rest.
Learn how to rest and what rest is.
Lead from a well-rested place.

Karen's talks include stories, research, calming breathwork, and an inspirational chant that will get everyone out of their seats.