Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership

You want to help create a world that works for more and more people. And…you’re tired. When you do manage to pause, it doesn’t always feel good. Your body might crash from exhaustion, but your mind keeps racing. What to do? Some of us fear that if we truly pause to attend to our internal experiences, we’ll crumble under the weight of our exhaustion and despair—and never make it back to “doing the work.” But what if we have it backward when we say, “I’ll rest once the work is done”? Like dishes and laundry, the work is never really finished. What if this is the real work: to imagine a different way of being, and to take the next imperfect, right-sized step toward embodying it? To rest not as a reward, but as a resource for the world we wish to create? In this series, we will practice resting. Just like you might go to the gym to practice strengthening your muscles, here we will “put in the reps” toward being a better-rested you. Toward creating a better-rested world for all. Change happens from cell to society. Drawing from multiple perspectives on transformation, you will be guided to explore intentional rest practices, and start integrating into your daily life those that you want to play with in this season. If you believe that small changes can have outsized positive outcomes, this workshop might be just the container for seeding your next big win.