Hester Brooks

Certified Daring to Rest Coach &
Yoga Nidra Facilitator

I help highly-sensitive women overcome overwhelm and claim a joyful rested life.

Are you a sensitive soul navigating a world that often feels too loud, too fast, or too much?

If these feel familiar, your nervous system might be asking for rest.

✓ Bright lights, loud spaces, and negativity affect me deeply.

✓ I feel emotionally drained after certain interactions.

✓ A packed schedule quickly overwhelms me.

✓ I can feel mentally exhausted, even when I’ve had physical rest.

✓ I struggle to sleep after overstimulating days.

Your sensitivity isn’t something to fix.
It’s something to honor.

That’s exactly why I created my rest offerings, with you in mind.

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Hi, I’m Hester.

I’m a highly-sensitive introvert.

I specialize in helping highly-sensitive women overcome overwhelm and claim a rested life. When I started health coaching in 2010, I noticed many of the women I was supporting were simply too exhausted to make lifestyle changes. What they really needed was REST! And I did too!

After experiencing the power of Yoga Nidra for myself in my personal practice, I became a Certified Daring to Rest Coach & Yoga Nidra Facilitator trained in The Rested Path™.

I practice Yoga Nidra almost every day, because it is essential nourishment for me as a highly-sensitive introvert and empath. I designed Rested Woman, my signature 1:1 mentoring program, to help you understand what’s keeping you in a cycle of fatigue, support you to make different choices to step out of exhaustion and claim a rested life.

“The rest I was able to reach was like calming ocean waves, slowly melting into a state of continuum with one's deeper Self. It really is a kind of medicine.”

-NANCY

3 Ways to Rest:

6-Month Mentorship Program

RESTED LIFE

The Rested Woman is a 6-month journey for highly-sensitive women to step out of exhaustion and claim a rested life with the 3-phases: Rested Body, Rested Voice, and Rested Action.

6-Week Sisterhood

RESTING INTO CLARITY

Sept 19, 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025
Fridays, 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern

From your rest nest at home, online. Explore Autumn themes of discernment, clarity, and releasing what no longer serves you.

Moon Rest Circles

ONLINE & IN-PERSON

Our next New Moon Rest Circle is September 21, held online through Zoom.

Our next Full Moon Rest Circle is October 7, held in-person in Camden, Maine.

What women are saying

  • "Hester's voice is soothing and nurturing, and the practice created a deep and healing state of rest. I have been noticing a soothing release of tension in my body, mind and spirit."

    NANCY

  • "I have listened to Hester's Yoga Nidra a few times while going to sleep and cannot believe its impact! I next need to try this during the day. I fall asleep every time but the quality is deep and restful."

    LYDIA

  • “I’ve done a couple different types of Yoga Nidra, but the Daring to Rest was so wonderful. It made me realize how essential and empowering rest is. ”

    MELISSA

  • “Hester, your Yoga Nidra is profoundly restful, stress relieving and calming. I enjoy it very much.”

    ANNA

  • “Every time I’ve done a Yoga Nidra session with you I feel better. My headache goes away and I have more energy. I want my daughter to experience this too.”

    SUSAN

  • "The rest I was able to reach was like calming ocean waves, slowly melting into a state of continuum with one's deeper Self. It really is a kind of medicine."

    NANCY

  • “Hester - thank you for a great session today.  Still can't believe my neck & shoulder pain was gone after the Yoga Nidra !”

    SARAH

  • “Hester's Yoga Nidra sessions have been very helpful in allowing me to rest not just sleep. Most mornings I wake up in pain and feeling exhausted. On days when I had those sessions, I woke up pain-free!"

    Julie

  • “Since I started doing Hester's Yoga Nidra recordings daily, I am sleeping much more deeply! When I wake up in the night it's easy to get back to sleep quickly with the short breathing practices I learned from her. ”

    CHRISTINE

  • "I came away from Hester's retreat feeling rested, joyful, optimistic, and a believer in the restorative power of yoga nidra. I am so grateful for this retreat and for Hester’s teaching, it has helped me more than I can express.”

    RETREAT PARTICIPANT

  • “I learned that I can rest. Yoga Nidra helps you to rest in moments that can be a lot or heavy. It’s something that actually allows you to shut off your mind.”

    EMILY

  • “If you are burned out, exhausted, and need to get away to take care of YOU- this is the place to do it! This retreat is deeply nourishing and rejuvenating.”

    RETREAT PARTICIPANT

  • "Hester listens to your requests and accommodates them so well. Rest is such a necessity that we refuse to acknowledge. Hester makes it easy. I’m so glad she shares her gift with us."

    CASEY

  • "This peaceful, pleasurable feeling washes over me regularly since I first started practicing Hester's Yoga Nidra. I'm much less reactive. And becoming more aware of how good I feel. It's like a beautiful sunset."

    SALLY

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Let’s Rest.

Get started with a 60-minute rest session.