Niraj NaikFounder & CEO of SOMA Breath | Music-Powered Breathwork Pioneer | DJ, Speaker & Author

If deep rest is what you need, go to SOMA Breath App, type REST and choose the Rest & Heal, guide

20 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Short YouTube monologue by Niraj Naik reframing depression as a form of "deep rest." The speaker (SPEAKER A) quotes or cites spiritual teacher Jeff Foster's perspective—encouraging listeners to view depressive states as the body's need to rest from an adopted persona/character. The video title also promotes the SOMA Breath app (Rest & Heal guide).

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Depression is your body saying, fuck you. I don't want to be this character anymore. I don't want to hold up this avatar that you've created in the world. It's too much for me, you know? And so a friend of mine who's a spiritual teacher has a really good take. His name is Jeff Foster. You should think of the word depressed as deep rest. Deep rest. Your body needs to be depressed. It needs deep rest from the character that you've been trying.