”You don’t need to earn rest.” is my favorite quote — and concept — from Gentle and Restorative yoga teacher training with Kerry Maiorca. In our always-connected, overly-busy world, it’s important that we give ourselves permission to rest.
Our value as humans is not in our productivity. Allowing ourselves (our bodies and our minds) to rest is about showing ourselves compassion. Quality rest helps us feel good, be more creative, and function better in all aspects of life. It’s true that you can’t pour from an empty cup, or as some say in the business world, sometimes you have to “slow down to go fast.”
You can’t make yourself be compassionate. You can only keep stepping back and becoming a larger container in which compassion wants to live. The practice should open us up, and crack open our hearts again and again.
–Judith Hanson Lasater
(Photo adapted from Wouter De Praetere on Unsplash. Thank you!)
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