Mental Health Awareness Month · May 2026
A Day of Rest + Journal Release with JC Jackson
Because they couldn’t, we will.
Limited to 30 guests
For Mental Health Awareness Month, we are honoring rest as a form of reparations for Black women. This is not a workshop. It is not a lecture. It is an invitation to stop, to breathe, and to simply be. Whatever arises, grief, release, unexpected tears, laughter, you will be held here. You will leave with a journal designed to help you carry this stillness home.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28
“He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.”
Psalm 23:2-3
“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.”
Isaiah 30:15
“Rest is not a luxury. It is a divine right and a necessary component of liberation.”
JC Jackson
2.5 hours of intentional stillness at Jesse's House Holistic Assisted Living
A grounding meditation with a curated sound healing playlist to help your body downshift from urgency into ease.
A full hour to nap, lie still, or journal quietly. Lights dim, phones off. Rest however your body needs.
A warm cup made from the journal's own resting tea recipe. Chamomile, lavender, and herbs chosen for calm.
A live performance of JC Jackson's poem “We Rest as Reparations,” followed by soft conversation and reflection.
Time to begin writing in your copy of We Rest as Reparations. It includes a resting tea recipe, a salve recipe, and guided prompts.
An intimate gathering where rest is shared. Gentle conversation about mental health, resistance, and what it means to stop on purpose.
Plus a few sacred gifts we’ve prepared for when you arrive.
Tap what resonates. We'll meet you there with something from the earth.
Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, physician and author of Sacred Rest, identified 7 types of rest every person needs: physical, mental, emotional, social, sensory, creative, and spiritual. Most of us are running on a deficit in at least four of them.
Take her free 5-minute quiz to discover which types of rest you’re missing, then join us to pursue each one.
Take the Free Rest QuizJoin 250,000+ people who’ve already discovered theirs.
“When I first came to the event, I didn't know what to expect. I came in overwhelmed, and by the time I left, I felt completely calm. The atmosphere was beautiful and welcoming, and I felt at peace. All the things I learned and the gifts that were given to me helped me relax. It was a great event.”
Medicine Crafts Collective Student
Saturday, May 30, 2026 · Jesse's House Holistic Assisted Living · Houston, TX
Your rest begins in
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1:00 – 2:00 PM · Before the Day of Rest
Can't make it to Houston? The journal still finds you.
We Rest as Reparations is a guided journal for Black women who need permission to stop. Inside you'll find guided rest prompts, a resting tea recipe, a resting chamomile salve recipe, and space to practice carrying softness into your everyday life. It is research-backed, rooted in herbal medicine, and written from a Christ-centered heart.
$25 · Ships nationwide
Pre-orders ship the week of June 8, 2026
Curated sounds for stillness. Press play and let go.
JC Jackson is a Holistic Healthcare Advocate, author, spoken word artist, and the founder of Elijah Broke the Gate LLC and Jesse's House Holistic Assisted Living. She is currently completing her Master of Science in Clinical Herbal Medicine at Notre Dame of Maryland University's School of Integrative Health, the only M.S. Clinical Herbal Medicine program from a regionally accredited university in the nation. She also leads Medicine Crafts Collective, a hands-on herbal school in Houston.
Her work lives at the intersection of herbalism, faith, grief, and rest. She created We Rest as Reparations because she believes Black women deserve tools for stillness that honor their bodies, their ancestors, and their God.
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