When Rest Becomes Resistance: Soma Yoga for Burnout, Agency & Attunement
About This Session
Burnout is understood here not as personal failure, but as a natural response to systems that demand constant productivity. This trauma‑informed soma yoga class offers intuitive movement, impulse‑led flow, and somatic techniques such as rocking, shaking, and humming to support vagus‑nerve activation and tension release. The practice encourages curiosity over performance, creating space for nervous system regulation, embodied agency, and deeper attunement to internal signals.
Where to Find This
Stillness Hall Indoor
This serene, candle‑lit space is the festival’s sanctuary for slowing down—a home for meditation, breathwork, sound healing, Yin, restorative practices, and quiet reflection. With soft lighting and...
8:00 AM - 9:00 AMMeet Your Guide
Nikki Richard
Nikki is a social justice activist, yoga teacher, and certified somatic movement and breathwork coach who brings trauma‑informed practices into activist spaces as tools for regulation, solidarity, and collective care. Her work weaves nervous system awareness with political consciousness, offering an embodied, relational approach that supports resilience without bypassing structural harm.
