Rest Is Sacred

“If you're looking for an invitation into emotional, physical, and spiritual restoration, look no further. This book is a nudge to come back home to yourself.”  —Alex Elle, New York Times bestselling author of How We Heal   “Reclamation of our clarity through rest and contemplative writing is a deep gift; Rest Is Sacred is at once prayer, poetry, invocation, and truth telling. Far beyond self-care, rest is a vehicle for honoring yourself, your process, and your healing. Octavia Raheem's words will bring you swiftly to your heart with each sutra in this beautiful, vital book.” —Elena Brower, bestselling author of Practice You and Softening Time   “In her own inimitable way, Octavia Raheem invites readers to challenge notions of rest as being a luxury that only the privileged few can afford. In Rest Is Sacred, she invites you to first consider, and then to practice rest as something worthy of respect, and that is necessary for mental, emotional, and spiritual health and well-being. She asserts that rest is so much more than a good night’s sleep or a vacation getaway. It is a daily practice that is actually a gateway to the core of one’s being, to the Divine. Sacred rest, she tells us, is a practice that opens the door to one’s hidden gifts and talents. It is a tool of self-discovery. She doesn’t lecture or preach, rather her poetic sensibility makes this book easy to read and restful in and of itself. She reminds us that just because you’re doing nothing doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. I highly recommend it.” —Gail Parker, PhD, CIAYT, psychologist and author of Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma and Transforming Ethnic and Race-Based Traumatic Stress with Yoga