The Rested Rebel Podcast

The Still Point Within the Storm

October’s Full Moon always arrives with contrast. The air sharpens, the light shifts, and everything in nature begins to move. Storm Amy sweeps across Europe this week, and the winds mirror what many of us feel inside: a stirring, a restlessness, a call to release what no longer needs to be carried.Autumn is the season of Vata — the dosha of air, space, movement, and transition. It is a time when we are invited to slow down even as the world around us speeds up. To anchor deeper even as the winds swirl. To trust that stillness is not the absence of motion but the steady centre beneath it.This is the heart of this week’s MoonNidra. It is a guided practice designed to help you find that still point. To soften the impulse to control. To honour what has grown. To release what is ready to fall away. And to receive what has been waiting to arrive.This practice is not about fixing or improving. It is an invitation to remember. To return. To rest.Practice Focus* Body focus: Heart and upper back, the landscape of receiving, emotional steadiness, and soft expansion.* Theme: Stillness amidst movement, receiving light, releasing control.* Seasonal support: Full Moon in October, Harvest energy, Vata season, storm clearing.Journal PromptAs the winds shift and the season changes, take a moment to notice what offers you stillness. It might be a breath that grounds you, a simple daily ritual, or a space that feels deeply safe and steady.Ask yourself:* What anchors me when everything around me is moving* What does enough feel like in my body right now* What am I ready to release so I can receive more fullyIf this practice resonates, share it with someone who needs a reminder that calm isn’t something we wait for, it’s something we return to, again and again.xxNikki This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit restedrebel.substack.com

Clarity in the Light of the Corn Moon

Episode: MoonNidra Prayer — Clarity in the Light of the Corn MoonLength: ~15 minutesThis week’s MoonNidra comes in a different form. Normally a meditation, tonight it arrives as a prayer — written under the September Corn Moon.Feel free to rest in a lying position, close your eyes, and simply receive. Let this prayer be a moment of stillness, and a doorway into rest.Inside you’ll hear:Why prayer itself is a form of surrenderHow the Corn Moon reminds us of harvest, clarity, and cycles renewedWhat to do when fear of mistakes clouds your choicesThe invitation to trust one step at a time, as the moon lights your wayA simple prayer, offered as practice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit restedrebel.substack.com

Suit of Swords × Solar Plexus — Get Clear

Show NotesThe Swords reflect the clarity and sharpness of thought.The Solar Plexus Chakra is the seat of willpower, fire, and discernment.In this practice, air feeds the inner fire — the fire burns through confusion — and clarity remains.Creativity is the bridge between mind and emotion, the place where ideas transform into lived expression.This is the closing practice in Suits of the Body.Thank you for walking this four-part journey with me.And this is only the beginning.A full Arcana Nidra series — weaving Tarot and the chakras in a deeper way — is on its way.Follow and subscribe to stay close. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit restedrebel.substack.com

Suit of Wands × Throat Chakra

– Theme: Fire, expression, creativity– Body focus: Throat & voice– Element: Fire– Suit: Wands– Chakra: ThroatCreativity is the thread that connects emotion to voice, imagination to truth. This episode invites you to feel how movement, breath, and sound can clear space for what wants to be spoken.👉 This is Episode 3 of 4. Follow & subscribe to join me next week for Suit of Swords × Solar Plexus — Clearing the Noise. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit restedrebel.substack.com

Suit of Cups × Sacral Feminine Energy — Suits of the Body, Ep. 2

Episode 2 of 4 — Suits of the Body: Cups × Sacral ChakraThe Suit of Cups speaks in the language of the heart — love, grief, joy, longing. In Tarot, it mirrors the tides of water: sometimes spilling over, sometimes still and deep.Your sacral chakra — Svadhisthana — is the vessel for these waters. Located in the pelvic bowl, it’s the seat of creativity, emotion, and feminine energy.In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Water element is the deepest reservoir. It teaches us adaptability, patience, and the quiet gathering of strength.In this practice, you’ll be guided to:Rest awareness in your pelvic bowlFeel your inner waters held, contained, and supportedRelease the need to rush your emotional processRemember the rhythm of stillness and motionThis is the feminine tide — the ebb and flow that nourishes life itself.This is Episode 2 of 4 in the Suits of the Body series. Follow & subscribe so you don’t miss Episode 3: Suit of Wands × Throat Chakra — coming next week. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit restedrebel.substack.com