Seasonal Deep Rest
An Afternoon of Yoga Nidra & Nervous System Renewal
Formerly Radical Rest Sunday
Quarterly | 4:00–6:00pm 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: August 23, 2026
Late Summer — Stomach and Spleen
Late Summer — Returning to Center
ELEMENT: Earth
YIN ORGAN: Spleen
YANG ORGAN: Stomach
VIRTUE: Integrity & Steadiness
EMOTIONAL IMBALANCE: Worry / Overthinking
COLOR: Yellow / Golden Earth
SENSE: Taste
TISSUE: Muscles & Flesh
SPIRIT: Yi — Intention, Thought & Reflection
The Season of Earth
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Late Summer is the season of the Earth element—a gentle pause between the fullness of summer and the letting go of autumn.
It is the season of ripening.
The gardens are abundant, the light begins to soften, and what has been growing all summer is ready to be gathered. Nature reminds us that nourishment is not only about what we take in, but also about our ability to receive, digest, integrate, and be sustained by what life offers us.
Earth energy invites us back to our center.
Spleen & Stomach — The Art of Nourishment
Late Summer is associated with the Spleen and Stomach, the organs responsible for transforming food into nourishment and energy.
Energetically, they also speak to how we digest our experiences.
What are we taking in?
What truly nourishes us?
What have we experienced that still needs time to settle and become part of us?
When Earth energy is balanced, we feel grounded, supported, generous, and at home within ourselves. We can care for others without abandoning our own needs. There is a sense of enoughness—a quiet understanding that we do not always need to reach for more.
When Earth is out of balance, the mind can become busy with worry, rumination, and overthinking. We may feel ungrounded, depleted, or overly responsible for everyone around us.
Late Summer Qigong — Gathering Back to Center
In Qigong, Late Summer practices encourage us to settle, root, nourish, and gather Qi toward the center of the body.
Movements may be slower, rounder, and more deliberate. We feel the connection of the feet to the earth, soften the belly, breathe into the center, and allow unnecessary effort to fall away.
Rather than pushing energy outward, we begin to gather it back.
This is a beautiful season for practices that support:
Grounding and stability
Digestion and nourishment
Centering and balance
Releasing excessive thinking
Cultivating compassion and self-care
Receiving support
Returning attention to the body
The Invitation of Late Summer
Late Summer asks us to notice what is already here.
To savor rather than hurry.
To tend to what nourishes us.
To allow ourselves to receive as generously as we give.
And perhaps most importantly, to remember that our center is not somewhere we have to find. It is somewhere we can return to.
Seasonal inquiry:
What is truly nourishing me now—and what am I ready to stop carrying?
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 $65. USD. Single Workshop $65. CDN.
1 year of seasonal workshops:
April 26, 2026, August 23, 2026 , October 25, 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 )
*Please note you must pay and send in the registration form below. If you just enter the registration the app won’t place you on the class roster. Thank you.