About The Art of Rest
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We understand that our most brilliant, creative lives are more sustainably achieved and maintained through well-resourced, restful lives. The Art of Rest offers workshops and one-on-one guidance focused on empowering creative practices through quality rest, and bolstering our rest through creative practices. We create spaces for people to explore the wisdom of their own inner worlds and discover ways to show up authentically in their daily lives.
About Dagny
Hey there,
I'm Dagny—The founder and owner of The Art of Rest
& I'm so glad you're here.
Originally, the business formerly known as Pomegranate and Magpie, started as a way to occupy my mind and hands as I navigated choppy waters. After leaving a terrible relationship, I was on a break from my PhD program, and found myself across the country from everyone and everything I knew. On the days that were hardest—especially on days I couldn’t sleep—I found rest nested in art, movement, storytelling, and science.
With an eclectic career as a backcountry wilderness guide, educator, movement facilitator, artist, mindfulness teacher, dreamworker and sleep researcher—I was exhausted at trying to figure out how all the pieces of myself fit together.
After spending five months living at a meditation retreat center, I revisited old questions and let them guide me. Each morning I would ask “Who am I, today?” and “What’s true for me right now?” and then do my best to follow the answers with as much rest, kindness, and curiosity as I could muster.
After nearly two years (and my whole life) of following these questions around, two prominent themes continued re-surfacing—art and rest. My background as a sleep researcher continued to inform my artistic practice, and my artistic practice helped soothe and restore my nervous system recovering from many years overriding my body’s natural cues.
I am passionate about creating spaces for people to explore the wisdom of their own inner worlds and discover ways to show up authentically in their daily lives. I strongly believe that getting quality rest and sleep is key to being able to tune into our inner landscape and show up with full and passionate vigor. I also believe that as we listen to our inner landscapes, we are more able to create a better world around us—whatever our individual passions and gifts we find as we explore.
The Art of Rest is a culmination of these loves. It is a seed of hope that even on our most sleepless nights, we can rest. That we can create. That if we focus on the quality and creativity of our days, the nights will take care of themselves.
If we ask the question “Who am I, today?” and listen to the story that spills from this question very carefully with a sense of curiosity, creativity, and kindness—the art will take care of the rest.
It’s my deepest intention to help you rest and remember what you already know while also discovering new landscapes with a sense of delight and discernment.
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