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Rest: Not Just Sleep You Lazy Bones

Rest Defined:

1. Cessation of work, exertion or activity
2. Peace, ease or refreshment resulting from sleep or the cessation of an activity
3. Sleep or quiet relaxation
4. The repose of death: eternal rest
5. Relief or freedom from disquiet or disturbance
6. Mental or emotional tranquility
7.Termination or absence of motion
8. Music
a.  An interval of silence corresponding to one of the possible time values within a measure
b. The mark or symbol indicating such a pause and its length
9.   A short pause in a line of poetry; a caesura
10. A device used as a support: a back rest

Physical
Why does your body need to rest? Between sets of exercise? Between bouts of exercise/ When not
related to exercise?

Hindrances: continued usage (hypertonicity, ischemia, continued exercise)

Methods to achieve rest of the body:

- Stop activity
- Modify posture
- Massage
- Heat
- Hydration
- Electrolytes
- Reduced neural activity

Mental
Why does the brain need to rest? What constitutes rest fro the brain?

There is evidence that the mind needs sleep.

Emotional
Is emotional rest different than mental? Than physical?


Mental – Emotional – Physical