The Summer Rest Series: A Jewel's Rest Circle

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It is a rhythm.

A Jewel's Rest Circle is a small, intimate summer experience for women who are ready to stop treating rest like a reward and start practicing it like a habit. Each circle focuses on a different area of rest and may include rest education, guided reflection, journaling, breathwork, creative rest, grounding, gentle movement, and sound-supported rest.

Every session is two hours. 

Fully guided. 

Fully intentional.

This is not a safe space. And it is not a brave space either. Those terms have been borrowed, rebranded, and handed back to us with fine print.

What this is Jewels, is a real space. A Sacred space.

No unsolicited advice. 

No fixing. 

No performing. 

You come as you are, you tell the truth if you want to, and you leave with what is yours. Dr. MaKesha holds the container. The women hold each other. 

That is it.

We meet monthly throughout the summer. Each circle builds on the last. By the end of the summer, you will not just know what rest looks like for YOUR lifestyle, you will have practiced it AND will continue to do so with collective support.

Each session will be held at a private residence in Shiloh, IL. 

We will begin SHARPLY at 6:00pm and end at 8:00pm.

All materials needed for each session will be provided.

Your only job is to show up ready to receive.

Session 1 — Friday, June 26th What Survival Cost You

We open with something most wellness spaces skip which is the truth about what this moment is actually doing to your body. The economy is not just a financial crisis. It is a nervous system crisis. And the advice the world keeps giving you? Some of it was never designed with you in mind. We will use science, including a personal aura scan, to show you what your body is holding before we say another word. We will look at what Scripture says about rest as a sacred right, not a reward. And we will begin the honest, soulful work of coming back to a body that has been carrying too much for too long.

Session 2 — Friday, July 24th Name What You're Carrying

Tired is not one thing. This session gives you the language for the specific kind of depletion you have been living in — the kind that sleep does not fix, that a vacation does not touch, that nobody around you can quite see. We will look at what science tells us about how unprocessed emotional and mental weight lives in the body. We will sit with what the Word says about the burdens we were never meant to carry alone. And in circle, we will do the soul work of telling the truth about what we have been holding and why we have not put it down.

Session 3 — Friday, August 21st Something Softer

This is where we start building. Not hustling. Not optimizing. Building something that actually feels like you. We will explore what it means to design spaces, practices, and a spiritual life that signals safety to your nervous system. We will look at what creativity and imagination do for a body that has only been in survival mode. And we will talk about what it means spiritually to stop striving and start receiving. This session is about giving yourself permission to want something quieter, slower, and deeply your own.

Session 4 — Friday, September 25th She Came Home

This is the session where everything lands. We bring together everything you have learned, felt, and practiced across the summer into a personal rest rhythm you can actually sustain. We will introduce an ancient practice rooted in feminine healing. One that Black women have used for generations to return to their bodies and restore from the inside out. We will close in circle, speaking aloud what we are reclaiming. And we will end where we began, with your aura scan. So you can see with your own eyes what four months of intentional rest did for your body, your energy, and your spirit.

All sales are final. No refunds will be issued.  Single session tickets are non-transferable. 

If you are a series pass holder and are unable to attend a session, you may transfer your seat to another woman one time for this series. Transfers must be requested at least 48 hours before the session date as some materials may be customized for YOUR rest journey. Please send an email to Dr. MaKesha at drlee@herjewelandhercrown.com if you need to request a transfer. 

Also, we encourage you to arrive early as the sessions will start on time. Plan accordingly to avoid being denied entry.

Not able to make each session? 

Join us now for the first session on Friday, June 26th.

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Friday, July 24th

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Friday, September 25th