Welcome to my page. My name is Anna and I am a Devon based rest facilitator. I run Rest classes, one to one sessions, in person rest retreats and at home rest kits. My time is split between running my business, general life and home schooling two children and I can honestly say regular rest is a basic need for me to exist and be happy in life.
I discovered this ancient practise/path after experiencing acute debilitating perimenopausal symptoms mainly severe depression and brain fog and literally within the first few minutes of laying down, I knew it was the practise I’d been looking for during much searching for many years. My first classes I attended were actually a 3 day packed back to back workshop from home, practising Yoga Nidra online with live teachers. During my first session I felt so incredibly tired I didn’t think I would ever ‘recover’ and get back to ‘normality’ again, then by 2 hours in I was fully embracing the rest and having the most amazing internal clarity I had ever experienced in my life and realised I never wanted to go back to what I thought was ‘normal’ as it would never be the same again.
The fact that I didn’t have to physically do anything, was a such a refreshing relief, there was no way of doing it wrong and there was no intended outcome, just to be and allow myself to be guided by someone else, this was almost magical. Other practises I’d tried, still involved me to be actively awake and doing, or things like meditation were not distracting enough for my busy brain. Yoga Nidra was so unique in that I could be fully still, warm, cosy like a nap and receive the benefits of a nap, without actually sleeping.
Rest is so so underrated and undervalued in societies, our busy lives are governed by our productivity and rest is not given any merit and if we do we usually then label ourselves as being ‘lazy’. Sadly, this ironically is counter productive and leaves us usually limiting our potential, from burn out, to stress related illness, physical side effects of both and not being able to hear what really gives us joy and in turn being able to act on this intuition, our mind is often the decision maker and is mostly over worked on an epic scale.
I can honestly say hand on heart, there is not one person who would not benefit from more rest, and it was during my rest that I suddenly made decisions I had been pondering on for a long time and I finally found a path to follow helping others learn the power of rest and all the benefits that come with it.
I know this all may sounds cheesy of cliché for anyone who has not tried this before, but I encourage you just give it a go and then decide. What have you got to lose?
Join my mailing list here. You can find my classes here or alternatively I can be booked for retreat days or one to one sessions online or face to face.