Episode 18: The Science, Practical Experience & Woo-Woo of Sleep and Why Resting Is Rebellious & Radical with Rebecca Moulton

In this episode, the Queen of Sleep, Rebecca Moulton and I… disagree with the blanket sleep hygiene recommendations, sleep apps, and sleep-monitoring devices discuss the epidemic of women doing it all as caregivers and why we need to let ourselves off the hook discuss Yoga Nidra as a helpful tool for cultivating rest discuss the nervous system and why down regulating it is necessary for good sleep reveal how breath work biologically signals messages of calm and safety to the nervous system expose the awful consequences we all suffer with our sleep and rest as a result of capitalism and patriarchy expose the toxic attitudes about sleep and why re-writing our sleep story is so important share the concept of healing from the body to the brain rather than from the brain to the body (bottom up, not top down) give practical tips for stopping the middle of the night monkey mind share a fantastically relaxing guided meditation/body scan to get you in parasympathetic mode talk about why rest (not sleep) is a radical, revolutionary, and rebellious act of self-care and why we must create a life that honors rest Subscribe! Follow @iamlindseylockett Support the show Join the Trauma Healers Circle