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

by Tricia Hersey

Grind culture is a collaboration between capitalism and white supremacy. It views human bodies as a tool for production and pushes an unsustainable machine-level pace that disregards the inherent divinity in us all.

Thank your body for all it has done to survive and thrive in a capitalist system. You do not have to earn rest. Rest belongs to you and is not an afterthought or a luxury you grant yourself after you have burned out from constant labor. Close your eyes right now and rest.

Rest is anything that slows you down to allow for connection with your body and mind. Do not be limited by grind culture’s narrow definition of what rest looks like. This card is an invitation for you to begin to unlearn and reimagine ways to rest. Repeat this to yourself: “My body knows the way. I will listen to my body.”