The power of rest

How often do you allow yourself the rest you so often crave? And what prevents you from surrendering into the sensation of rest?

Up until last year, for me, rest was always something that I thought I didn't need. I thought rest was for the weak, for people who couldn't deal with life and were too lazy. I busied myself so that I had no time for the pauses in life. I made sure that every moment was filled with tasks, plans and lists so that I never wasted any time.
I was running off my unconscious program that productivity =success =worthiness. Ever since I was a kid I had this program running inside my head that if it was a nice day you had to be outside making the most of it. If I wasn't out making the most of it, then the guilt would kick in that I wasn't making the most of my life.

Our society is often driven by masculine energy of achieving, succeeding, results and growth. We see this as feeling success and worthy in life.
These days I welcome rest. I sit in the expansiveness of it and allow it to be here. I know deep down that if my body is requiring rest then some deep transformation is taking place inside and I can't rush that. I sit in the feminine energy and surrender to the unknown of it all, but trust the process of my bodies innate wisdom and timely knowing that I'm meant to be here.

To be honest, this has been one of my hardest challenges to date! Especially being a Manifesting Generator! But it's something I'm slowly learning. I feel that having that awareness of when rest time is approaching is crucial to avoid the guilt that often follows. Learning tools and techniques to identify these programs has also been a game changer!

What are some tools that work for you to identify and welcome rest?