Daring to Rest Podcast
TALKS ON WOMEN RISING UP RESTED WITH DARING TO REST AUTHOR KAREN BRODY
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Doula trainer, childbirth educator, and filmmaker, Debra Pascali Bonaro, joins Karen to discuss claiming your power and pleasure in childbirth and life; advice on turning pain into purpose; the importance of sex education; why it’s crazy to put women on their backs to give birth; and what is oxytocin and why it gives us an incredible high. Karen adds her rest lens to this powerful conversation on an orgasmic & restful birth and life.
In this rest note on leadership, Karen Brody takes on the topics of women, leadership, rest and staying awake in a world that wants us asleep to what's keeping us tired. She explores the political resignations in 2023 of Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon as examples of women leaders showing us how be our own kind of leader.
Today on the Daring to Rest Podcast a mother and daughter who have been in the Daring to Rest community join Karen to share their rest stories. You’ll learn about their mother-daughter rest bond, and how rest has impacted their lives.
It's obvious, even without the statistics, that there are a lot of exhausted people. That's why a 2017 tweet by Netflix raised Karen's rest feathers. Listen to her rest rant on capitalism's investment in our fatigue and how we can't stop over-eating the chocolate cake.
So many books on business are not written by women and there are few diverse voices. Jadah Sellner’s mission is to change this and to offer us an anti-hustle way to grow our business and nurture our life.
“All we want is to love and be loved.” In this episode, Karen reads her email to the Daring to Rest community on why rest is love and shares additional thoughts on oxytocin - the hormone of love - and ways we can receive and give more love.
Wonder what it’s like to train to become a facilitator with Daring to Rest? In this 3-part "Teaching Rest is My Radical Next Step" series, I speak with a few women who recently completed the Daring to Rest Facilitator Certification Training, and the teacher trainers who led their small mentorship circles.
Navigating these times is exhausting. Managing a health issue on top is like exhaustion on steroids. In this episode, Karen reads her medical rest rant email to the Daring to Rest community and explains why "it's not information that's going to help us move with ease through life, it's our practices."
Step into the world of menopause, myth, and fairy tales in this conversation with award winning writer Sharon Blackie. Host Karen Brody speaks with Sharon on everything from what facing death taught her to the liminal space of menopause and how the archetypal energy of older women in fairy tales can help us claim our power and reimagine the second half of life.
What happens when you are "tired as f*ck"? For bestselling author Caroline Dooner, whose new book is called Tired As F*ck, she chose to address her exhaustion by spending two years intentionally prioritizing rest. In this episode, listen to her conversation with Karen on burnout at the hands of diet, self-help and hustle culture.
What is the connection between deep rest and the Gene Keys? How can both help you live, work and lead softly? Daring to Rest facilitator Korynn Elliott, a Gene Keys guide, joins Karen to talk about the power of Gene Keys alongside a practice like yoga nidra, and how the Gene Keys voyage is very similar to Daring to Rest’s 3-Phase approach to leadership.
What if our doing came from a place of being? Especially in times of turmoil. Listen to a rest note with Karen on rest, women's bodies, leadership, and why staying in your body is more important than ever today.
Karen speaks with the founders of Red School, Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, about menstruation as a brilliant design for leadership and deepening our relationship with ourselves.
What happens when you combine a former Roman Catholic Sister, yoga nidra, rest and seventy-eight years of living?On today's Daring to Rest Podcast episode, you're going to meet Janet Fishmon and find out.
In this episode, Karen talks with Octavia Raheem, author of the new book, "Pause, Rest, Be." They talk about the courage to rest personally and collectively today, and how rest fortifies our courage. Also, how rest will change your relationship to yourself and others. This episode is a deep exploration of the pause and power of stillness, and why rest is an advanced practice. Join Karen and Octavia in their discussion on why making time for rest matters and learn about Octavia's new book.
Sleep and dream specialist Dr. Rubin Naiman joins Karen on the podcast to talk about his unique perspective on sleep, dreaming and awakening. In this episode we take a look at the world today and how we can sleep better and recognize the crucial role dreams play in good sleep and waking life.
Karen is talking to the Daring to Rest teacher trainers in our Daring to Rest Facilitator Training for Women about the impact of rest on women's lives, the practice of yoga nidra, why Daring to Rest's facilitator training is much more than a yoga nidra teacher training program, and how the Daring to Rest approach contributes a unique approach to women's leadership. Whether you're considering our facilitator training or not, this episode will get you excited to start and stay rested.
In this episode, Karen is talking with Jeffrey Davis, the CEO of Tracking Wonder Consultancy. They talk about what is wonder? How and why it’s important to cultivate wonder. How do wonder and rest intersect? Why does gifting wonder ripple? How can we find the wonder between us in a divisive world? And they explore the Tracking Wonder framework outlined in Jeffrey’s new book, Tracking Wonder. Join us as we connect on how wonder adds more meaning and possibility in a world obsessed with productivity.
How connecting with your body helps you break ancestral contracts, set rest boundaries, and become a Rested Woman.
In this episode, Karen talks about how rest and relaxation are different, the seven types of rest by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, the concern we mostly focus on active forms of rest, and how rest tells us everything we need to know.
Drawing on the work of Maureen Murdock’s Heroine’s Journey, Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody discusses the connection between the practice of yoga nidra, the Daring to Rest method and the heroine’s journey, and why now more than ever we need to be on this journey.
In this episode of the Daring to Rest Podcast, Karen Brody talks with her twenty-two year old son, Jacob. She asks him every rest question she can think of to help moms craft a well-rested family life. You'll also hear an update from Jacob on navigating his learning differences in college while trying to stay rested. It's certainly not easy to raise our next generation on rest, but there are tweaks we can do to help children feel more rested.
In this short episode, Karen Brody talks about some of the rest boundaries that have made a huge difference in her life, she reads a recent note to the Daring to Rest community on rest boundaries, and she shares a simple way you can start creating rest boundaries. If you're not sleeping and you've tried all the sleep science and supplements out there, there's often a rest boundary you're not tending to.
In this episode of the Daring to Rest Podcast, Karen Brody speaks about rest and motherhood with Matilda Leyser, Jendayi Gantt and Lisa Black . They speak to the shame moms feel to rest, the struggle to get good sleep, and how to become less apologetic about practicing rest. They also discuss the importance of their yoga nidra meditation practice in their lives and the legacy of rest they want to model for their children and future generations.
On this short episode, Karen talks about the inner child-loving parent-adult dance, a common triple cloak of exhaustion many women carry. And she mentions her IN-body solution and an opportunity to join her for a professional training in 2021.
On this short episode, Karen answers one of the most common questions she gets asked from women who have been resting for a while: "Why Am I still So Tired?" Listen in.
In this episode, Karen and guest Tracee Stanley, author of Radiant Rest, dive into the practice of yoga nidra, how the messages we receive about rest present obstacles to lying down, and how to get rest when you don't have time to rest. Tracee also shares a delightful story about the goddess Yoga Nidra that makes this magical transformative sleep practice seem feel even more well-suited for women's health and empowerment.
In this episode, learn about renowned Jungian analyst Marion Woodman's dream work and experience a dream circle. Karen talks with Sil Reynolds, senior student of Marion Woodman. We explore dreams, why they are important, how to explore your dreams and why Marion Woodman’s work is particularly accessible to women on a quest for wholeness.
Karen talks with Dr. Kamilah Majied about meditation as a journey to freedom, the practice of discomfort resilience, and how rest resources activism. Dr. Majied highlights how meditation conflated with stoicism separates us from the joy of meditation. Dr. Majied shares her thoughts on never ceasing to advocate for human lives, and how unrest can increase our capacity to be with our feelings and set powerful intentions for personal and planetary growth.
Daring to Rest founder, Karen Brody, answers your questions! Listen to her thoughts on liminal dreaming, insomnia, chronic pain, aging, how to get teenagers, and younger kids, to sleep better, what to do to settle into yoga nidra meditation if you’re super stressed, self guided yoga nidra versus facilitator-led, and techniques to shield negative energy coming from negative people and negative situations.
Karen talks with Dr. Kamilah Majied about meditation as a journey to freedom, the practice of discomfort resilience, and how rest resources activism. Dr. Majied highlights how meditation conflated with stoicism separates us from the joy of meditation. Dr. Majied shares her thoughts on never ceasing to advocate for human lives, and how unrest can increase our capacity to be with our feelings and set powerful intentions for personal and planetary growth.
In this episode, Karen talks with four women from Sisterhood 4 about what it’s like to take our online Daring to Rest facilitator immersion. We dig deep into the importance of rest, the power of yoga nidra “sleep” meditation, and how taking our facilitator training has impacted their lives personally and professionally.
Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody share another rest rant, answering the question, “Is Rest the New Mindfulness?”
In our society, menopause is seen as a problem, and there are no instructions for how to navigate the process. But in truth, menopause is an opportunity to reevaluate who we are and awaken to our true nature. Today, Alexandra Pope joins me to reframe menopause as an extraordinary rite of passage for women.
Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody reads her rest rant on rest and productivity. “If we are resting to be more productive then we are feeding into the same paradigm that's making us all sick and tired.”
Yoga nidra is a powerful healing practice, and many enjoy nidras to navigate challenging situations. But what if we don’t have access to the audio for a guided meditation when we need it most? Today, Jaimee Roncone and Beth Dorman join me to share their experiences with self-guided yoga nidra.
Yoli Maya Yeh shares with us her thoughts on the sacred destruction happening in our world today, particularly how it relates to racism and White privilege in the yoga world, classroom inclusion, and yoga nidra. She provides a perspective on yoga nidra that you may have never heard before, and is
Anyone who practices yoga nidra knows it can feel like being in a sanctuary. We a lot about this sanctuary – that it’s a space that’s soft, and even playful. But are you choosing to lie down from a place of freedom, where you’re at the center, or are you, often unknowingly, allowing a system to take your power? In this podcast Uma Dinsmore Tuli and Yoli Maya Yeh call us to reclaim sleep and yoga for planetary healing, justice and freedom.
When women honor our menstrual cycle, we access our feminine power. But we simply can’t unlock that power if we don’t stop to rest when our body needs it. Today, Barbara Dopfer joins me to discuss the parallels between yoga nidra and the Red School’s inner maps of menstrual cycle awareness.
We think of power as the ability to assert ourselves in the world and manifest what we want. But Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer contend the ultimate power lies in our capacity to trust rest. Today, they join me to discuss the magic of menstrual cycle awareness on the feminine path to power.
Bestselling author Jennifer Louden joins me to talk about her new book, "Why Bother: Discovering The Desire for What's Next." We’re in a huge “Why Bother” moment right now, reckoning with what we care about, and what it means to live and to engage in our lives. Have you been playing it safe, and this pandemic pause is coaxing you to believe that you can live a new more satisfying story? Join us on this episode for this daring conversation.
Sleep and dream specialist Dr. Rubin Naiman gives us a rest-perspective on COVID-19 and the current pandemic that has forced people around the world to stay in their homes to prevent the spread of the virus. Is this a “call to rest” moment? Are we in a waking dream? And what’s the number one way we can build our immunity right now? When you’re forced to rest, you can tune out or tune in. What if this is our moment to tune in? Listen in and join us for this unique discussion.
How many times have women stayed silent throughout history? What if rest was a remedy to help us speak up? On today’s episode, to celebrate International Women’s Day, I talk about how rest helps us reclaim our voices. This episode, and the yoga nidra that accompanies it, was inspired by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ piece, "How to Silence a Woman: Retrieving Her Voice." Here's to the rise of your well-rested - and no longer silenced - woman.
How would you describe your relationship with your body? Many of us struggle with feelings of disconnection or shame, and we only allow ourselves pleasure in the form of reward for or recovery from hard work. Today, Mary Lofgren joins me to discuss the power of sensual living as a pathway to fulfillment.
In this special Rest Stories Series, Karen and ten Certified Daring to Rest Facilitators, tell their rest stories, explain what rest means to them and why they are so passionate about teaching yoga nidra to others. Throughout the month of January, we’ll be telling our rest stories. Listen in to discover why yoga nidra is “more than a fancy nap” and why so many women are teaching it to create a well-rested world.
Sloshing around in our inner territory is scary, but there is freedom in the truth. And only by exploring our shadows can we begin to heal ourselves and the world around us. Today, Pixie Lighthorse joins me to discuss her latest book, Goldmining the Shadows, and examine the role of rest in accessing our inner wisdom.
Do you struggle with the creative process? Get stuck in self-doubt? Or have trouble finding time to practice your craft? Today, Nicole Gulotta joins me to discuss how a writer’s life is lived in 10 seasons and explain how we can use these natural rhythms (and yoga nidra!) to enhance our creative work.
In the second grade, my son Jacob was diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning difference that makes it difficult for people to read quickly and automatically—but has no connection to overall intelligence. Today, Jacob joins me to share his experiences with dyslexia, and I explain how yoga nidra helped me navigate raising a dyslexic child.
Today, the Daring to Rest Sisters who attended the First International Yoga Nidra Conference join me to share their top takeaways from the experience. We explore how yoga nidra effectively reorganizes our relationship with our emotions, and that the yoga nidra framework is a jungle gym where we can play, affording our students different entry points to the practice and expanding their opportunities to restore wholeness.
Today on the Daring to Rest podcast I'm taking you inside the most recent tribe in the Daring to Rest Academy. Meet an intuitive astrologer, to a Qoya movement teacher and trainer who is also a reiki master, and a health psychology professor at one of the most prestigious women's college's in the United States. Learn about the creative ways these women are bringing to fruition and dreaming about sharing the message of rest.
As with yoga nidra, liminal dreaming requires us to surrender. To let go and drop into a space of deep relaxation. To have a conversation with the unconscious. Today, Jennifer Dumpert joins the Daring to Rest Podcast to define liminal dreams and discuss how to develop your own practice that supports creativity and problem-solving—and improves your overall wellbeing.
We all have the innate capacity to heal from within. We also live in a world filled with toxins and other stressors that block that healing life energy. Today, Hillary Thing joins me to share her holistic approach to uprooting Lyme and other chronic illnesses and helping patients wake up to their powerful life force!
Are you trying to prove yourself through productivity? Are you addicted to being busy, somehow convinced that your worth is connected to how much you get done? Today, Kate Northrup joins me to explain how to tap into the natural rhythms that are already a part of you and achieve more—by doing less!
In this episode Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody chats from her rest cave about the rest cure, an immensely popular method used on women in the middle and upper classes in the late 1800s in American and Europe who were mysteriously getting sick. Find out why this period in history is important and what women can learn from it to help us take back rest today.
Perhaps you’re considering enrolling in the Daring to Rest Academy, but you want to know more about what to expect. Today, Melissa Barnet, Jo Blackman, Cheri Brown and Barbara Dopfer share their experience as part of Tribe 2 and explain how they are bringing the gift of yoga nidra “sleep” meditation to the world.
We know that being well-rested improves the quality of our lives because we can FEEL it. But what if more women measured the impact of practices like yoga nidra? Today, Dr. Nicole Bowman joins me to share the system she used to track Daring to Rest yoga nidra’s effect on her health and productivity.
In this rest note, Karen talks about a surprising conversation on meditation that she recently had with a customs officer. With examples from her own life, she explores where we go when we meditate and how to live in the noise and the peace of life.