Karen Brody

Official Bio: Karen Brody

Mom, Author, and Founder of Daring to Rest

Karen Brody is a rest and women’s empowerment coach, yoga nidra teacher, author, and the founder of Daring to Rest—a global movement helping women reclaim rest as a source of power, healing, and wholeness. She is the author of Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Meditation, and the creator of the Daring to Rest™ Method and the Rested Path™ Framework. Through Daring to Rest programs, Karen has taught tens of thousands of women yoga nidra and how to create a rested life. She has also trained women around the world to guide others on a journey to rest through her Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra Facilitator and Rest Coach training programs. Karen is the mother of two young adult sons raised on rest.

Hi, I’m Karen Brody

— mom, author, and rest coach OG

I believe rest is your birthright and a revolutionary act that can change your life.

Before I created Daring to Rest™ eighteen years ago, I was a woman running on empty. I was a mother of two young boys, an over-doer chasing deadlines, and a longtime anxiety sufferer. I looked like I had it all together, but inside, I was deeply exhausted.

I didn’t need another productivity hack or green juice.
I needed rest — the deep, transformational kind.

And that’s when I found yoga nidra meditation in 2005.
What started as a desperate search for a nap turned into a radical awakening. I began resting deeply. I began remembering myself. And I started rising—rested, clear, and rooted in my power.

This journey didn’t just change my life — it transformed my family. As I began to rest, my children gained a more present, grounded mother. I wasn’t constantly in survival mode anymore. I was able to model what it looks like to value rest, set rest boundaries, and live in alignment with my body’s wisdom. In choosing to dare to rest, I broke a generational cycle of exhaustion that ran deep in my mother line. I stepped out of the story of the over-giving, depleted woman — and into a new legacy rooted in ease, wholeness, sovereignty, and care.

I’ve now shared this work with tens of thousands of women around the world, developing two powerful frameworks along the way: Daring to Rest™, rooted in yoga nidra meditation, and The Rested Path™, a rest guide with tools for professionals to use with their clients to live a rest-centered life. I’ve trained facilitators, spoken on stages and podcasts, and written the book Daring to Rest. But more than anything, I’ve listened — to women’s stories of burnout, awakening, and the brave act of reclaiming rest.

I’m not here to sell you perfection or promise that rest will make life magically easy. I’m here to tell you this: You are not lazy, broken, or too much. You’re tired because you’ve been living in a world that thrives on your exhaustion. And you deserve better.

Daring to Rest isn’t just a brand. It’s a movement. It’s a rest revolution.

If you feel called to join us, I’m honored to walk this path with you.