The Nap Ministry

The Nap Ministry We examine the liberating power of naps. The originator & creator of Rest Is Resistance framework. New Book: WE WILL REST!: The Art of Escape Out Now.
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The Nap Ministry was founded in 2016 by Tricia Hersey and is an organization that examines the liberating power of naps. We engage with the power of performance art, site-specific installations, and community organizing to install sacred spaces for the community to rest together. Our Rest is Resistance theory has been embraced all over the globe. We facilitate immersive workshops, lecture on our rest as a liberation practice, and curate performance art that examines rest as a radical tool for community healing. We believe rest is a form of resistance and name sleep deprivation as a racial and social justice issue.

03/13/2026

“Imagination is one of the most powerful modes of resistance that oppressed and exploited folks can do and use.” - bell hooks

And when you are exhausted, sleep deprived, disembodied and “burned out” you lose the ability and energy necessary to tap into your imagination. You become easier to manipulate. Rest, slowing down, daydreaming and sleep open a portal for imagination. Rest is resistance!!!

A Meditation for Rest. An ethos. Part of a rest practice. Don’t let folks worry you. We Will Rest! Our divine right!
03/10/2026

A Meditation for Rest. An ethos.
Part of a rest practice. Don’t let folks worry you. We Will Rest! Our divine right!

Being unhinged has been serving me well these last few months. Will report back. 😎 Still resting like my life depends on...
03/05/2026

Being unhinged has been serving me well these last few months. Will report back. 😎 Still resting like my life depends on it.

My good Sis is a brilliant scholar and artist. Her play is opening soon. Who is coming to see it with me? A field trip w...
03/05/2026

My good Sis is a brilliant scholar and artist. Her play is opening soon. Who is coming to see it with me? A field trip with the Nap Bishop? I will be checking it out Saturday, March 14th.
Join me by getting a tix. We can meet up in lobby and hug and smile.
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A queen of the skies 👑✈️

Queen Bess honors the fearless brilliance of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license.

History never looked so powerful. Come see by March 11-29 at

🎟️ Secure your seat 💺 (tickets) at theatredureve.org

Grind culture is violence. Rest is a human and divine right. Rest is Resistance.
03/01/2026

Grind culture is violence. Rest is a human and divine right. Rest is Resistance.

Y’all my son played me but a new friend thee came to the rescue. Got the best gift for Black History Month. 😂😂
02/17/2026

Y’all my son played me but a new friend thee came to the rescue. Got the best gift for Black History Month. 😂😂

I asked my son to photoshop the Kente cloth Kufi on this picture for me to celebrate Black History Month and he still ha...
02/17/2026

I asked my son to photoshop the Kente cloth Kufi on this picture for me to celebrate Black History Month and he still hasn’t. I will not stop until I get it. 😂😭

Go rest. Go sky gaze. Go write a letter to someone who could use a care comment. Again and again go take a damn nap. Chi...
02/16/2026

Go rest. Go sky gaze. Go write a letter to someone who could use a care comment. Again and again go take a damn nap. Chill on challenging and creating challenges.

2nd tenet of The Nap Ministry: Our bodies are a site of liberation. When tap into the spiritual, psychological, metaphys...
02/12/2026

2nd tenet of The Nap Ministry: Our bodies are a site of liberation.

When tap into the spiritual, psychological, metaphysical, and physical. Rest happens right where you are. We don’t have to spend money, leave our homes, leave anyone behind, have a passport, have valid ID to rest. We look to the tricksters, the escape artists and radical community care.

We Will Rest!

Every so often I gotta repost this cuz y’all think it’s a game. The messages will keep repeating. Keep napping. Keep rec...
02/11/2026

Every so often I gotta repost this cuz y’all think it’s a game.

The messages will keep repeating. Keep napping. Keep reclaiming your body and mind from toxic and violent capitalism.

Wow. Lectured at Sage Chapel at Cornell University during Black History Month. Moved to tears by tonight. So beautiful. ...
02/10/2026

Wow. Lectured at Sage Chapel at Cornell University during Black History Month. Moved to tears by tonight. So beautiful. Such radical hospitality. Sage Chapel is gorgeous. The people really connected. Signed so many books. Got two standing ovations. Cheeks hurt from smiling. The loveliest students. Just really grateful. 🥹😩❤️

Title of Lecture: Let our rest be a resurrection.

Thank you Mr. Gordon Parks for your witness of us. Grateful to the for being on Instagram sharing his legacy. Repost fr...
02/05/2026

Thank you Mr. Gordon Parks for your witness of us. Grateful to the for being on Instagram sharing his legacy.

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The Nap Ministry is a community organization that examines the liberating power of naps. We use the power of performance art, poetry, installation, public performance interventions and community art making to illuminate the artistic, spiritual and creative power of rest. It reimagines why rest is a form of resistance and shines a light on the issue of sleep deprivation as a justice issue. It is a counter narrative to the belief that we all are not doing enough and should be doing more. We are community centered. We are focused on radical self-care. Naps are a dream space that offers us a place to invent, create and heal. When we don’t nap, we miss out on precious creative time to hope and imagine. Hope is what will sustain us. Sleep will restore us.

The Nap Ministry hosts Collective Napping Experiences that allow the community to experience a safe space that has been curated for rest.