09/01/2023
This poem I wrote was inspired by a weekend for “From Fear to Trust: A Deep Rest Retreat” 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 “good” at…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 I’m not good at it to begin with? There’s so much to unpack around our relationship to rest.
I’ve held so much fear and judgment about rest. I don’t deserve it. I’m lazy. It’s not productive. I don’t 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 haven’t 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!
🙏🏼Vivian Rosenthal
Co-founder, Frequency