Purple lupine flowers in a garden with green leaves and blurred pink flowers in the background.

Woman dancing joyfully outdoors, wearing a blue dress and feather in her hair, with a garden and gazebo in the background.

Hester Brooks

**Certified Daring to Rest Coach &**

Yoga Nidra Facilitator

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

REST WITH ME

Are you a Highly-Sensitive Empath?

✓I am sensitive to bright lights, loud noises, and negative energy.

✓I feel emotionally drained after spending time with certain people.

✓ I feel overwhelmed when my schedule gets too full.

✓ I experience deep mental exhaustion, even if I’m physically rested.

✓ I have trouble sleeping, especially after being in overstimulating environments.

I designed my rest offerings specifically for you!

Hi, I’m Hester.

I’m a highly-sensitive empath + 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.

Meet Hester

“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:

The Rested Woman

6- Month Journey

1:1 mentoring with Hester

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.

RESTED WOMAN DETAILS

6-Week Sisterhood

RESTING WITH MAMA EARTH

June 27 to August 1, 2025
Fridays, 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern

From your rest nest at home, online.

SISTERHOOD DETAILS

Rustic Rest

2- hour mini-retreats

in Lincolnville, Maine

Small groups of 6 women, held at Hester’s home + rest sanctuary in the peaceful forest. We rest under the screen porch or around a crackling campfire.

RUSTIC REST DETAILS

Praise for Resting with Hester

"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

Item 1 of 14

Illustration of a man playing a guitar while seated

Let’s Rest.

Get started with a 60-minute rest session.

Book your first session