Concise, potent, poetic messages of inspiration, direction, and encouragement for you to embrace rest and reflection as a deep spiritual practice.
In this compelling follow-up to her popular book, Pause, Rest, Be, Octavia Raheem offers succinct, gem-like teachings that invite us to find ways to embrace rest in our daily lives. Raheem posits that the most sustainable future available to us is a well-rested one, and that rest isn’t a luxury—it is a necessary spiritual practice which is available to us all.
Raheem uses personal reflection, and creative, evocative “sutras” (or, just as aptly, aphorisms, threads, psalms, or proverbs) and inquiry to guide us toward a more well-rested present and future. The forty sutras fall into three categories:
Rest as a place of refuge from the storms of life
Rest as a place to remember who you are
Rest as a place of revelation
Rest Is Sacred invites the reader to reflect on our relationship to the grind culture and begin to see rest as a contemplative practice and way of life.
OCTAVIA F. RAHEEM is a wife, mother, and author of two books—Gather and Pause, Rest, Be. She is the founder of Devoted to Rest™, a transformational, rest-focused immersion for visionary leaders making a high impact in their fields. She teaches high-achieving individuals how to awaken their fullest potential through the power of rest. With 10,000+ hours of training and teaching experience, she is a true luminary in the areas of rest, restorative arts, wellness, and yoga. Octavia has been featured in Yoga Journal, Well + Good, Tricycle, and more.
Concise, potent, poetic messages of inspiration, direction, and encouragement for you to embrace rest and reflection as a deep spiritual practice.
In this compelling follow-up to her popular book, Pause, Rest, Be, Octavia Raheem offers succinct, gem-like teachings that invite us to find ways to embrace rest in our daily lives. Raheem posits that the most sustainable future available to us is a well-rested one, and that rest isn’t a luxury—it is a necessary spiritual practice which is available to us all.
Raheem uses personal reflection, and creative, evocative “sutras” (or, just as aptly, aphorisms, threads, psalms, or proverbs) and inquiry to guide us toward a more well-rested present and future. The forty sutras fall into three categories:
Rest as a place of refuge from the storms of life
Rest as a place to remember who you are
Rest as a place of revelation
Rest Is Sacred invites the reader to reflect on our relationship to the grind culture and begin to see rest as a contemplative practice and way of life.
Author
OCTAVIA F. RAHEEM is a wife, mother, and author of two books—Gather and Pause, Rest, Be. She is the founder of Devoted to Rest™, a transformational, rest-focused immersion for visionary leaders making a high impact in their fields. She teaches high-achieving individuals how to awaken their fullest potential through the power of rest. With 10,000+ hours of training and teaching experience, she is a true luminary in the areas of rest, restorative arts, wellness, and yoga. Octavia has been featured in Yoga Journal, Well + Good, Tricycle, and more.
