Rest Is Resistance

by Tricia Hersey

Audiobook

English language

Published Oct. 13, 2022 by Octopus.

ISBN:: 978-1-78325-516-0

RECLAIM POWER, REST AND HEAL FROM GRIND CULTURE

'May we have space to navigate our lives from a liberated rest state. May all of culture slow down. The time to rest is now.' - The Nap Ministry

By founder and creator of The Nap Ministry, Rest is Resistance is a call-to-action for anyone suffering from the toxic urgency of modern-day life. It centres around the systemic issues that cause us to overwork, and ultimately burn out, and offers us liberation through rest. In its simplest form, rest becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it disrupts and pushes back against capitalism and white supremacy. Slowing down moves us away from trying to operate at machine levels of productivity, to make us all more human.

In this fierce and tender manifesto, Tricia Hersey elevates rest as a divine right, and paves the way towards …

RECLAIM POWER, REST AND HEAL FROM GRIND CULTURE

'May we have space to navigate our lives from a liberated rest state. May all of culture slow down. The time to rest is now.' - The Nap Ministry

In this fierce and tender manifesto, Tricia Hersey elevates rest as a divine right, and paves the way towards a more well-rested life that empowers imagination, invention and healing. Divided into four sections, Rest is Resistance explains Tricia's philosophy and methods, and includes both storytelling and practical advice. It will offer you the guidance and context to craft a rest practice for long-term health, both within yourself and society as a whole.

Rest is Resistance is not self-care: it is the urgent wake-up call you need to nap, rest and, most importantly, dream once more.

3 editions

b00ksforeveryone reviewed Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

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3 stars

overall, i found this to be really repetitive. i do think there were reflections and remembrances it prompted in me though - i forgot how i too ended up taking dance classes when i was a student, and i want to incorporate more dance into my life again. hersey didn't mention this necessarily (or maybe she did and i forgot it amongst the repetitivity?), but i was thinking about how i've been grinding doing chores at home as well as volunteering. i justified it because the world is on fire and it's not capitalism, right? but i'm in burn out, and trying to find sustainability, and maybe all that trying to put out fires that are hurting all these people around me while i have no water is not working. i'm also curious about the idea of doing a nap session at my workplace, where it's frowned upon …

Erin reviewed Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

Review of 'Rest Is Resistance' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

2 stars for being something I agree with! But this was a very VERY repetitive, muddled read.

benwerd reviewed Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

Review of 'Rest Is Resistance' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

In a lot of ways best read as a kind of sermon on self-sovereignty, Rest is Resistance is a treatise on fighting back against grind culture and prioritizing your needs over the needs of the exploitative economic system you happen to live in. So many of these harmful ideas are baked into American culture; so much so that some of the pleas here might seem obvious to foreign ears. Nonetheless, we need more of this work, and I found this book to be both affirming and necessary.

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