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Rest Isn’t Something You “Do.” It’s Something You Allow.

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Julie Alexandra
Mar 01, 2026
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I don’t always know I’m tired until I lie down.

And even then I can feel the subtle ways I’m still holding myself up.

A tight jaw, tension in my legs, shoulders hovering like they don’t trust the ground.

Restorative yoga is basically the art of yielding - letting tension melt into gravity without collapsing. It’s comfort with real support: nothing hanging, nothing straining, nothing secretly working.

It’s made me realize something:

A lot of us aren’t bad at resting.

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