If you are currently in—or have previously completed—the Daring to Rest 40-Day Program, you are eligible to join our Facilitator Training through March 2026. This is the final year we will offer this training live, in a small and intimate container.
A 5-month certification program for women called to lead through rest — where you’ll learn to practice, teach, and embody the Daring to Rest method and yoga nidra, the deepest rest imaginable.
Welcome.
We believe that rest will save the world.
Some have called these “dark times” - with so many people exhausted and struggling with health and other challenges - but we know that these are also times that demand the dreamers show up.
If you are a dreamer, and you believe in rest, you’re in the right place.
At Daring to Rest, we training women around the world to offer the power of rest and teach a deep transformational rest practice known as yoga nidra, an ancient yogic sleep technique that takes you into the most supreme state of restoration.
The hustle and grind culture has been devastating. From a rest perspective, rest is urgent, foundational, and necessary for people to thrive.
When rest is absent households are chaotic, workplaces are unable to hold their employees’ devotion, and communities are bewildered.
Change begins from the inside out and from the ground up. This is why our focus in the Daring to Rest Facilitator program is to train you in the best inside out / ground up practice we know: yoga nidra, a transformational deep rest practice that has changed lives…while lying down!
Yoga nidra is good medicine - we call it “rest medicine.” We train women to offer it because we know when women find good medicine they naturally share it. We support you to become a facilitator and add deep transformational rest to the work you do.
We are in a crisis of speed. Our promise in this training is to help you become the antidote - we will teach you how to embody, speak and teach about the power of deep rest. To rest, we must slow down.
Certified Daring to Rest Facilitator Karen Perro setting up her consistently sold-out Healing Hammocks rest program in Nova Scotia.
Imagine coaching others…
facilitating retreats…
or creating healing spaces where you offer deep rest as medicine.
And imagine living this way yourself —leading and loving from a place that is more alive, resilient, rooted, and rested.
This is the heart of the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training for Women.
You are warmly invited to become a leader who offers another way - a rested way.
“ I am grateful for the depth and integrity of this training. It was truly everything I hoped it would be and more. I came away feeling supported, seen, and inspired. Not just as a facilitator, but as a woman learning to live and lead with rest at the centre.”
In this training, you’ll slow down. You’ll rest deeply. You’ll rediscover what it means to live and lead with softness, strength, and rest.
You’ll learn how to guide others into deep rest — using the Daring to Rest framework and yoga nidra, the most transformational rest practice we know.
Whether you’re a coach, teacher, healer, therapist, creative, or leader, this training helps you confidently weave rest into your existing work and create your own rest-centered programs, retreats, or offerings that bring both impact and income.
This training is fully online — so women all over the world can join us, no matter where they live. (Yes, you can study with us in bed — pajamas welcome.)
For over a decade, we’ve been training women online, so we know this: virtual learning can be deeply transformational. You’ll not only dare to rest and learn to teach others how to dare to rest, you’ll form lifelong connections with women Rest Leaders across the globe who share your devotion to rest as a revolutionary act.
We honor the reality that women lead full, complex lives — and that time zones differ. You are not required to attend every live class. Many women have completed this training asynchronously with great success. Between our live circles, you’ll stay supported and connected through our vibrant private community — a space that feels like a global sanctuary & sisterhood for Rest Leadership.
This training is for the woman who feels rest is the missing piece — for herself, and for those she serves.
She feels the pull to go deeper into all the layers of yoga nidra.
To experience and share the kind of rest that restores the body, quiets the mind, and awakens the soul.
She senses that this work — daring to rest deeply — is part of her next chapter.
“ This program exceeded my expectations. Before I took the program, I noticed a lot of my clients were unable to reach their health goals because they were exhausted and didn’t have capacity. Helping people to feel rested feels like it gets at the foundation of the problem. I am now creating a well-rested world one woman at a time. ”
We draw from Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Rest Meditation by Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody — the only rest and yoga nidra book written to help women rise up rested.
Throughout the training, you’ll use this book as both inspiration and a practical guide to create your own rest-centered offerings.
Throughout the training, you’ll experience yoga nidra — the transformational rest practice at the heart of the book — and learn to confidently share it with others.
“Karen Brody has put together a framework that makes yoga nidra relevant and accessible to 21st-century women, who may need the practice more than any previous generation. If you feel overwhelmed by living, the techniques in Daring to Rest are a good place to start your journey back to well-being.”
This journey unfolds in three phases, each designed to move you from embodying deep rest to teaching it.
January 19 – March 6 2026
Begin by resting deeply yourself.
You’ll experience 40 days of Daring to Rest™ — a personal journey into your own rest.
Live sessions meet Mondays at 10am MT.
Late March – April 2026
Learn how to teach yoga nidra and the Daring to Rest™ Method with clarity and confidence.
Live sessions meet Mondays and Thursdays at 10am MT.
May – June 2026
Step into leadership in a small Certification Lab, where you’ll practice leading yoga nidra and deepen your facilitation skills.
Lab times are offered at various hours to accommodate all time zones.
July – December 2026
Continue your journey in monthly Alumni Facilitator Mentorship sessions with Karen Brody — a mastermind-style space for building your rest business, developing unique rest-centered offerings, and receiving personal support and yoga nidra review alongside alumni facilitators.
The Daring to Rest™ Facilitator Training blends personal rest practice, teaching foundations, and rest leadership development. Each phase is designed to help you embody rest — and guide others to do the same.
You’ll emerge with both the inner grounding and professional tools to share the deepest rest imaginable — with those who need it most.
Here are some of the topics we’ll explore…
The foundations of yoga nidra, the Daring to Rest Method, and how they mirror the Heroine’s Journey
The art of writing yoga nidra scripts that inspire and heal
A deep exploration of the five koshas — the layers of being
The art of creating rest programs and retreats that hold space for rest transformation
Exploring the landscape of rest and infusing your unique rest themes.
Why your rest story is your leadership story - and how to write your story and talk about it in your marketing and rest programs
Discover how to share your work with the world in a way that feels aligned and heart-centered.
You’ll learn the essentials of creating a successful rest business using soulful, sustainable marketing practices — and receive a unique yoga nidra to help you manifest impact and income after the training.
This is a 100-hour professional training, with continuing education credits available through Yoga Alliance.
Upon completion, you’ll be eligible to certify as a Daring to Rest Facilitator by October 15, 2026 — with no additional certification fees.
“All women who come to my practice are exhausted from their lives. I have this deep wish to give them the possibility to rest. To make space for rest. Because rest is so healing. This training gave me the skills to do this. It has enriched my life on a very deep level.”
Learn the Daring to Rest Method — a powerful yoga nidra-inspired rest leadership framework that helps you teach, lead, and live from a deeply rested place.
Explore the science and soul of deep rest through yoga nidra — a sleep-based meditation and a true heroine’s journey of awakening. You will be able to confidently lead yoga nidra.
Discover how to weave rest into your existing work or create new, rest-centered offerings, retreats, and programs that align with your purpose.
Be supported by Daring to Rest founder, Karen Brody, and a global sisterhood of Rest Leaders — women who are redefining success, leadership, and culture through the power of rest.
Graduates have brought Daring to Rest into spaces supporting health challenges, burnout, and life’s most demanding seasons — parenting, menopause, divorce, addiction recovery, and career change.
One graduate — a pediatrician — created a Rested Healer talk for doctors and presented it at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference. Leadership coaches have introduced rest programs in corporate spaces. Therapists and coaches are integrating yoga nidra into private sessions. Healers are combining yoga nidra with their creative offerings, offering deep rest and soul collage. Women’s wellness practitioners are offering retreats and rest programs for women. Academics are bringing rest to universities through student programs and faculty trainings.
Wherever you feel called to lead, rest belongs.
This training doesn’t just change how you lead — it changes how you live.
As you journey through deep rest, you’ll begin to release layers of exhaustion and return to your natural rhythm. You’ll feel more grounded in your body, clearer in your choices, and more connected to what truly matters.
Many women tell us that a softer, steadier, rested way of living continues to unfold long after the training ends.
It’s our joy to support you as you bring the power of rest into your own life — and the lives of those you serve.
“This training has completely transformed the way I see the world, approach my everyday life and the way I see my work.
When it comes to rest and the impact it’s had on my work in the world, it has been so incredible enlightening and expansive to weave rest into my work in the women’s health space. It feels like I was weaving with fibers going only one way before and that now rest has provided the fibers to weave in the opposite direction, building an entirely new texture and strength to my work textile. It again, feels like rest was the missing element that has shifted everything.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you, I cannot wait to step further and further into the frequency of rest the remainder of my life. ”
Full Payment: $4,997 US dollars
12 Monthly Payments: $447
If you need to cancel your spot, you can receive a refund minus a 30% administration fee for one week after you enroll. After 7 days, there are no refunds.
These refund terms also apply to payment plans. Choosing a payment plan means you agree to pay the entire payment plan as you are taking a limited spot in the training.
Each year we offer several partial scholarship spots for women of color, the Global South, or who are experiencing unusual financial hardship. Scholarship applications closed on November 19th.
“From the moment I began this training, something deep within me began to soften, awaken, and return. The Daring to Rest Facilitator Program has been more than a certification - it has been a sacred remembering.”
40 days of Daring to Rest — 7 live rest circles taking you on a journey inward to reclaim your rest
6 live classes on yoga nidra foundations, teaching skills, the Daring to Rest method, and creating a successful heart-led rest business
6 interactive live facilitation sessions to gain confidence guiding others into yoga nidra
6 week live Certification Lab + 1:1 mentorship to support you as you begin to share this work to lead with confidence
Ongoing integration for 6 months (July - December 2026) through a mastermind-style monthly mentorship with Karen a global sisterhood of alumni Daring to Rest Facilitators
Daring to Rest Founder & Lead Teacher Trainer
Greetings!
I am excited you are thinking about joining the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training.
I’ve been on a mission for decades now to train women to become rest leaders. To me, it’s ideal women’s work: we get to experience the rest medicine we offer, deliver it to others, dismantle toxic grind culture, and build the world we want to live in.
If you’re here wondering about entering Sisterhood 11, then I know you are a rest curious woman. You get that rest is a universal prescription we all need right now in a very tiring world and you want to offer it to others - while also offering it to yourself. All of this - and much more - is part of the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training.
Please do reach out to me if you have any questions. I’m here to help you determine if this program is a right fit.
If you feel called to add transformational deep rest to your work and life, then I hope you’ll join us inside the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training.
We will help you dare to rest and pass on the gift of rest to others.
Here’s to a rested world,
xo
Karen
Raised in wonderful and deeply unrested household, Karen experienced firsthand how an unrested mother and high needs brother creates a consistent tone of urgency and depletion. As a result she suffered from severe panic attacks and anxiety.
Her experience with disordered rest led her to a lifelong interest in women’s empowerment and getting a masters degree in Women and International Development from the Institute of Social Studies at Rotterdam University in The Netherlands. After graduation, she worked as a community organizer on women’s empowerment initiatives and struggled with the constant pressure to overwork until she left her job, retreated to a remote cabin in the woods, and began the untangling of her relationship with rest.
In her thirties, now with two preschool age children, she discovered the deeply restorative practice of yoga nidra. The first time she laid down to rest in a yoga nidra practice, she thought: rest is empowerment. This is the kind of power I want to lead from. Every woman on the planet needs this.
Soon thereafter, Karen began to develop her rest work and she has since become a leading voice on rest and women’s leadership. Her work offers a unique voice in the growing movement to dismantle burnout and reclaim inner authority. She is not only a rest advocate, but a guide for women seeking to live in deep integrity, connected to their wisdom and power. She is the founder of Daring to Rest, a global platform that has helped tens of thousands of women reclaim rest as a tool for healing, empowerment, and change.
Her book, Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Meditation (Sounds True, 2017), has become a foundational text in women’s rest and leadership circles. She has professionally trained over 500 women across 20+ countries to become rest leaders using two frameworks: Daring to Rest and The Rested Path. She leads a vibrant online community supporting women to become rested through programs as well as through hosting The Daring to Rest Podcast.
Karen’s work has been featured in The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Spirituality & Health, and Yoga Journal, and she has been a speaker at conferences focused on women’s health, leadership, parenting, and rest.
Karen believes that when women reclaim rest and their voices, they don't just heal -they lead. And that is how we begin to change the world.
Karen now knows the difference it makes when a home carries the tone of rest. And she knows how to teach women this tone in order to break cycles of fatigue in their lineage and help them cultivate rest in every aspect of their lives. With more than twenty years spent daring to rest, Karen is the proud mother of two young adult sons raised on rest and lives in Santa Fe, NM.
“Learning from Karen and being in community with her feels like one of the biggest gifts of this program. She is wise and also a student of rest and life. I appreciate her so deeply!”
If you are currently in—or have previously completed—the Daring to Rest 40-Day Program, you are eligible to join our Facilitator Training through March 2026.
This is the final year we will offer this training live, in a small and intimate container.
All the lives circles are listed below.
Please note that these live circles are responsive. While Karen will aim to end on time it is best to factor in 30 minutes more because she will often stay "after class" to answer questions.
Times are listed in Mountain Time - Check your time zone here
Phase 1: Practice Rest
Mondays 10-11.30am Mountain Time (Check your time zone here)
January 19 - Welcome Circle - come introduce yourself and meet your Rest Sisters in Sisterhood 11! They'll also be an overview of the training
January 26 - The 40-Day Daring to Rest Program begins
February 2, 9, 16, 23
March 2, 9
Phase 2: Teach Rest
We meet twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays 10-11.30am am Mountain Time (Check your time zone here). Mondays are Mentorship days on the course material; Thursday are Facilitation days, where you'll practice the components of a yoga nidra script and we'll dive deep into how to lead yoga nidra.
March 23, 26, 30
April 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30
Phase 3: Certification Lab
Starting in May & June. Dates to be determined.
In this final phase, you're invited to bring what you've learned all together and lead yoga nidra in a small Certification Lab with a Certification Mentor. We'll give you several day and time options for Certification Labs, starting in May and June. Typically, Certification Labs meet weekly for 2 hours for 4-6 weeks. Leading yoga nidra in a Certification Lab fulfills your biggest certification requirement.
Private Session with Your Certification Mentor
When you get to the final phase of the training, you'll be able to meet 1:1 with your Certification Mentor to receive any support you need to share the power of rest.
Closing Circle
We'll come back together to close the training and reflect on what we learned.
Date to be determined.
Yes. All replays will be available within 24-hours after a session ends - and often sooner.
Yes. Every live session is available as a replay for you to listen to anytime. Material is available until January 1 2027.
The amount of time needed is different for everyone. However, the minimum requirements typically require 4 hours of your time per week. (This does not include your personal rest practice of yoga nidra and other rest-based practices).
We strongly encourage women already trained in yoga nidra to join us.
Firstly, this training is much more than a yoga nidra teacher training. You will be immersed in the landscape of rest and receive many tools to work with people to help them become rested.
Secondly, all yoga nidra trainings give a different perspective, and we expect ours will too. Taking more than one yoga nidra training helps you find your yoga nidra style.
Daring to Rest is different from most other yoga nidra teacher trainings because we are more a feminine leadership and empowerment training that includes yoga nidra as a core practice that you will learn to teach. We teach you the history of yoga nidra, and have a deep respect for its roots, but this training is not yoga-focused. It is more leadership and empowerment focused.
You will benefit from learning a method that's based on a book you can use immediately to diversify your offerings and expand your reach. Also, when you join us you'll be a part of a life-long community of women who are passionate about changing the world with rest. You'll receive personal and professional development to support your evolution as a teacher and as a Rested Woman.
Refund Policy: If you need to cancel your spot, you can receive a refund minus a 30% administration fee for one week after you enroll. After 7 days, there are no refunds.
These refund terms also apply to payment plans. Choosing a payment plan means you agree to pay the entire payment plan.
Refund requests must be in writing and include your name, a detailed account giving the reason you wish to withdraw, and why you feel a refund should be issued.
You will have access to our portal until January 2027.
Certification Requirements
Attend live or watch the recordings of all live sessions.
Lead one live yoga nidra experience in your online Certification Lab.
*While we would prefer you lead yoga nidra inside the Certification Lab, we understand it is not always possible and can make an exception to submit a yoga nidra recording to your certification mentor.
A short essay or audio on your rest story and why you are passionate about sharing the message of rest.
Read the book Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Meditation by Karen Brody
Complete the short reflection questions for Modules 1-5.
All certification materials must be submitted by October 15, 2026.
We get it - professional trainings are an investment. Here are your options if you have limited income.
Choose a payment plan option available to help lower the immediate financial pressure. If you need a longer payment plan click here to contact us. We will work with you.
We offer three partial scholarships. You can learn more and apply for a scholarship here. The scholarship deadline is November 19, 2025.
While we encourage being bold and taking a leap of faith if you feel called to join us, we do not encourage joining us if you are not able to pay your monthly expenses.
No. There are lots of women who take this training and work with people of all genders. Every Daring to Rest program can be tailored to women, men, children, and non-binary folks.
Maybe. Most women who take this training want to teach, but some love the topic so much that they want to take this training for the advanced teachings and personal rest transformation. There is no requirement to teach. First rest, then teach when or if you want to.
We’re happy to answer any other questions you have. Click here to contact us.
“I have attempted other teacher training programs before, mainly focused on somatic practices, and was never able to complete them. I applaud Karen for creating a program that’s both very deep but also practical to learn from. I also think Karen does an amazing job of creating a safe, supportive space to be part of the learning journey. I am deeply appreciative of being part of this program and this work.”
“I appreciate the depth and breadth of this training, and the ongoing vibratory message that “rest is revolution”, which has the potential to not only increase our own personal wellbeing and access to our inner well-spring, but also influence and affect our relationships with each other and the world for the better.”
“This training was the greatest gift I have given to myself in years.
While I am a yoga teacher, deep inside I was afraid of relaxing...of doing nothing. I felt a deep longing for rest, but I didn’t allow myself to rest. There was so much shame. There was the idea in my family line that rest is dangerous and makes you so lazy, that you can’t take care of yourself anymore, and that you will loose everything you own, until you die.
In the facilitator training I healed my relationship to my ancestor lines and the exhaustion of the women. The relationship with my mother and my sister improved. I found a new less exhausting way to work with the neurodiverse children, my relationship to my husband and to my best friend relaxed. I am not afraid anymore that something bad will happen when I rest. I give myself permission to rest. My life has changed in so many ways, while resting, nourishing myself, taking care of myself and being the good friend to myself that I needed.”
“Karen’s work, Daring to Rest, this training, have changed my life in so many ways. I approach my life and leadership from a Rest Perspective, now and forever. A million thank you’s.”
“I have found the training to be much deeper and more comprehensive than what I expected - and have loved the fact that it sees rest as a much broader field than the act of lying down in yoga nidra. Placing rest in the larger context of what it means for women has been so illuminating and invaluable. The training feels so complete.
What comes to mind as I reflect on the training overall, is the permission to live more slowly, to prioritise deliciously resting, to hold myself and to be held tenderly in a beautiful bubble, away from the outside world during our shared time in live classes. The sisterhood and tender container were so healing, beautiful, and I felt so held. Having this space to rest and be was a gift.
Since the training I have been integrating yoga nidra into my existing offerings: working with women to cope with stress, burnout and anxiety - and find serenity within themselves in a chaotic world, as well as integrating yoga nidra in my somatic leadership for women programme as a beautiful doorway to awaken our feminine power.
I have also designed a standalone Daring to Rest yoga nidra programme called Unhurried. It is an invitation for women to live unhurried lives in a fast-paced world. ”
“I joined to ignite this movement of rest and self-care in urban cities around the Southeast Asia region where I live, incorporate the element of rest into my current forest therapy work and support this work of empowering women.”
“I joined to say YES to ENOUGH with the depleted un-rested woman! As a dentist it is so apparent that not having to access deep rest is making the world sick and it is breaking my heart that people do not know about yoga nidra - a simple, easy, and profound way to access to rest.”
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