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The Founder of the Nap Ministry on the Ways Rest Can Be a Form of Resistance
This is Tricia Hersey and The Nap Ministry creating collective sleeping experiences to reclaim the justice and liberation in rest.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
for the peace within, and without. We long to find
serenity of spirit in the midst of life’s struggles.
We long for harmony in our families and in all
our relationships. We long for the day when each
family everywhere might live in peace without fear,
enjoying the fruit of vine and tree. Yet we confess
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“Is The Nap Ministry just for Black people?” The question itself stems from a white supremacist mindset that refuses to accept this truth: Black liberation is a balm for all humanity and this message is for all those suffering from the ways of white supremacy and capitalism. Everyone on the planet, including the planet itself, is indeed suffering
... See moreTricia Hersey • Rest Is Resistance
Of course, given the screaming, incessant demands of the modern world, authentic rest sounds like a utopian fantasy. Who has time to do nothing? But rest is not nothing; it is essential to who we are and what we can become. Far from being mere “down time” or a boring break in the action, rest is a time of crucial metabolic and psycho-spiritual
... See moreFrank Forencich • The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist
Resting
What’s the point of doing nothing? 3:57
Thich Nhat Hanh
The art of being rather than doing, according to Thich Nhat Hanh.
Many of us are over-scheduled. Even the lives of our children are over-scheduled. When we can allow ourselves to rest and relax, healing becomes possible. There is no healing without relaxation. In the
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