In this week’s episode we dive deeply into what rest actually looks like when you have an undefined sacral, and the regular life commitments we all have to keep. My guest Jenna Britton, 6/2 Splenic Projector, and I discuss how you can begin to, and continue to incorporate rest into your life in small but supportive ways as non-sacral. We talk deeply about the awareness of the tiredness in your physical body and the permission to be more tired than those around you. We also talk about feeling lazy, the shame around need more rest and creating new ways of looking at what rest means. We share how you can make the same task more nourishing or restorative by making small changes that support your energy, your emotions and your body that day. Jenna and I also share the impact you can make on your community when you acknowledge and honour your need for rest. We compare our experiences of having a defined (Jenna) and an open (Rachael) heart center and how this plays into our ability to restfully relax. 

Jenna Britton is a clarity coach and writer. She uses Human Design to help people identify who and how they’re designed to be, illuminating the authentic and aligned ways they can show up in work, relationships, their purpose, and more. Jenna has also been a freelance writer since 2012, writing feature articles and sharing personal stories that highlight her own (ongoing) journey to clarity, authenticity, and personal fulfilment. Her writing has been published in Salon, Thought Catalog, Darling Magazine, The Everygirl, and several other publications. And in 2016, she gave a TEDx Talk on how story has the power to change your life. These days, you can find her words on Instagram and Substack.

Connect with Jenna here:

https://braveenoughtobe.com/

https://braveenoughtobe.substack.com/

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Timestamps:

(02:55) How resting impacted our capacity to record this episode. 

(03:33) How the Universe sometimes sends trials to test you.

(04:01) The conditioning around being tired and without energy. 

(07:15) What an undefined sacral means in a real life way, the inconsistency of non-sacral energy.

(09:40) Sometimes you can’t rest and what to do and how to strategize.

(12:40) Accepting your inconsistent energy.

(15:10) Accepting rest and self worth.

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(19:31) Doing only one thing at a time in order to rest.

(21:10) Meditation and rest. 

(22:15) Awareness of needing to slow down and rest.

(24:30) Reframing what rest means.

(28:18) Setting the example by honouring your rest.

(36:13) Being called lazy and your projections around it.

(39:30) How the defined or undefined heart impacts your ability to rest as a non-sacral.

(49:00) Creating a world that supports all types better. 

(51:20) Shifting the world to embracing inconsistency. 

(56:15) Taking baby steps towards rest.