Akila Monika Richards

Akila is the founder of The Rest Experience CIC and works with and for marginalised communities to find rest in all the ways possible.

She’s developed the organisation for the last five years, which included a programme of outdoor and community retreats, events and collaborations.

The vision is to creatively rest with imagination that benefits our holistic, physical and mental health for the long term.

Akila is a poet, spoken word artist and writer and uses these skills to enrich her offer. She works with a range of artists and organisations to support the vision and spread the message of rest in joyful, meaningful and profound ways.

Akila’s believes that access to rest is a social justice issue and a form of resistance. She works with the ancestors.

Akila will be joining the talk: ‘Beyond The Bubble: Social Justice and The Role Of Wellness’ with The Gather.