I decided a long time ago there’s nothing that’s worth me being tired over. And ever since then, I’ve committed to myself, so my first priority is rest and everything kind of comes after that.

We promote and encourage rest as part of our language, as part of our daily practice. And that it’s not just self-care. Yes, I think that’s so important but I think if we have not done the due diligence to create a safe space...you’re often coming back to toxicity or things that are stress-inducing, or just don’t allow you to be the best you.

I cultivate rest by really finding that inner child...let’s play, let’s sleep, let’s encourage our bodies to do whatever they need to naturally do.

Simply put: Living under white supremacy, living within capitalism, I don’t know that I’ll ever have all the time. It’s not easy to break out of having to sacrifice rest for labor.

Once we have secured rest for Black trans people, everyone can rest.

To rest is to give yourself the opportunity to become aware of what needs to be repaired, and then staying in the slowness to do that.