Destination Rest: A Community Nap

Formally Rest as Resistance, Destination Rest is a community Nap taking place at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum!

Rest is one of the most basic and vital needs of humans and there must be actions to increase access for all people. We’ll be exploring rest in unconventional spaces and setting up in the CSPM’s new exhibit Accessorize It!

Attendees will be invited to grab a cup of tea made by Rev. Mallory Everhart to support sleep, nap, and relax to the sounds of original affirmation poetry from the Poet Laureate of the Pikes Peak Region Ashley Cornelius and a healing sound bath from LSW Sam Paulin. Participants will be invited to rest/sleep. At the close of the event, attendees will be led through a creative art exercise in the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum’s 50% of the Story: Women Expressing Creativity exhibit to promote artistic expression and share in a community discussion about rest.

Sleep materials ( yoga mat, blanket, eye mask, fidgets) will be provided. Feel free to bring any sleep materials that will help you be comfortable. There will be about 25 minutes of rest. After participants wake up they will be invited to write or draw about their experience resting with guided prompts. We will open the space for sharing and co-creating a supportive environment.

Rest is a significant social justice issue as it replenishes us, helps us process trauma, and builds our resilience. Destination Rest aims to engage the community in long-term self-care, creative self-expression, and deep rest for generations to come.

Join us and care for yourself in community!

We are prioritizing folks who did not participate in the first Rest as Resistance to make sure to distribute the remaining materials.

This event was generously funded by Arts in Society and the Windy Pines Foundation