embodied wisdom and learning

Be wary of yang activities that masquerade as yin 

Are you actually resting, or are you doing vinyasa yoga, hopping in a sauna, eating a cheat meal, or working on a “side project”?

All of these examples can ofc be yin nourishing, but there is a tendency (esp. in American culture) to exert oneself under the guise of rest

totally. for me, real rest requires addressing deeply-ingrained toxic beliefs around productivity, laziness, self-worth, etc. otherwise i’m so stressed about resting it doesn’t work anyway. sometimes it’s easier to just do some kind of productive fake yin activity than deal with all the trauma 😂 

working on it though!

what do you recommend for complex trauma/cptsd?

Maybe don’t *work* on it and see what happens 😉