My rest practice started off with fifteen-minute catnaps on campus in seminary and once I arrived back home. I also rested when I was attempting to study. I implemented sky gazing moments in between classes that involved sitting down outside and staring at the sky. To be in nature, breathing slowly, while I was sometimes navigating my day on four hours of sleep from the night before was life shifting. When I couldn’t go outside, I would stare out of windows and watch the leaves on my favorite tree sway in the wind. When a window wasn’t available, I did techniques I learned in ballet class,
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