Experience Deep Rest
Reveal the calm core of your being
So much of our suffering comes from the belief that there is something wrong with us and that we must do something to make ourselves better - to fix or improve ourselves somehow. We might embark on any number of self-improvement ventures, or set about ways to heal our faults, or seek spiritual or philosophical guidance, all the while missing one key possibility: that at the deepest level, we are not suffering in any way.
Yoga, meditation and mindfulness practices share a common goal: to reveal that which remains when everything else is gone. They help you to see beyond the stories, memories, sensations, interpretations, and assumptions of your day-to-day experience.
Here, you will discover techniques born out of these practices and founded on modern-day research and neuroscience. The ultimate aim of all of the courses, classes and teachings on offer is to reveal consciousness. When you connect with this, it feels like coming home.
You feel accepted, without conditions, and you are accepting of all that is. Whatever you’re going through, whoever you are, you recognise that above, beyond and behind it all, you are steady and whole. It’s like discovering a superpower.
We start from the premise that you already have everything you need within you, right now, to be the better version of yourself you might think you somehow need to grow into or create in the future.
You’re already there.
Benefits of Deep Rest
Helps with memory retention
Elevates mood
Enhances rates of neuroplasticity, which can promote learning
Relieves stress
Improves cognitive function
Improves sleep quality
Enhances focus and mental clarity
Potentially helps with pain management
Makes you a kinder, less reactive human!
“Rest can only be found in letting things unfold exactly as they are, without expectations or conditions. If we expect rest to be a certain way, then we’re looking for something. We’re still doing.”
The Book of Rest
Find your calm
Weekly Deep Rest sessions
Access weekly classes focused on themes from the Book of Rest and practices taken from trainings, workshops and retreats, featuring:
Unique and specific content, helping you integrate rest more deeply into your day-to-day experience
Weekly content that’s always fresh and new, helping keep your practice alive
Access a portfolio of historic practices that will help you find the most meaningful ways to rest for you, meaning easy access to deep rest and stillness
Go even deeper than our monthly offerings and explore topics over a 4 week period, so you can expand and drill down into particular approaches, allowing you to enhance your rest experience
These sessions are offered live each week, and led by James:
Interact and ask questions, helping you navigate challenges and frustrations in getting ‘still’, offering you a clearer path to rest
Be in community with those who love to rest! Feel a sense of belonging and let the collective stillness draw you in
Review recordings of each session – posted in the members’ area - so you can continue to practice throughout the week
Each session will include a short (10 minute) and longer (30 minute) practice, so you can choose from either depending on the time you have in a given day, allowing you to be more consistently rested
You don’t need to attend live as all the resources will be accessible in the user area, but if you can make it, we’d love to see you there!
“Just wanted to drop a quick line to let you know I’m very much enjoying the weekly gatherings. It’s refreshed my practice, and it feels good to be part of a community. The Tuesday evenings have already become an anchor point in my week.”
— Members Area User
Yoga Nidra Mentoring & Support
Monthly community events to inspire and energise your teaching & practice
If you are a Yoga Nidra teacher or facilitator looking for some mentoring, support and community, join us for these live online sessions!
The first Monday of the month will explore teaching themes, and offer you the chance to bring your questions and reflections.
The third Friday of each month will offer the chance for you to practice teaching with peers, with a special focus on co-meditation.
Opposites and how to get unstuck: guided Yoga Nidra and talk
Do you get stuck with particular worries and convictions? Learn how to flip thoughts, feelings and emotions on their head to get unstuck from our certainties and troubling experiences:
• The brain and opposites: understand the fluid and malleable aspects of our brains and how we can rewire ourselves to see ourselves and life differently.
• Turn It around: The roots of this idea and practice were written about thousands of years ago, but they are just as relevant today in our modern times of certainty and divisive beliefs.
• Thinking and feeling: discover that you can deeply change your mind when you include your feelings too.
• Equanimity: experience mental balance that comes from putting yourself in an ‘either/or’ position. Break free, into a deeper rested stillness.