Certified Daring to Rest YOGA NIDRA Facilitator
Certified: 2025
Dallas, Texas
Tonya Clark is the founder of Mend & Abide, where she helps leaders and communities embrace rest as a spiritual and strategic practice for wholeness.
A seasoned school leader and the founder of MindfulEd, she supports school district leaders across Texas in driving instructional excellence, building strong campus cultures, and fostering psychological safety.
With certifications in yoga and mindfulness, Tonya weaves together her expertise in education and wellness to guide others toward balance, resilience, and renewal. She is passionate about creating sustainable rhythms of work and rest that allow people to flourish in both life and leadership.
Daring to Rest is Liberation.
“Daring to Rest has been liberation - a loosing of a grip of exhaustion and release from contracts I never agreed to carry. It is the sound of silence, the sweetness of pause and the courage to choose pleasure in a world that would rather I choose grind and burn out.”