Finding the Courage to Prioritize Rest w—Octavia Raheem

“You are allowed to change as many times as you need to become your authentic self."

Author, mother, business owner + yogi Octavia Raheem joins us to talk about why we are afraid to rest and why we must prioritize it. Learn more as she shares about what courage has to do with rest and how she relates to what is urgent in our world.

Octavia Raheem has received national attention for her work training yoga teachers and diversifying the yoga and wellness industry. Octavia’s work as a yoga professional focuses on practical tools to teach individuals how to manage stress, anxiety, and fatigue through restorative yoga, yoga nidra, and meditation in a way that is accessible to all levels/abilities, and restorative to the nervous system. Her work has been featured on Yoga Journal, Mantra Magazine, Well+ Good CNN, WXIA, and Atlanta Magazine.

Octavia is a yoga teacher with 14 years of experience and nearly 10,000 hours of leading yoga classes, immersions, and trainings in various settings and online. In September 2019, she was named one of four Yoga and Wellness luminaries who have transformed yoga in Atlanta by Natural Awakening Magazine. With 10+ years of teaching in the public + nonprofit sector and 14+ years teaching yoga, Octavia brings an unparalleled professionalism, mindfulness, and depth to the study and practice of yoga whether she is leading classes, retreats, or training teachers.

Octavia is also the author of the upcoming book, Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage During Times of Change as well as the book, Gather. In her writing she invites her readers into a quiet contemplative place of inquiry, reflection, and deeper self-love much like she does in her yoga classes, workshops, immersions, and retreats.

we discuss

How these times call for more courage + what that means
Why it is urgent that we prioritize rest
Make a practice of not delaying joy
How rest can open up intuition and help you trust yourself
Why it’s important to grant yourself permission to change (even when it’s inconvenient)