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You Probably Need Rest, But What Kind?

By
Olga Kabel, C-IAYT
Thoughtful young woman in cozy pajamas looking through the window while resting at home

“What kind of tired are you?” asks Saundra Dalton-Smith in her book Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity (1). This seems like a confusing question; how many ways are there to be tired? It turns out there are several, seven to be exact. Since we are multidimensional beings, everything that happens within and outside us impacts us on different levels. We can get tired and drained on one level and not the other, and the kind of rest we seek needs to reflect the type of tired we are. How exactly does this work?

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