Nap Ministry's Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture

by Tricia Hersey

You don’t want a seat at the table. The table is full of oppressors. You want a blanket and pillow down by the ocean. You want to rest. Exhaustion is not your legacy.

The lie of individualism keeps us separated, isolated, exhausted, and disconnected. Without collaborating in rest and care, we will not make it. We need one another in order to make it. Be curious about the ways you can connect, care, and collaborate with others while on your rest journey.

When you feel guilt and shame for resting, view it as evidence of your brainwashing via grind culture.

Grieving is a gift and a sacred act.

It is time to go deeper into your rest practice and begin to see naps as more than a shortened sleep moment. Naps are an invitation to enter a portal of care and invention. Things can be worked out in this DreamSpace that can’t be addressed while awake.