What is REST?

I listen to 3 Top TED talks on Rest. 

Here are my takeaway notes for you:  👇 🧵 

How to Relax | Bryan Russell

- Rest is not the absence of stress
- We have to stimulate a relaxation response
- Exit survival mode in order to rest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P96mwXALxzE

Redefining Rest- Slowing Dow to Speed Up! | Bec Heinrich @BecHeinrich

- Rest is deep internal renewal
- Use silence, stillness and solitude to prompt rest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hypNfi10JZo

The real reason why we are tired and what to do about it | Saundra Dalton-Smith @DrDaltonSmith

- Sleep is not Rest
- 7 Types of Rest - mental, spiritual, emotional, social, sensory, creative, physical
- Rest= Restoration of one of the areas above

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGNN4EPJzGk

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What is Rest?