Some Kinds of Rest
Updated: Jun 11
Absence of competing obligations
Abstinence from work
Active relaxing
Calm and sweet repose
Cheerful relaxation
Closing tired eyes
Creative leisure
Daily joy break
Deep relaxation
Downtime
Emotional calm
Enlightened pause
Fallow time
Freedom from care
Furlough
Glad respite
Hammock lying
Hammocking
Inward quietness
Joy break
Lazily sitting on the bank of a river
Leisure
Little break
Lunch break
Luxurious sabbatical
Lying down
Lying in the sun
Lying on a banana lounge under the apple tree
Lying on floor
Lying on rocks hot from the sun
Lying on the floor in front of the fire
Lying on the grass under trees
Lying on the grass under trees on a summer's day
Lying on the grass with an arm across your eyes
Lying on the lawn
Lying on the trampoline in the sun
Lying out under the stars, watching how big the world is
Lying under trees
Lying with your arms across your eyes
Mental calm
Mini break
Movement break
Muscles relaxing
National quiet
Natural repose
Not going
Not having to do
Not having to do anything
Obligation absence
Pausing
Pausing to enjoy
Peace of conscience
Peace of mind
Pillowing your head
Play
Practical sabbatical
Quiet relaxation
Quiet repose
Quietly lying down
Quietude
Recess
Recluding
Recreation
Relaxation
Relaxed muscles
Relaxing
Relieved fatigue
Repose
Respite
Responding to tiredness
Retirement
Sabbath
Sabbatical
Sitting under a tree
Slowing down
Spiritual refreshment
Stopping
Sun break
Taking a break
Time off
Times off
Tranquil respite
Unscheduled pause
Unscheduled stop
Wakeful relaxation
Watching the clouds float across the sky
Welcome break
Welcome respite