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EPISODE #34
The Art of Resting with Octavia Raheem
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Joining me in this episode is author, mentor, and yoga teacher Octavia Raheem. We talk about her new book: Pause Rest Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change.
A work of wisdom guiding us to rest.
Octavia was living her everyday life like she was an ultra-marathon runner. Her desire to constantly be better and better, to do more, and never ask for help lead to life threatening burnout which revealed an awakening to the importance of rest.
We chat about how the fear of rest is the fear of meeting the higher Self, an opportunity to discover ourselves. And what vows are we making to ourselves that are rooted in unhealthy relationships that only silence can reveal.
Octavia is a beautiful storyteller and a profound guide teaching the importance of rest and her beautiful book honors the changes and spaces in your life with purposeful rest and reflection.
IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:
How maintaining a commitment to the ritual of rest and writing is transformative, and how transformation is a process and process is a circular nature of beginnings and endings.
Burnout. How this leads to the failure of the body functioning optimally.
We talk about how the original fear of rest is the fear of the pause, from which awkward silence arises.
The difference between a restorative class and yoga nidra.
Restoring your body, mind, and spirit amid change is an act of courage, empowerment, and hope.
ABOUT OCTAVIA:
Octavia is a yoga teacher with 14 years of experience and nearly 10,000 hours of leading yoga classes, immersions, and trainings in various settings and online. She has received national attention for her work training yoga teachers and diversifying the yoga and wellness industry. In September 2019, she was named one of four Yoga and Wellness luminaries who have transformed yoga in Atlanta by Natural Awakening Magazine. A legacy lululemon ambassador and current KiraGrace Warrior, she has led life changing restorative yoga experiences at national and local festivals: Wanderlust, Love. Play. Shine (formally Asheville Yoga), Essence Wellness House {Atlanta}, and Dirty South.
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