True Rest: A FormaFit Reflection

Mindful Movement & Inspirational Movers
Written By Coach Vida

I didn’t plan to rest. I just lay down. Mini desk still in place. Lamp still on. Cat finally calm. And I slept. Not the surface kind. Not the tossing kind. Not the kind where you close your eyes but your mind keeps running laps.

This was true rest. The kind that arrives when you’ve tried everything else
and finally stop trying at all. The kind that catches you, not because you finally got it right, but because your body couldn’t keep holding you up anymore and didn’t have to.

True rest looks like:

  • A lamp that burns all night because you didn’t plan to fall asleep

  • A cat who doesn’t claw at your peace, because he finally feels it too

  • A body that doesn’t ask for permission to recover

  • A silence that doesn’t need to be earned

  • A waking that feels less like morning and more like a return

I didn’t get rest because I finished my to-do list. I got rest because my soul overruled my schedule. And I’m letting it count.

The lamp beside me? Round. Planet-shaped salt lamp. A little moon I bought on Amazon, soft salt light from a galaxy that probably knows my name. Here’s a photo. You don’t just have to believe me, you can see yourself that it’s cute as hell.

Salt lamp on bed side table in front of snake and dog plushie

Here’s that lamp I love and some other things I keep on my bedside table.

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Coach Vida

Coach Vida is the voice behind FormaFit Active a movement journal rooted in mindful motion, real gear, cultural pride, and showing up without apology.
She believes in slow mornings, walking when it hurts, and building strength that feels like freedom.

Her motto: You don’t have to look like an athlete to move like one.

She writes from Los Angeles, with a speaker clipped on and sunscreen always in the bag. This journal is for anyone reclaiming energy, stretch by stretch.

Coach Vida es la voz detrás de FormaFit Active, un diario de movimiento con raíces en el cuerpo, la cultura y la intención.
Cree en moverse con calma, en estirarse cuando duele, y en la fuerza como libertad.

Su lema: No tienes que parecer atleta para moverte como uno.

Escribe desde Los Ángeles, con su bocina a un lado y bloqueador en la mochila.
Este espacio es para quienes se están reclamando, paso a paso.

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