166. Dropping into Radiant Rest with Tracee Stanley

Hello tend her wild podcast listeners. Today we are re-releasing one of our favorite episodes with Tracee Stanley Tracee is a gifted yoga niddra teacher and the author of the books radiant rest and luminous self.

During challenging and uncertain times with so many distractions, there can be great healing and transformative power in practicing rest and being still. In this episode Tracee shares with us the value of deep relaxation, and the divine creativity that emerges from embracing stillness.  We encourage you to connect to Tracee’s platform for sacred tools and rituals that help us return to our inner wisdom and connect to our wholeness and power.  Be well.

Today we discuss:

  • Tracee’s first ten years being raised in a strict, overprotective home where freedom was limited, but education and space for daydreaming, reading, and learning were emphasized
  • The importance of Tracee’s Nana, and what she learned by observing her power and ability to hold space for others
  • Tracee’s first experiences with Yoga Nidra, and how it evolved, including her awareness that Yoga Nidra was “the Goddess”
  • The power of ancestral healing, and how to call in the ancestors that are well in spirit
  • How Tracee views “re-wilding” in her book Radiant Rest as taking the practices directly into nature.  Practice and nature are not separate, and we are not separate from nature.
  • The benefits of committing to more time in rest

“Since the invention of the lightbulb it has disconnected us from the cycles of nature.  When we start resting we can start to connect to our own nature, which is nature and that in itself is healing.” -Tracee

Bio:

Tracee Stanley is the visionary behind Empowered Life Circle, an esteemed community and sanctuary that embraces transformative practices, sacred rituals, and profound Tantric teachings and has over two decades of dedicated exploration in Sri Vidya Tantra and the wisdom imparted by the Himalayan Masters.  Tracee has also emerged as a leading figure in the realm of post-lineage instruction. Her unwavering commitment lies in imparting the profound knowledge of yoga nidra, meditation, self-inquiry, rest, communion with nature, and reverence for our ancestors. Tracee possesses a unique gift for unveiling the magic and power hidden within the realms of the liminal, while effortlessly weaving devotion and practice into the tapestry of everyday life.

To learn more about Tracee: https://traceeyoga.com

Instagram:  @tracee_stanley

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Today’s Episode sponsored by:
Kate Moreland Coaching
Dr Yoga Momma
Heartland Yoga

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