Seasonal Deep Rest
An Afternoon of Yoga Nidra & Nervous System Renewal
Formerly Radical Rest Sunday
Quarterly | 2-4 pm EST
Yin • Qigong • Somatic Movement • Yoga Nidra
Seasonal Deep Rest is a gentle, spacious afternoon designed to help you slow down, soften your nervous system, and reconnect with yourself.
This gathering weaves together grounding movement, breathwork, guided inquiry, and a long, nourishing Yoga Nidra practice — creating space for deep restoration, reflection, and quiet clarity.
Rather than fixing or striving, we practice listening.
Listening to the body.
Listening to the breath.
Listening to what is asking for care and attention beneath the surface.
This offering is especially supportive during times of transition, uncertainty, or emotional fatigue — when life feels full and the nervous system is quietly carrying more than we realize.
You’ll be guided through:
• gentle movement & breath to settle the nervous system
• seasonal wisdom & reflection
• a long-form Yoga Nidra practice for deep rest
• quiet inquiry to help integrate and restore
This is a small-group, intimate experience — allowing for spaciousness, personal guidance, and a deeply held container.
You don’t need experience with Yoga Nidra.
You don’t need flexibility.
You don’t need to arrive calm.
Just come as you are.
Rest is not indulgence.
It is restoration. 🌿
🍁 Next Workshop: November 1, 2026
Autumn -Lungs and Large Intestine
🍂 Autumn — The Art of Letting Go
ELEMENT: ⚪ Metal
YIN ORGAN: 🫁 Lungs
YANG ORGAN: Large Intestine
VIRTUE: ✨ Courage, Integrity & Righteousness
EMOTIONAL IMBALANCE: 💧 Grief / Sadness / Sorrow
COLOR: 🤍 White / Silver
SENSE: 🌬️ Smell
TISSUE: Skin & Body Hair
SPIRIT: 🕊️ Po — The Corporeal Soul, Instinct & Embodied Awareness
🍁 The Season of Metal
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Autumn is the season of the Metal element—a time of gathering inward, refining what matters, and gently releasing what has completed its cycle.
It is the season of letting go.
The trees begin to surrender their leaves, the air becomes crisp, and the light takes on a quieter quality. Nature reminds us that letting go is not necessarily a loss, but an essential part of renewal.
Autumn teaches us that there is beauty in impermanence.
As the natural world begins to draw its energy inward, we are invited to do the same. To slow down, to reflect on what has been, and to recognize what is precious enough to carry forward.
Metal energy invites us to find clarity in simplicity and strength in surrender.
🫁 Lungs & Large Intestine — The Art of Receiving and Releasing
Autumn is associated with the Lungs and Large Intestine, organs that reflect the natural rhythm of taking in and letting go.
The Lungs receive the breath of life, while the Large Intestine eliminates what the body no longer needs.
Energetically, these organs remind us of the importance of discernment—our ability to recognize what is valuable, what sustains us, and what we are ready to release.
What are we holding on to?
What deserves our attention and care?
What might become possible if we loosened our grip?
When Metal energy is balanced, we experience clarity, integrity, healthy boundaries, and a sense of inner worth. We can appreciate what has been without needing to hold on to it forever.
When Metal is out of balance, we may experience grief, sadness, rigidity, or difficulty letting go. We may cling to familiar patterns, old stories, or expectations that no longer serve us.
Yet grief is not something to overcome or push away. It is a natural expression of having loved, valued, and been connected to something meaningful.
Autumn reminds us that sorrow and gratitude can exist together—and that making space for grief can also make room for hope.
🌬️ Autumn Qigong — Creating Space for the Breath
In Qigong, Autumn practices encourage us to nourish Lung Qi, open the chest, soften the body, and support the natural movement of receiving and releasing.
Movements may be gentle, expansive, and flowing, reflecting the rhythm of the breath. We open through the arms and chest, create space around the ribs, and invite the exhalation to become a quiet gesture of surrender.
There is no need to force anything away.
Instead, we practice allowing.
Just as the trees release their leaves when the time is right, we can begin to trust the wisdom of our own natural rhythms.
This is a beautiful season for practices that support:
🌬️ Nourishing Lung Qi and deepening breath awareness
🍃 Releasing unnecessary tension and effort
✨ Cultivating clarity and discernment
🤍 Honoring grief, sadness, and tenderness
🌳 Strengthening healthy boundaries and self-worth
🍂 Finding beauty in simplicity and impermanence
🌱 Making space for hope, resilience, and renewal
🍂 The Invitation of Autumn
Autumn asks us to notice what is changing.
To honor what has been.
To recognize that not everything is meant to remain as it was.
There may be old expectations we are ready to loosen, familiar stories that no longer describe who we are, or burdens we have carried for far too long.
And there may also be things we wish to hold close—relationships, memories, experiences, and the quiet wisdom gathered through the seasons of our lives.
Letting go does not mean forgetting.
It does not mean that what we have loved or lost becomes less meaningful.
Perhaps it simply means learning to carry our experiences differently—with more spaciousness, more tenderness, and less resistance to the changing nature of life.
🍁 The trees do not cling to their leaves, nor do they hurry their return. They trust the seasons. Perhaps we can learn to trust our own.
🌾 Seasonal Inquiry
What am I ready to release—not because it was unimportant, but because I no longer need to carry it in the same way?
And as I make space, what is quietly asking to be welcomed into my life? 🌱
YOGA NIDRA and Modern Research
In the field of neuroscience, there continues to be discovery and support of the profound effects that Yoga Nidra has on your nervous system. Better sleep, greater clarity of thinking, enhanced creativity, hormonal balance which has the added bonus in assisting with weight loss. These are are just of few of the research results and benefits of a regular Nidra Practice.
Take some time for yourself . Honour your soul. Give yourself the gift of the Sacred Pause.
Quarterly Seasonal Deep Rest Gatherings:
🌷 Spring — Emergence & Renewal
☀️ Late Summer — The Season of Ripening
🍂 Autumn — Letting Go & Nervous System Grounding
❄️ Winter — Deep Restoration & Inner Listening
Please Pay in the currency of the country you live in.
Single Workshop $75. USD. Single Workshop $75. CDN.
1 year of seasonal workshops:
April 26, 2026, August 23, 2026 , November 1, 2026, January 24, 2027
Full year offers an option for my Canadian friends.
$220. US $220. CDN
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You may also pay via E-Transfer in Canada (yogasheila@gmail.com) or
Venmo in the USA ( @nyyogasheila )
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