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Hester Brooks

REST COACH & YOGA NIDRA FACILITATOR

I help women step out of exhaustion and claim a rested life.

Let’s get started on your rest journey.

REST WITH HESTER

Rest with Me

Are you longing to feel held and experience deep rest?

Get started with a single session or choose a package of 3 or 6 sessions.

6-Week Sisterhood

DEEP WINTER REST

April 11 to May 16, 2025
Fridays, 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern

From the cozy comfort of home, online.

Rest Shop

Yoga Nidra meditations so that you can rest anywhere with the sound of Hester’s voice. 

Or give the gift of rest to someone you love.

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Hi, I’m Hester.  

I love guiding and supporting women to step into a more rested life. When I started health coaching in 2010, I noticed many of the women I was supporting were simply too exhausted to make lifestyle changes. What they really needed was REST! And I did too!

After experiencing the power of Yoga Nidra for myself in my personal practice, I became a Daring to Rest Certified Rest Coach and Daring to Rest Certified Yoga Nidra Facilitator trained in The Rested Path™.

I believe that a consistent rest practice is essential nourishment for women, especially highly-sensitive introverts.  It helps us gain the clarity and wisdom we need to address everything else in our life, moving it in a positive direction forward.

Praise for Resting with Hester

  • "Hester's voice is soothing and nurturing, and the practice created a deep and healing state of rest. I have been noticing a soothing release of tension in my body, mind and spirit."

    Nancy

  • "I have listened to Hester's Yoga Nidra a few times while going to sleep and cannot believe its impact! I next need to try this during the day. I fall asleep every time but the quality is deep and restful."

    Lydia

  • “I’ve done a couple different types of Yoga Nidra, but the Daring to Rest was so wonderful. It made me realize how essential and empowering rest is. ”

    Melissa

  • “Hester, your Yoga Nidra is profoundly restful, stress relieving and calming. I enjoy it very much.”

    Anna

  • “Every time I’ve done a Yoga Nidra session with you I feel better. My headache goes away and I have more energy. I want my daughter to experience this too.”

    Susan

  • “Hester - thank you for a great session today.  Still can't believe my neck & shoulder pain was gone after the Yoga Nidra !”

    Sarah

  • “Hester's Yoga Nidra sessions have been very helpful in allowing me to rest not just sleep. Most mornings I wake up in pain and feeling exhausted. On days when I had those sessions, I woke up pain-free!"

    Julie

  • “Since I started doing Hester's Yoga Nidra recordings daily, I am sleeping much more deeply! When I wake up in the night it's easy to get back to sleep quickly with the short breathing practices I learned from her. ”

    Christine

  • "I came away from Hester's retreat feeling rested, joyful, optimistic, and a believer in the restorative power of yoga nidra. I am so grateful for this retreat and for Hester’s teaching, it has helped me more than I can express.”

    Retreat participant

  • “I learned that I can rest. Yoga Nidra helps you to rest in moments that can be a lot or heavy. It’s something that actually allows you to shut off your mind.”

    Emily

  • “If you are burned out, exhausted, and need to get away to take care of YOU- this is the place to do it! This retreat is deeply nourishing and rejuvenating.”

    Retreat participant

  • "Hester listens to your requests and accommodates them so well. Rest is such a necessity that we refuse to acknowledge. Hester makes it easy. I’m so glad she shares her gift with us."

    Casey

  • "This peaceful, pleasurable feeling washes over me regularly since I first started practicing Hester's Yoga Nidra. I'm much less reactive. And becoming more aware of how good I feel. It's like a beautiful sunset."

    Sally

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Let’s Rest.

Get started with a 60-minute rest session.