The Daring to Rest Facilitator Training for Women
Become deeply rested, gain the confidence to teach the transformational sleep practice of Yoga Nidra and create unique rest offerings
"This training has completely transformed me - with my loved ones and my work."
Sheryl Kurland-Platt, Social Emotional Learning Coach
The Daring to Rest Facilitator Training for Women is...
Designed to support you to do the inner rest work for yourself and then bring it into an existing business, a new offering, or start from scratch. In addition to learning yoga nidra, we teach you our Daring to Rest framework for helping people rise rested and skills to understand how to make an income and impact in your work.
Become Deeply Rested
Experience a deeper sense of rest within yourself as you become a more well-rested woman and get on planet rest
Professional Growth
Learn to deliver yoga nidra meditations with confidence that are unique, meaningful and impactful and help others dare to rest
Feminine Empowerment
Be empowered to take your work to the next level with a feminine approach to Yoga Nidra
IT'S TIME FOR A REST REVOLUTION
Learn to Teach the Transformational Sleep Practice of Yoga Nidra and Gain All The Skills and Confidence to Help Others Dare to Rest
- We have trained over 300+ Daring to Rest Facilitators around the world
- This program is in its 7th year being taught as an online program. We have trained 9 cohorts of women over this time.
- Many of our facilitators learn asynchronously with great personal and professional success. You can watch every live session on replay.
- Your teacher Karen Brody, founder of the Daring to Rest method, fell in love with Yoga Nidra 20+ years ago
- Karen wrote a book, Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Meditation (Sounds True, 2017) to help women dare to rest.
- Daring to Rest facilitators trained through this program teach yoga nidra to all humans
- Yoga Alliance 60 hours CEU (non-certification) or 100 hours CEU (certification)
This Training is for Seekers and Rest Professionals
The Daring to Rest Facilitator Training Program is designed to support you to do the inner rest work for yourself and then bring it into an existing business, a new offering, or start from scratch. In addition to learning yoga nidra, we teach you our Daring to Rest framework for helping people rise rested and support you to make an impact and income in your work.
The Established Rest Professional
You have a business that includes rest based practices and want to add yoga nidra and the Daring to Rest method to offer more rest-based content and income. You may already teach yoga nidra and want this facilitator training to add to your professional development.
The Emerging Rest Professional
Your clients are exhausted and you want to help them rise rested to accelerate their transformation and growth. You may be new-ish to yoga nidra. You realize that rest is an essential remedy and you want to have more income and impact in your work.
The Seeker
First and foremost, you want to dare to rest and feel rejuvenated in your body, mind and spirit. You want to learn more about yoga nidra, experience the benefits, and you are curious about helping others rest. A rest revolution feels radical and essential to you in today's fast-paced world.
Daring to Rest Facilitators Have Gone On To...
Weave Yoga Nidra into Your Existing Programs
Teach Daring to Rest 21 and 40 Day Online and In-Person programs
Offer Private Clients 1:1 Rest Experiences
Teach Yoga Nidra Workshops and Rest Circles Online and In-Person
Teach Daring to Rest in-person retreats
Land Contracts Working for Corporate Wellness Programs
How The Program Works
- Practice yoga nidra and the Daring to Rest method through a live online 40 day Daring to Rest retreat taught by Karen
6-week online learning modules & mentorship with Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody to learn how to teach yoga nidra and the Daring to Rest method. April & May 2024.
- to gain confidence to lead yoga nidra
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Weekly teaching audios and transcripts for all six modules
Phase 3: CERTIFICATION LAB
6-week online practicum classes in small groups for certification students to give you extra time, space, and mentorship in an intimate setting to lead yoga nidra and create a unique rest program. May & June 2024.
- One private session with your certification mentor
- Recordings of the live calls are included and you may submit questions even if you cannot attend live
The Program Includes 6 Modules That are Delivered in Phase 2
The Program Includes 6 Modules That are Delivered in Phase 2
MODULE 1
The Foundations of Yoga Nidra, Daring to Rest and the Heroine’s Journey
- Learn the origins of yoga nidra, the science, and how it can impact a person's mental, emotional and physical and spiritual wellbeing
- Explore the 5 koshas
- Understand how yoga nidra and Daring to Rest take people on a heroine's journey and why this is important for transformation and growth
MODULE 2
The Yoga Nidra Script
- Learn the system of techniques that comprise a yoga nidra
- Dive deeper into the 5 koshas
- Experience and how you can infuse your unique flavor while staying true to the yoga nidra journey.
- Receive scripts to start leading yoga nidra
MODULE 3
The Daring to Rest Method
- Explore how you can teach the Daring to Rest method in creative, unique ways in groups and one-on-one coaching
- Dive deep into the three phases of the Daring to Rest method
- Learn how the phases relate to yoga nidra, the 5 koshas, and a rested life
MODULE 4
Bringing It All Together Into a Successful Rest Program
- Learn a class flow structure and creative ways to teach a rest program
- Receive and experience pre and post yoga nidra practices and prompts to help amplify your client's transformation
- The power of holding the opposites and how it can shift a person to a more rested
- Start envisioning your dream rest offering.
MODULE 5
Claiming Your Role As a Confident Yoga Nidra Teacher and Rested Woman
- Explore how to confidently hold space
- How to teach a trauma-informed rest experience
- Receive guidance on the technology you need to record and edit high quality yoga nidras and lead online
- Dive deep into your personal rest story and understand why it matters to teach and sell your rest programs
MODULE 6
Running a Profitable & Ethical Rest Business: Making an Impact and Income
- Strategies to run a profitable rest business
- How to be a business artist
- The decolonization of yoga nidra - why it is important and ways to teach yoga nidra in a respectful way
Become a Daring to Rest Facilitator
Change the world with the power of rest
We designed this program for people just like you...
You Want to Help People Feel Rested in These Unrested Times.
You believe deeply in the power of rest. You want to help more people rest without guilt and shame. You want to contribute to shifting people’s paradigms on productivity and grind culture.
You are well acquainted with burnout and are certain that people cannot access their full potential when they are tired. As Gandhi said, "Be the change" - and helping others rest feels like the change the world needs right now.
You know the world needs a rest revolution and you want to play a part in it.
This includes rest for you - so you can feel supremely rested and embody what you teach; and rest for your clients so they feel healthier and more energized.
As you share rest you will be creating a more rested world.
"I came to this training for rest, but at the core, I wanted a different, more feminine approach to yoga nidra; I wanted more training to better help my patients rest, and I took away a new found spark of life that had been buried deep inside myself. I was allowed and encouraged to rest, to care for myself first and rise as a rooted woman."
Cheri Brown
There are Two Ways You Can Join Us
Choose a certification journey or a non-certification journey. Below are the two options broken down for you so you know what you get with each and can pick the one that works best for you.
Non-Certification
You will receive:
- A 40-Day Live Online Daring to Rest Retreat with Karen Brody
- 6 Teaching Audios with Transcripts from Karen on yoga nidra, the Daring to Rest method, the heroine's journey, how to design rest classes and programs, advice on the technology to record yoga nidra, and leading a profitable and ethical rest business
- 6 Online Teach Rest Classes for mentorship with Karen. Get your questions answered and go deeper into the learning material.
- 8 Live Yoga Nidra Sessions to help you understand how to lead yoga nidra and infuse your own unique style into the yoga nidra
- Extensive Library of Masterclasses from Yoga Nidra Luminaries and Others on yoga nidra, holding space, conscious business, and more. (video and mp3)
- Done-For-You Yoga Nidra Scripts to help you start teaching
- A Sisterhood of Women in your cohort and alumni facilitators to support your growth and transformation personally and professionally.
- 60 hours Yoga Alliance CEU
- Optional: entry after the training to our Alumni Facilitator Monthly Mentorship with Karen. (There is a monthly fee for this)
- Optional: if you want to certify, and there is space, you may be able to enter our certification track at the end of your training.
Certification
You will receive:
EVERYTHING IN NON-CERTIFICATION PLUS...
- 6 Online Certification Lab sessions to practice leading yoga nidra and receive personal and detailed feedback from a certification mentor.
- One 1:1 mentorship session with your certification mentor.
- Individual support creating a unique yoga nidra script
- Support to create a unique rest program with your leadership style
- Free entry into our alumni facilitator Monthly Mentorship for 6 months after you train. Receive support from Karen and alumni facilitators to gain even more confidence to teach yoga nidra and build your rest programs.
- Listing on the Daring to Rest website
- Done-For-You Daring to Rest Curriculums that can be taught as individual classes or as a Daring to Rest program.
- Use of the Daring to Rest logo
- 100 hours Yoga Alliance CEUs
Certification is ideal for you if you want...
- to teach Daring to Rest long programs like retreats and 40 day programs
- to receive more small group and individual mentorship on leading yoga nidra and sculpting your unique rest program
- a certification credential to work in spaces that require a higher level of competency.
Non-Certification is ideal for you if you want...
- to offer Daring to Rest rest circles like a monthly full moon circle or short Daring to Rest programs
- to teach yoga nidra on it's own without the Daring to Rest method
- to sprinkle yoga nidra and Daring to Rest into an existing program or 1:1 coaching business
Become a Daring to Rest Facilitator
- Private Facebook facilitator group for connection + questions (participation is optional, you may also submit questions by email)
What are the certification requirements?
- Leading one live yoga nidra experience in your online Certification Lab.
*While we would prefer you lead yoga nidra inside the Certification Lab, we understand it is not always possible and can make an exception to submit a yoga nidra recording to your certification mentor.
- Read the book Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Meditation by Karen Brody.
"I love being on Planet Rest during this training! I'm resonating with everything from the music during circles, to the heroine's journey, to the revelation of yoga nidra as a goddess. Wow. I am so there for all of this, soaking it in!"
Noelle Rydell, writing coach
TRANSFORMATIONAL SLEEP
What is Yoga Nidra?
In this facilitator training you will learn everything you need to know in order to lead yoga nidra meditations. We focus on supporting you to develop your own yoga nidra practice so that you can teach with confidence and from a place of embodiment.
Yoga nidra is a sleep-based meditation technique and a form of awareness that originated in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It takes you into a state of non-doing. The body sleeps while the mind remains awake listening to guided instructions, rejuvenating your body and mind and rewiring your thought patterns and beliefs.
The most common feedback we get from our facilitators after this training is how much yoga nidra has changed their life and the lives of their clients. It transforms your life from the inside out - while lying down :)
What is Daring to Rest?
The Daring to Rest method is the framework we teach you to help people release all the layers of exhaustion they carry.
When you enter the facilitator training, you will learn the Daring to Rest method and, if you choose, you can start teaching Daring to Rest programs. It is a highly customizable framework to allow your leadership style to shine.
You can also take this training and choose to teach yoga nidra and not the Daring to Rest method.
"I am a qualified Yoga teacher, Meditation teacher and Yoga Therapist. After this training, I now work with people and give them Daring To Rest as their "prescription." They love it...and so do I!"
Kate H.
Meet Our Daring to Rest Facilitators
Women who have taken this program have gone on to lead Daring to Rest in-person retreats in gorgeous locations, lead successful 40 and 21 Day Daring to Rest Online and In-Person programs, weave yoga nidra into their existing programs to amplify rest as a core value, guide their 1:1 clients into profund states of relaxation with yoga nidra, land contracts working for top corporate wellness programs, and increase their impact and income in their businesses.
All this while connecting with a Sisterhood of Women who are dedicated to living a rested life and transforming the world through sharing the message of rest.
Barbara Dopfer
A yoga teacher in Germany, Barbara took this program in 2019 and then began teaching yoga nidra and menstrual awareness programs. She is currently teaching an online Rest School. Barbaradopfer.com
Benita Jackson
A professor of health psychology, Benita started an online business, Resting to Rest, that offers rest coaching to tired world-changers. She also brings yoga nidra and rest as a core value into the academic setting. RestingtoRise.com
Sheryl Kurkland-Platt
A social emotional learning coach in Vermont, Sheryl completed this program in 2022. Since then she has brought Daring to Rest to schools for students, parents and educators in groups and through private coaching.
Lyza Michiel
Based in Belgium, Lyza was already trained to teach yoga nidra before she took the facilitator training. She wanted a new perspective on yoga nidra and a framework she could teach. She now teaches in-person Daring to Rest 21 day programs in Brussels and Daring to Rest retreats in Greece and Portugal. Omarmdestilte.be
Karin Green
A Shadow Work Coach and Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Karin created an online Daring to Rest 6 week program called Limitless Self, combining shadow work and yoga nidra to help her clients in transforming their Inner Critic to an Inner Ally. Karingreencoaching.com
Listen as women from the most recent Daring to Rest Facilitator Training share the impact that the program has had on their lives.
April Seals-Partner
SISTERHOOD 8
"Thank you for seeing me, and us, and who we all are and who we can be."
Karen Oh
SISTERHOOD 8
"Certification Lab in my small mentorship circle was the secret sauce for me."
Jennifer Allen
SISTERHOOD 8
"Rest is now the foundation of everything I offer."
Meet Isabelle Griffith, Feminine Leadership Coach
Isabelle shares her thoughts on the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training Program
Bonuses
Certification and Non-Certification Bonus
CONVERSATIONS ON SLEEP, DREAMING & AWAKENING WITH DR. RUBIN NAIMAN (Value $108)
In a series of 3 powerful talks, recorded live at the Daring to Rest 2022 forty day program, you will learn from sleep & dream specialist Dr. Rubin Naiman. This is excellent personal and professional development on the science and spirituality of sleep and dreams to help you and your clients sleep better.
Certification and Non- Certification Bonus
DARING TO REST YOGA NIDRA CHAKRA CLEANSE SERIES (Value $108)
Start practicing yoga nidra right away with 7 Daring to Rest yoga nidras focusing on the 7 main chakras. Chakras are energy centers we have in our body . Included with each yoga nidra is a "rest prescription" of journal prompts for each chakra. Get ready to step into your most vibrant, rested self and get started right away!
Certification Bonus
MONTHLY ALUMNI MENTORSHIP (Value $282)
Monthly 90 minute mentorship calls with Karen after the program ends. Free for certification students for 6 months after step 3 of the training. These mentorship calls will help you improve your teaching skills, confidence and develop business skills.
Non-Certification students can pay to attend the monthly mentorship community.
Certification Bonus
DARING TO REST MASTERCLASS LIBRARY (Value $750+)
30+ additional masterclasses (beyond the ones you will receive in the training) on yoga nidra, holding space, restorative yoga, the feminine face of yoga, finding your ideal client, setting up a successful business, breathwork, essential oils, and more. Access unlocked at the end of the program when you join the Monthly Alumni Mentorship. (Videos + transcripts)
Enrollment ends March 17th at 9pm MST
Choose from two ways to join us:
Non-Certification
$2,995
Certification
$4,795
"LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Karen. Great teacher, very clear, very responsive and supportive. The weekly mentoring sessions were terrific. I have notes galore from those sessions. This has been one of the best trainings I've ever attended, and boy, have I attended a lot over the years."
Wendy Blair
MEET OUR DARING TO REST TEAM
Karen Brody
Mom, founder of Daring to Rest, yoga nidra teacher and trainer, author and podcast host
For the past 15 years, Karen has helped thousands of women dare to rest and trained hundreds of women to become Daring to Rest facilitators.
She is the author of Daring to Rest: Reclaim Your Power with Yoga Nidra Rest Meditation (sounds True, 2017), published in three languages around the world.
Her work has been seen in Yoga Journal, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest and many more places. She is the host of the Daring to Rest Podcast.
After decades of exhaustion, addiction to productivity and panic attacks, the practice of yoga nidra changed everything for Karen when her two children were toddlers. She felt more energy, happiness, and decades of severe panic attacks ended. Trained in the iRest and IAm Yoga Nidra, Karen has been on a mission to offer yoga nidra to people around the world and particular to help women rise up rested and claim their power.
She is the mother of two young men who were raised on rest and currently lives with her husband in New Mexico. Karen also cares for her mother with Alzheimer's.
Shelagh Lenon
Teacher Trainer & Certification Mentor
Shelagh Lenon thrives in supporting women to come home to themselves through rest, seasonal living, and aromatic rituals of self-care. She is a certified Daring to Rest™ yoga nidra facilitator, Veriditas-trained labyrinth facilitator, professional aromatherapist, and ritual artisan. Her professional background includes over twenty years of experience in the field of adult education as a teacher, facilitator, curriculum developer, and online learning specialist. Shelagh has an Honours BA in Sociology and Women’s Studies and a degree in Journalism.
Her online Rest Garden offers retreats, rest circles, and self-care experiences that connect women to the beauty & rhythms of the natural world, to the cadence of their inner gardens, and to the sweet nectar of being.
Shelagh is the mother of two young adult children. She lives in Calgary, Canada with her husband in a 110-year-old heritage home and loves to watch the moon from her bedroom window.
Zoe Kanat
Teacher Trainer & Certification Mentor
Zoe Kanat is a certified meditation and mindfulness educator, trained Psychotherapist and Counsellor. She facilitates meditation classes, workshops and teacher training programs in various studios, corporate organisations, and schools in Australia and internationally.
Zoe shares her guided meditation recordings, courses, and live events on Insight Timer to an audience of 17 thousand followers. She is deeply passionate about the art of relaxation, the ancient meditation practice of Yoga Nidra. She has spent several years personally and professionally practicing and studying in this area. She is a certified Yoga Nidra Daring to Rest™ facilitator. In 2019 Zoe assumed a position on the board of Meditation Association of Australia, the national peak body representing meditation and mediation teachers. She is passionate about sharing the ancient practices of mindfulness and meditation in a direct, loving, and accessible way.
Zoe lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband, son and daughter.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequently Asked Questions
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On average, you will need 8-10 hours a week.
✔ Personal rest time: typically 30-45 minutes of yoga nidra + journal time daily
✔ One, and sometimes two, weekly 90 minutes live sessions
✔ 6 weeks of listening to a 45-60 minutes teaching audio
✔ on-demand supplemental masterclasses and worksheets
Yes.
There are two options:
1. Certification Lab Track: If there is space in the Certification Lab with this year's cohort then you can certify this way.
2. Individual Track: If there is no space in the certification lab this year or you want to certify later, you have up to two years after you start the training to complete the certification requirements on your own. You will receive one 1:1 coaching session with a certification mentor, but will not participate in the Certification Lab. Your two year period to complete certification ends on February 5, 2026.
Certification fees apply to both tracks.
- It is for women wellness professionals, coaches, therapists, yoga and yoga nidra teachers, meditation and mindfulness teachers, and seekers who want to immerse themselves in learning how to teach yoga nidra and Daring to Rest. You might already offer rest-based practices and are looking for a new way to offer rest programs. You might want to teach the Daring to Rest method and create programs around our framework or add yoga nidra to an existing offering. You might want to create an entire business around rest. Or you aren't sure how you will use this training, but you feel a "Yes!" to join us. You are looking to dare to rest for yourself and immerse yourself in the advanced teachings of yoga nidra.
No experience is necessary to enter this training. We begin with a 40-day practice and Karen will teach you everything you need to know. You will first develop a personal yoga nidra practice and then be taught how to share yoga nidra with others.
There are no refunds for the Facilitator Training as it’s fully digital and content is accessible and downloadable. Also, space is limited so when you enroll you are committing to taking a spot in the training.
Our no refund policy applies to payment plans as well. When you choose a payment plan it is a commitment to pay the entire payment.
We will allow you to transfer your spot in the training within the first month of the program to someone else. (Pending our written approval).
If you’re not sure if the program is the right fit, please email us here. We're happy to answer your questions.
- Certification students: Weekly live 120-min certification lab sessions on Tuesdays at 10am MT or 5pm MT from May 21 - June 25th
- Closing Certification Celebration on June 27th at 12pm MT (tentative)
Yes.
If you choose the certification option you will receive a certification certificate and be a certified Daring to Rest facilitator when you complete all the certification requirements.
If you choose the non-certification option you will receive a certificate of completion when you fill out your exit evaluation form. You will not be a certified Daring to Rest facilitator. If you decide you want to certify at the end of the training, and there is space, you may be able to certify for an additional payment.
Yes. This training is for people who identify as a woman. The training focuses on yoga nidra, rest and women's empowerment.
While we train only women, many of our facilitators offer rest programs to all people.
Daring to Rest is a global movement dedicated to helping people make rest a core value in their lives and end the glorification of hustle culture. The Daring to Rest method is the empowerment framework that we have taught to over 300 facilitators. It was created by our founder, Karen Brody, who has taught thousands of women to dare to rest with yoga nidra. Karen teaches a live 40-Day Daring to Rest online retreat every year at the beginning of the facilitator training to initiate you on your personal Daring to Rest journey.
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Yes. We awarded three partial scholarships in December to women on our interest list. All scholarships for 2024 have been awarded. They were for:
Scholarship 1: The Needs-Based Scholarship
Financially, you cannot afford the training and need it to help you create income. You have the space in your life to commit to the training.
Scholarship 2: The Community Service Scholarship
Your work in the world is focused on building community and alleviating the suffering of others. You intend to work with an under-served community.
Scholarship 3: The Jaimee Roncone Scholarship
You have been diagnosed with a serious health condition that is draining your finances. You have the space in your life to commit to the training but cannot afford it at this time. We give preference to women with metastatic cancer in honor of our beloved certified Daring to Rest Facilitator Jaimee Roncone.
We give preference to women of color and women who are from the global south.
Refund policy:
For non-certification students, you must request a refund by February 18th, 2024 through email at hello@daringtorest.com. Your refund will be processed within two weeks of receiving your request. All access to materials will be removed. After February 19th, 2024, no refunds will be issued and student shall remain responsible for completing all installments under a payment plan.
For certification students, your purchase is non-refundable. In case of an emergency for yourself or for an immediate family member a six month extension to certify is possible on a case by case basis. You must notify us by June 30, 2024 via email at hello@daringtorest.com of your circumstances to request this extension. You will receive a decision regarding the extension within two weeks. During your extension, you will maintain access to all the training content, including the recordings of the calls.
“I found a ton of value from the mentoring sessions with Karen. I think for me after doing the 40-Day Daring to Rest retreat and then moving on to learn how to teach Daring to Rest I feel so called to share yoga nidra and to faciltiate rest for all humans. I was searching for the answer "who should I be serving?" and this program has given me so much insight.
Daring to Rest is the healing balm that we need now. It is the antidote to our culture of always-on and busy as a badge of honor. What is most powerful is that it is accessible to everyone. You only have to be able to lay down and listen. This is the real deal! Say yes to this training for you, your friends and loved ones. You don't even have to DO Daring to Rest, Daring to Rest does YOU!
Daring to Rest is the healing balm that we need now. It is the antidote to our culture of always-on and busy as a badge of honor. What is most powerful is that it is accessible to everyone. You only have to be able to lay down and listen. This is the real deal! Say yes to this training for you, your friends and loved ones. You don't even have to DO Daring to Rest, Daring to Rest does YOU!”
“On a personal level alone, the training has been magical. For so many years, too many years... for many reasons I have felt worn out, burnt out, exhausted and really exhausted through life rather than living deeply withIN it. Yoga Nidra has been transformative work!
I learned in this training that in Resting we Rise! This! So powerful....the intention setting, the soul whispers the dreaming big, The counsil of women at my side (this has been so so powerful for me in particular!) I have felt a RISING in my own life.... through resting and releasing I’ve opened doors that I didn’t even realise were there. Such powerful work that I am now sharing with the women I work with.
I loved the variety of the ways in which this work can be used. One to one, group/circle work... in person or online... it’s available to the women who hear its call.
Right after I took this training women in my community both in person and online were asking about it. I now make it a huge part of the retreats I run.”
“Karen’s work, Daring to Rest, and this training have changed my life in so many ways. I approach my life and leadership from a Rest Perspective, now and forever. A million thank you’s.”
“The depth and variety of knowledge I gained by taking part in this programme, even though I was new to yoga nidra, was incredible. As a certification student, the Certification Lab was invaluable. It gave me the confidence to feel I have the experience to teach yoga nidra.
I am so grateful for finding this programme, it really has changed the trajectory of my life and I am determined to be part of the movement to change the meaning and value of rest in today's society and culture.”
Let's create a rest revolution together
Become a Daring to Rest Facilitator
Photo Thanks to: Certified Daring to Rest Facilitators Lyza Michiel & Barbara Dopfer for sharing photos on this page from your Daring to Rest offerings; Cate Stokes; Karen's mother, Annette Brody