Season 1 – Episode 12: Talking to Ely Bakouche
biddy Messchaert 
Join us as we talk to Ely about Rest. How we love it and how in our modern day it's almost a form of revolution to choose rest.
Ely is the co-founder and editorial director at Shut Up & Yoga magazine. She’s also a writer, yoga teacher, world traveler, life student, and absolute language nerd. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮-𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 and ones she has made her mission to share with her communities. She currently lives in Shanghai, China.
In this episode 𝙀𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩.. Why it's so hard to allow yourself to rest? Because it's against the system that is always telling us to go and do.
Curious about her? Go and do listen, but maybe in a more relaxed way than you usually do 😉
Find Ely's book here.
Connect with her on Instagram.
Read her blog about rest and productivity.