The 7 Types of Rest & How to Use Them to Feel Better
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[Transcript: [on screen text: 'The 7 Types of Rest & How to Use Them to Feel Better'] "Have you ever just been so tired and then you try to sleep a lot and it doesn't really help or do anything. It could be because it wasn't the type of rest that you needed. There are seven different types of rest. Let's talk about it.
[on screen text: '2. Mental Rest'] There's mental rest, which means taking a break from overthinking, task planning, making decisions, just taking away for a little bit anything that requires your brain to have to work hard.
[on screen text: '1. Physical Rest (passive & active)'] So sleeping or napping is a type of physical rest. It's a more passive physical rest. Active physical rest can be like massage or very gentle yoga, which I call nap yoga, or like gentle stretching or really slow, gentle walking.
[on screen text: '3. Emotional Rest'] Then there's emotional rest, which is basically just letting your guard down, allowing yourself to feel your feelings, allowing yourself to be vulnerable. How many times we're trying to keep it all together and you can't do that all the time. It's exhausting.
[on screen text: '4. Social Rest'] Social rest, which can either mean going out and spending time with people who energize you or make you feel supported and loved, or not spending time with people and being alone. And you get to decide what feels restful for you.
[on screen text: '6. Creative Rest'] There's creative rest, which I think is highly underutilized. This means engaging in your hobbies, engaging in activities that fill you with joy or make you feel inspired, but it's important that they're not tied to productivity. Productivity kills creativity, and productivity is not restful.
[on screen text: '5. Sensory Rest'] There's sensory rest, which means maybe taking a phone break, taking the headphones out, going outside. Maybe you turn down the lights and just try to exist without a lot of external stimuli coming in.
Because it might just be more than sleep." /end transcript]
[on screen text: '7. Spiritual Rest'] The last one is spiritual rest, also underutilized and the one that I struggle with most. This means taking time to intentionally participate in things that bring you meaning or sense of connection or purpose. Maybe this means you engage in spiritual practices like going to church or pulling your tarot cards. Maybe you volunteer with communities that make you feel whole and give back. Or maybe it means taking time out in nature and touching the trees and smelling the flowers.
The next time you find yourself really tired, ask yourself, 'what type of rest do I need?'
