A Restful Space

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A Radical Rest-orative Yoga Studio and Cozy Community Liberation Space in Old Town Eureka.πŸ™

Restorative & Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidrā, Community Grief Circles, and more. ❀️

Voted Best Yoga Studio in the 2025 NCJ Best of Humboldt contest!πŸ™ŒπŸ½

I'm so full of collective rage today. And it is sacred and righteous and needs to move and be expressed and tended. And ...
09/03/2026

I'm so full of collective rage today. And it is sacred and righteous and needs to move and be expressed and tended. And I honor this rage because it means my eyes are still open and my heart is awake. May all hearts and minds be awakened. The hour is now.

Post-capitalist anapanasati for radical rest and collective liberation. ❀️Come practice rest in tender community as a ra...
09/03/2026

Post-capitalist anapanasati for radical rest and collective liberation. ❀️


Come practice rest in tender community as a radical practice of embodied liberation. Small group classes in the historic Jacoby Storehouse on the Arcata Plaza are held on Wednesday evenings and Friday late mornings, plus private Deep Rest sessions upon request. πŸ™πŸ½β€οΈπŸ™ŒπŸ½


Well in honor of this gorgeous photoshoot with Joy Holland and because there are some new folks here (hi!), a little re-...
09/01/2026

Well in honor of this gorgeous photoshoot with Joy Holland and because there are some new folks here (hi!), a little re-introduction...

My name is Laura, she/her/they, PhD, & I'm the creator of A Restful Space, offering accessible, trauma-conscious, post-capitalist rest-orative yoga & collective grief tending in Humboldt County, CA.

I'm also a part-time geography college lecturer, parent, writer, & creator of two self-paced online courses, Yoga for Eco-Grief & Breathing for πŸ‰, which you can find housed with Embodied Philosophy & on The Portal πŸŒ€. My work explores the radical intersections of rest & grief, yoga & community, embodiment & power, cyclical wisdom & collective liberation.

I'm a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with advanced restorative training from Samantha Akers Sam Akers & certifications/cont. ed. in the , Embodied Activism from The Embody Lab, Yoga Nidrā with Kaya Mindlin | Mystical & Practical Nectar of Yoga, & accessible pranayama & meditation with Jivana Heyman.

I've deepened in my trauma-informed grief offerings as a practitioner of the Work That Reconnects & a student of Sacred Grief - Shauna Janz, & I have an MA in International Studies & a PhD in Cultural Geography specializing in Gender, Justice, & Environmental Change.

A yoga practitioner for more than a decade, I've offered yin & restorative classes, workshops, & private sessions since 2018, & I began facilitating community grief circles in 2021.

I've been invited to share at the Sedona Yoga Festival, Post-Capitalism Conference, First 5 Humboldt, campus community dialogue on race, Sacred Community Project, & at Vipassana meditation retreats. I've also published essays in places like Science And Nonduality & Lion's Roar, & I wrote a Yoga Nidrā-inspired children's book called 'The Little Book of Rest' w/art from Illustrations by Jenna Catsos.

I live on unceded Wiyot land in Arcata, CA (Wiyot place name: Goudi'ni, meaning 'among the redwoods' 🌲) with my partner & our daughter, dogs, & cats. I'm devoted to centering collective liberation & radical care in everything I do...what else is there to do now? May we all get free.

Learn more about my offerings - in-person & online - at the πŸ–‡οΈ in the comments. β€οΈπŸ™πŸ½πŸŒ€πŸŒ•βœ¨

May we attune to our hearts, each other, and this wild precious enchanted earth. What else is there to do now?
08/31/2026

May we attune to our hearts, each other, and this wild precious enchanted earth. What else is there to do now?


I think that Octavia F. Raheem must have written A Prayer for the Liminal Space in her book 'Pause Rest Be' precisely fo...
08/28/2026

I think that Octavia F. Raheem must have written A Prayer for the Liminal Space in her book 'Pause Rest Be' precisely for the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces... reading this (through tears) to close a private Deep Rest session with a beautiful client today felt absolutely divinely aligned. πŸŒ•πŸŒ‘πŸŒ€βœ¨

She continues...

'Let us dream of something new and ancient. Let us dream of nothing and everything in altering time. Let us dream of composting old things and planting seeds that will grow for generations to come. Let us dream of boundlessness even when we feel stuck and small. Let us dream of another world. And after all of that, baptize us in possibility and allow the breath of your water to call us awake. With eyes wide open, we reach shore. We begin.'

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Full moon lunar eclipse blessings dear ones. πŸŒ•πŸ’¦πŸ™πŸ½βœ¨There's one spot left in tomorrow's Restorative Yoga class, 11-1230, πŸ”—...
08/27/2026

Full moon lunar eclipse blessings dear ones. πŸŒ•πŸ’¦πŸ™πŸ½βœ¨


There's one spot left in tomorrow's Restorative Yoga class, 11-1230, πŸ”— in comments. ❀️


I try to always ask my daughter if she's proud of herself so that she knows validation doesn't only have to come from th...
08/27/2026

I try to always ask my daughter if she's proud of herself so that she knows validation doesn't only have to come from the outside. And today I am proud of myself for being vulnerable and brave and allowing myself to be photographed here in one of my dearest places on the Leo New Moon total solar eclipse just before my 41st birthday.

I told my unbelievably talented friend Joy Holland that I didn't like having my photo taken, and she said that's exactly the kind of person she photographs the most. I told her that I often don't see reflected in photos the person that I feel in my body and in my heart, but in these photos I do. I do. I am immensely grateful for the skill and creativity and support and love and brilliance of Joy Holland...these are priceless to me.

I feel embodied in these photos my values and my heart and my hopes for a world that is rested and connected, slow and present, compassionate and joyful, reciprocal and kin-centric, love-centered and free. I still believe despite it all that this is possible and that we can and will co-create this now. What else is there to do? 🌸


For all beings everywhere. πŸ”₯πŸŽπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έβ€οΈ
08/26/2026

For all beings everywhere. πŸ”₯πŸŽπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έβ€οΈ


Musings from the center of an eclipse portal. πŸŒ€
08/23/2026

Musings from the center of an eclipse portal. πŸŒ€


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