iRest Students

The yearning to help alleviate suffering in our world can be overwhelming. People you love are struggling with their mental health, the rates of homelessness due to addiction are on the rise in your community, and images of people living in war zones fill your screens.

We like to think of nature as a place for recreation, relaxation, and restoration. A meandering trail for hiking and birdwatching or a roaming river for swimming and fishing. A lush park lawn or a vast beach for a picnic with loved ones. The awe-inspiring vista at a retreat center to foster self-reflection and healing.

In this interview, Warren Spencer, who’s currently enrolled in iRest certification, shares some of the ways he’s felt called to share iRest within his local communities and those he’s had the privilege of visiting.

“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” ―Rumi iRest Institute began walking a new way this year and will continue to...

Imagine your child, or a child you know, has had a bad day at school. Their best friend was mean to them, a soccer ball...

What an extraordinary experiment! We welcome perceptions without trying to fix them or change them. We practice welcoming ourselves, and each other, in our brokenness...

“When I was a kid I never would have guessed that being an adult and ‘going to bed whenever I want’ would mean 9:30 p.m.”—Travis McElroy

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." —Rumi Alive in your heart...

For a moment there, in varying degrees across the world, our lives were reforming back into familiar shapes. City life, work life, social life. What...