Rest is essential for a creative life. It does not need to be earned but is rather a necessary part of being human. We have all been through so much in the last several years, as individuals, as the collective. If you are called to rest, and know that the magic and beauty of the Emerald Isle will help you see the magic in yourself, please join us this September in Donegal, Ireland for an enchanting 7 day/ 7 night rest retreat.

“Rest is not always about doing nothing, but rather the ability to tune into oneself, to clear the internal pathways of the expectations, the sensation of being weighted down by thoughts and feelings, and the capacity to tune out the ‘noise’ from the world at large that pulls us away from   living our truth. There’s a balance though, rest is not just the opposite of doing, it is an invitation to slow down enough to
hear the messages from within and the courage to follow those messages. It is about be-ing, in your fullest form.

Some people rest with lots of movement. Some with mediation or sleep. Some folks rest when they walk through nature without expectation and simply allow themselves to soak it all up like a sponge. Some rest by writing letters of forgiveness and apology that never get sent.
Rest doesn’t have to look or feel like just one thing. Ritual can be rest. Joy can be rest. A cleansing cry can be rest.
Rest is when we replace the expectations of ‘have to’ with allowing or be-ing.

So much of our life is filled up with the responsibilities of daily life, the ‘have to’s’. We have to work, to pay bills, to buy food and keep the lights on. Parents have an extra helping of ‘have to’s’ as they care for their kids every day. Sometimes the amount of responsibilities depletes us from accessing the rest we so often go without by way of a literal lack of time, or simply because we’re always
watching our calendars and preparing for the next responsibility, deadline , or even the next vacation.
We leap frog from one task to another, barely slowing down to see what is right in front of us.

Rest is letting go of holding your tongue, it is choosing your own personal boundaries over pleasing others.
Rest is saying no. It is saying yes when your body leans in.
Rest is a soul invitation to shake off the unnecessary, the overwhelm, the excess, to expose the truth and glow of your truest self.

A Nectar Rest Retreat is not simply a week in a beautiful serene location where you separate yourself from your life, but rather an invitation to get to know yourself more through rest. You will be encouraged to slow down, to linger, to get curious, to be mindful and present, and to see your physical and soul reflection in the captivating natural world of Ireland and it’s stunning Wild Atlantic Way..

When we have moments of clarity, of presence, of ‘becoming moss’ or whatever your body is calling for specifically, we can cultivate a relationship with those moments, to use in our daily life. When you return home from a week of tiny moments of bliss, you have a somatic library of feelings and sensations to draw from in moments where you may have forgotten what rest feels like. For it is not really the land or the sea that whispers these moments of clarity, but your very own body, heart, and soul that speak up when you feel safe enough to listen. That voice goes back home with you, since it has been with you all along. Ireland isn’t necessarily magic, But it certainly does make your own magic that much more accessible.”

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