If you were there live, thank you for holding that space with me. If you missed it, the replay is now posted and waiting for you. We moved through a guided yoga nidra built for the energy of the Solstice, and we explored the Five States of Rest — the spectrum that runs from depleted and disconnected all the way to radiant and integrated: 🌱 The Rooted One — returning to body, safety, ground 🌊 The Tidal Heart — honoring emotional flow without losing yourself 🔥 The Flamekeeper — finding stillness inside a restless mind 🌙 The Dream Weaver — trusting the vision already in you ☀️ The Radiant One — integrating, embodying, leading from presence The Solstice holds all five. So do you. Two things worth doing while it's fresh: → Not sure where you are right now? Take the free States of Rest quiz: https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/sor→ This Solstice also marks the opening of something bigger — the Peace in Rest | Nova Nidra Teacher Training. Enrollment is open: https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/teach Rest well. Be well. — Ayla Nova

Day 7 - HERE Today, we remember joy. Not gratitude-list joy but that eternal kind... the aliveness that is still in you even on the hard days. Joy is not something you earn when everything is figured out. It is available right NOW. Today's practice shows you where to find it. If today opened something in you and you want to go deeper, the Peace in Rest Program is your next step — deeper community connection, philosophy, nervous system healing, and deep self-inquiry. It's also Level 1 of the Nova Nidra Teacher Training if that path is calling you. Peace in Rest Program → Starts August 2026 | https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram SHARE BELOW | What gives you real, actual joy? Name it.

Life handed me an unexpected lesson in my own medicine this week. After yoga class, I fell riding home and broke and twisted my pinky finger. I'm now in a fairly dramatic hand brace, and I've got a specialist visit next week — fingers crossed (the ones that still bend) that we can avoid a full cast. So here's the irony I'm sitting with: I teach rest and restoration for a living, and now my body is asking me to actually practice it. I'm leaning on Yoga Nidra to help my nervous system settle, support the healing, and keep me company through the discomfort. It's humbling and kind of beautiful to be on the receiving end of the work. A practical note: Tidal Hearts Yoga Nidra won't release tonight as planned. The fall caused some technical difficulties on my end, so I'm giving it the time it needs to come out right. Thank you for your patience. If you've got a prayer or a good thought to spare, I'll happily take it. 🙏

Day 5 - HERE Halfway. Notice that... You've given yourself five days of real rest. That is actually radical for most of us. Today is about finding your center again... that place inside you that doesn't get swept away even when life is loud. If this practice is becoming something you want to live inside of and wish to support my work, upgrading your Nova Nidra Community membership is your next step: If you want to keep this practice going beyond 10 days, the VIP is right here waiting for you: ✧ Growing Nova Nidra Library ✧ Rest + Restor Chakra Series ✧ Live Sessions (+Replays for VIP) ✧ Nova Nidra Vault (VIP only) Upgrade Today

Day 3. HERE Today, we invite the whole system... body, mind, nervous system... into rest at the same time. This is about letting everything that has been running on overdrive finally lay to rest. You've made it three days in. Something in you said yes to this. Trust that. SHARE BELOW | How did your body feel today compared to Day 1? Even small shifts count.