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Some Kinds of Rest

Jun 9
1 min read

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

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