Resting isn't simply sleeping or not doing. It is shifting your nervous system state to a more calm, peaceful, restorative, and abundant place. It is prioritizing your wellbeing, rather than constantly giving, overdoing, and performing. 

The first step is mindfulness. If you don’t even know what your thoughts are and how they color your mood, your beliefs about yourself and the world, and therefore how you live, how can you make any changes?

Remember: whether it is your yoga practice, therapy, healing chronic illness, spiritual study, etc. - the point is to live happier and healthier lives. If all you are doing is the ‘work’, you are missing the point. 

Abhyāsa + Vairāgya: Our effort must be paired with our non-attachment. We must consistency put forth our work, and then let go of the outcome.

In light of needing some grounding and soothing myself, I wanted to offer some simple ideas for regulating your nervous system. These are some ideas as a reminder that incorporating simple practices into our lives to feel better and that nervous system practices really are always available to us (for free by the way!).