Monica T. Johnson
MIND.BODY.AWAKENED.
Rest Awake Meditation
The Rest Awake Meditation – A mind-body meditation
What is the Rest Awake Meditation?
Rest Awake Meditation is a simple, refreshing mind-body practice that blends gentle breathwork with calming visual imagery. It’s quick, easy to learn, and designed for everyone, no experience needed!
Created by me, Monica T. Johnson, this meditation method is offered through short, guided sessions that are easy to follow and fit right into your everyday life. Whether you’re sitting at your desk, taking a break, or winding down before bed, you can use these tools anytime, anywhere.
You don’t need a silent room, incense, or the “perfect” posture. If you can breathe, you can do it. And best of all? It really works. Rest Awake Meditation helps you relax, reset, and come back to yourself, gently and naturally.
I created the Rest Awake Meditation while working as a yoga therapist in a hospital, where I supported patients at all stages of healing. Many of them were dealing with mental or physical challenges that made traditional movement or deep focus difficult. What I discovered was truly inspiring: even the simplest combination of gentle breathing, a positive thought, and a bit of guided imagery could create a powerful shift. Patients would relax almost instantly, and often feel more calm, present, and hopeful.
That’s how Rest Awake Meditation was born: a super accessible way to relax the mind and body without needing perfect conditions. You can do it sitting, standing, or lying down, wherever you are, however you’re feeling. It’s designed so anyone, at any age, can use it to de-stress, reset and reconnect.
Try it for yourself and see how quickly you can feel better.
Contact Monica to find out more about private or group instruction.
Benefits:
* Occupies the mind in a way that then brings deep relaxation to the nervous system and whole body.
* Allows the whole body to realign itself so that it can repair.
* Prepares the body for rest, activity or other healing methods such as chiropractic care, physical therapy, personal rehabilitation, acupuncture as well as other holistic treatments.
* A tool to be used at any time of day to calm or rejuvenate your entire system.
What is mind-body medicine, really?
It’s the simple idea that your thoughts and your body are on speaking terms. What happens in one shows up in the other. This isn’t new, by the way. Hippocrates said it thousands of years ago. The greatest healing force is the one already inside you.
What are mind-body methods?
They’re the practices that put you back in touch with your own body. Meditation, breathwork, guided imagery, gentle movement. The skill they all teach is the same one: how to bring your attention to your body and keep it there, without your mind wandering off, which it usually will. Focused attention. That’s it.
Does any of this actually work?
“Mind over matter” was a saying for a long time, and for a long time that’s all it was. Now there is real research behind it. Studies suggest these practices may ease stress, lift mood, and help the body do what it already knows how to do. It can also keep you on an even keel in those times you need to chill.
How does it work?
When you’re stressed, whether it’s a bad day or a bad year, your body floods with stress hormones. That’s exactly what you want in a real emergency, and exhausting when there isn’t one. Over time it wears on your sleep, your heart, your immune system, your patience with the people you care about. Mind-body practices work in the other direction. They let your nervous system know the emergency is over, so your body can get back to the business of repair.
What is it good for?
More than you’d think. Deeper rest, steadier coping when life gets loud, less tension in the places you tend to carry it, and a growing sense that you and your body are good friends.