In Dr. Dalton-Smith's work, there are 7 types of rest:

• Physical — What your body needs to feel good.
• Mental — How full or strained your mind feels.
• Emotional — Restoring balance in how you give and receive emotional energy.
• Sensory — Input from lights, sounds, textures, screens.
• Creative — Recharging imagination and curiosity.
• Social — Balancing connection and solitude.
• Spiritual — Feeling aligned and purposeful.

Note: Spiritual rest isn't necessarily tied to religion. It's when your life feels in sync with your deeper self — the “I'm doing what I'm meant to be doing” feeling. When you lose that alignment, spiritual rest helps you reconnect with your values and sense of purpose.

How resourced or depleted do you feel in each kind of rest? Rest isn't just doing less — it can also mean adding the right kind of nourishment. Consider how you want to recharge. Would you be best served by something passive/disengaging or active/engaging in each area?

If you're feeling overstimulated in an area, you may need stillness, quiet, or lower input. But other times, you benefit more from stimulation or engagement — be it gentle or delightfully extra. Sometimes your body needs to lie still and recover; other times you'll feel better after a walk or stretch. Seeing friends might recharge you one day and drain you another. Some activities touch multiple types of rest — a walk may soothe your body but overwhelm your senses, or a mentally tired day might make any outing feel impossible. Use this to notice patterns and guide choices, not to judge yourself.

Only you know what you need. For suggestions on ways to recharge, try moving the sliders below from left (less/passive/disengage) to right (more/active/engage).