Practice You with Elena Brower21 Dec 2024

Episode 206: Octavia Raheem

On rest as the way to reclaim your brilliance, at the altar of now.

(0:00) - Octavia's Background and Introduction
(2:16) - Losing Parents and Spiritual Connection
(2:58) - Rest as a Healing Practice
(16:03) - Reading from the Book "Rest is Sacred"
(16:19) - Personal Reflections on Rest
(16:38) - The Power of Rest and Collective Care
(27:01) - Daily and Collective Rest Practices
(27:19) - Protecting Energy through Rest
(31:57) - Practicing Self-Care and Listening to Oneself

Octavia Raheem is a mother, author, yoga teacher and practitioner, and activist. She has received national attention for her work training yoga teachers and diversifying the yoga and wellness industry. Her work as a yoga professional focuses on practical tools to teach individuals how to manage stress, anxiety, and fatigue through yoga and meditation in a way that is accessible to all levels/abilities, and restorative to the nervous system. Her work has been featured in Yoga Journal, Mantra magazine, Well+Good, CNN, WXIA, and Atlanta Magazine.

Excerpt from Rest is Sacred by Octavia F. Raheem:

Divine One of Rest,
You said come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest. You said I will fight for you; you need only to be still. You said be still and know. And here we are. Here, being this portal within these pages. Here, being this place. Here, at this altar called right now. We come in gratitude for our Ancestors who are well enough in spirit to tend to our wellness. Because of them, we found a way to rest. We made a way to rest. We are here to reclaim rest as our birthright. Let it be so.

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