Karen speaks with six newly certified Daring to Rest Facilitators from Sisterhood 9 of the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training who recently led rest sessions at our annual online Rest Camp for Women. Hear their stories and why they are passionate about being rest leaders in our world today. This is a conversation for anyone who believes in the power of rest, wants to dare to rest, and women curious about taking our next Daring to Rest Facilitator Training. 

On today's episode Dr. Kamilah Majied joins me to discuss joy and justice in the context of black wisdom and Buddhist teachings. We talk about "entering the palace of oneself," the roots of black music and how it embodies what the Buddha talks about, the purpose of freedom, and Kamilah shares how she defines joy. Kamilah is a psychotherapist, social work educator, researcher, activist and consultant on advancing equity and inclusion through contemplative practices. Her new book, Joyfully Just, feels like potent medicine for today's world. I hope you enjoy this podcast and here's to more joy, justice, and rest. They are all freedom activators, and therefore in the same family.

What if changing our relationship with grind culture starts with telling a new story? In this episode Brigid Schulte speaks with us about her new book, Overwork, and how other people and countries are stepping forward with vision and imagination to tell a new story about the way we work.

Today I am getting personal with you, talking about how I run my rest business and a few Daring to Rest origin stories to understand how I even had the idea over fifteen years ago to start a business focused on rest. As some of you know, I had a long history of panic attacks. At times I literally felt like a hostage in my home, unable to even open the door without the panic attacks starting again. Today I'm sharing how this shifted, the wild prescription I was given for the panic attacks, why I started a rest business, and what principles have worked well for me to grow my rest business. You'll learn about the yoga nidra and other influences that have gone into creating the Daring to Rest community, and hear a few really funny stories about my road to becoming rested and running a rest business. (At least I think they're funny :) Happy listening! This is the final episode of our Transform Your Life and Your Wellness Business series. 

Certified Daring to Rest Facilitator Karen Perro is becoming a "Rest Rockstar" in Nova Scotia, offering transformational rest experiences that combine the power of rest with her love of nature and her Celtic roots. Her Healing Hammock experience literally sells out within hours. On today's second episode I am thrilled to be speaking with Karen about her growing rest business. Karen talks about everything from her love of practicing yoga nidra in winter storms, combining yoga nidra with flotation tanks, and why, in her words, "yoga nidra is your ticket to Rest Town." Get ready for Karen's gorgeous laughter and hearing how rest has completely transformed her life and business.

This episode is the first of a special series on the Daring to Rest Podcast called Transform Your Life and Your Wellness Business - The Rooted In Rest Series. As a young woman growing up within a Tongan family Florence Güneri often felt lost because she didn't know anyone else who looked like her in the wellness world. She decided to become the first. Listen to her journey to creating a thriving life & business rooted in rest.

This episode is a conversation with Natalie Goldberg on her writer’s block during Covid and how she lost and found her voice when she stopped everything. Natalie’s new book is Writing on Empty. As a writing teacher and author of the bestselling book Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Natalie is known for starting a revolution in the way we practice writing and combining this wisdom with her background in Zen meditation.

Host Karen Brody reads her rest note "Women: Let's Not Keep Our Mouths Shut Anymore" and talks about the topics of rest, women’s voices, and writing.

Have you ever had a health challenge and felt like you tried everything to heal yet you still did not find answers? Today on the Daring to Rest Podcast I am excited to introduce you to Lissa Rankin, a mind-body medicine physician, and the author of Sacred Medicine: A Doctor's Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Healing.

Nina Simons is a women's leadership pioneer and co-founder of Bioneers. She is the author of the book, Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. In this episode, Karen talks with Nina about the landscape of yin leadership, a kind of leadership that values spaciousness, nature, relationships, and ritual. 

Ever have a conversation you did not want to end? That’s today’s episode on the Daring to Rest Podcast with seven of the women who just led rest sessions at Rest Camp for Women. It’s a conversation on rest and yoga nidra that’s personal, professional, fun, and serious. You’ll hear us talking about great rest books and films and a resty kind of TED Talk. We share our essential rest props.  And there are many tender and sweet rest stories. If you’re thinking about the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training for Women, this is a must-listen. You'll hear all seven women reflect on the ways the training impacted them. In a culture that values busyness over rest, this episode is for any woman who wants to put rest at the center of her life and wants to create a world of rested people.

Karen's back with a short rest check on the topic of deep rest, yoga nidra and inner mothering. These unrested times are calling us not only to rest, but also to not abandon ourselves. How does the practice of yoga nidra and inner mothering intersect? And why does it matter? Come hang out with Karen as she talks about how a practice like yoga nidra can help you mother yourself while lying down. That's the kind of rest revolution we're talking about!

Karen speaks with Tracee Stanley, author of a new book – The Luminous Self - on how to find your luminous self that resides behind all sorrow, the power of our practices to create new patterns and beliefs, the importance of cultivating a relationship with nature and our true nature, and contemplating death and impermanence in a world that plays into these fears. Be sure to listen to the end. Tracee leads us through a profound short practice!

Shalini Sinha, a gender professor and anti-racist specialist in Canada, speaks with Karen about the Barbie movie. Shalini brings a perspective on the Barbie movie that you probably have not heard yet.

Today Dr. Ruby Gibson, founder of Freedom Lodge, and Kara Big Crow, executive director, join me on the Daring to Rest Podcast for a passionate discussion about healing intergenerational trauma.