01/09/2023
This poem I wrote was inspired by a weekend for βFrom Fear to Trust: A Deep Rest Retreatβ led by the incredible whose guidance, wisdom, music and singing were exactly pitch perfect.
We practiced softening into rest and trusting ourselves, slowing down, and listening to our bodies and giving ourselves the space and permission to truly and deeply rest, something I have not historically been βgoodβ atβ¦even that makes me laugh to realize I ascribed a value to my competency around rest, why should I have to be good at resting to deserve it!!?? And why do I think Iβm not good at it to begin with? Thereβs so much to unpack around our relationship to rest.
Iβve held so much fear and judgment about rest. I donβt deserve it. Iβm lazy. Itβs not productive. I donβt know how to rest. And on and on.
And yet rest is a radical act of self-love and self-worth and an act of resistance against the patriarchy. If you havenβt listened to the work of Tricia Hersey I highly recommend you do - it might just change your life and empower you to start resting, or resting more if you already do!
ππΌVivian Rosenthal
Co-founder, Frequency