The Body Map Edition: Arms and Legs
The fourth intention of Constructive Rest is to Promote an Accurate, Adequate Body Map.
With this guide, along with the Balance and Breathing guides, you will be invited, while in the context of Constructive Rest, to revise and refine your body map. In order to move with the best coordination and efficiency, it’s important that you have no misconceptions either consciously or unconsciously about your body’s structure, the function of those structures, or their size.
Learn the true arm joints, their location, and how they move. Experience the 3 rotations available with each arm. Enjoy the rhythmic and coordinated movement from the inside edge of your scapulae (shoulder blades) on your back, and your sternoclavicular joints on your frint, all the way out to the tip of your little finger.
Discover the coordinated movement of your leg joints. Clarify where your hip joints are and aren’t! Understand that your knee cap is not your knee and you do not, after all, have an “L” shaped foot!
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Constructive Rest: The Body Map Editions are a great companion to the instructional DVD, Move Well Avoid Injury.
The Body Map Edition: Breathing
The fourth intention of Constructive Rest is to Promote an Accurate, Adequate Body Map.
With this guide, along with the Balance and Arms & Legs guides, you will be invited, while in the context of Constructive Rest, to revise and refine your body map. In order to move with the best coordination and efficiency, it’s important that you have no misconceptions either consciously or unconsciously about your body’s structure, the function of those structures, or their size.
Free breathing depends on an accurate map of your breathing structures. Learn about what structures breath and how they move. Also, learn what structures assist free breathing. Did you know that your spine wants to be intimately involved with your breathing? Find out how by exploring all of The Body Map Edition guides.
To order CD’s visit the Store Page.
Constructive Rest: The Body Map Editions are a great companion to the instructional DVD, Move Well Avoid Injury.
The Body Map Edition: Balance
The fourth intention of Constructive Rest is to Promote an Accurate, Adequate Body Map.
With this guide, along with the Breathing and Arms & Legs guides, you will be invited, while in the context of Constructive Rest, to revise and refine your body map. In order to move with the best coordination and efficiency, it’s important that you have no misconceptions either consciously or unconsciously about your body’s structure, the function of those structures, or their size.
Learn about, and even more importantly, experience the buoyant ease associated with balance around your core. Learn what it means to honor your spine. Learn to use your kinesthetic sense to discern balance at several key places along your core:
- Balance of your head on top of your spine
- Balance of your thorax over your lumbar spine
- Balance at your hip joints
- Balance at your knees
- Balance at your feet with the floor
- Balance of your arm structure over your torso
To order CD’s visit the Store page.
Constructive Rest: The Body Map Editions are a great companion to the instructional DVD, Move Well Avoid Injury.
Sleep Constellations
Be humble for you are made of Earth.
Be noble for you are made of stars. ~Serbian Proverb
Transform Tossing and Turning Into Sound Sleep, Tonight!
Available on Apple Music, iTunes, and Spotify
Search artist name: SmartPoise
True rest is not the absence of movement, but the absence of struggle.
Sleep Constellations offers a practical, effective strategy for inviting easy body movements, calm rest, and restorative sleep, naturally!
Sometimes we go to bed and don’t fall asleep as fast or as easily as we’d like. Or we wake up in the middle of the night and can’t go back to sleep. With this audio guide you will learn how to ease mental stress and release physical tension, calming your mind and body into a state of leisure. Tuning in to leisure being invites deep rest and healthy sleep.
How Does Sleep Constellations Work?
- By cultivating a wholesome embodied awareness.
- By inviting muscular freedom throughout your body, beginning with the muscles of your neck.
- By restoring coordination to your breathing by allowing easy, complete exhalations.
- By playing with an infinite variety of sleep positions perceived by your joint sense: kinesthesia.
- By enjoying the process of resting while letting go of caring whether you sleep or not.
- Sleep Constellations is deeply influenced by principles of The Alexander Technique and Body Mapping.
There are two sleep tracks, one 17 minutes long, the other 34 minutes long. Each track gradually fades in volume by 50% from start to finish. The fade scheme are designed to imperceptibly keep pace with the gradual relaxation you will experience as you drift into sleep.
How many Sleep Constellations can you create, and enjoy, in your “night sky?!”
Why wait?! Download or order the CD now and experience Sleep Constellations tonight!
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Constructive Rest On Airplanes
De-stress and Arrive Fresh
From Your Next Flight!
Since not many of us are flying these days, how about taking a trip anyway . . . in the comfort of your easy chair! While my audio guide, Constructive Rest On Airplanes, was designed to transport the traveler to freedom and ease while in the confines of public transportation . . . it works just as well in the comfort of your own home or as a passenger on a domestic road trip. Give it a try!
Constructive Rest On Airplanes offers a practical, effective strategy for achieving deep rest and relaxation in an airplane seat on long flights, naturally!
With this audio guide you will learn how to ease mental stress and release physical tension, calming your mind and body into a state of leisure and relaxation, all within the confines of an airplane seat. It works equally well for bus and train travel, too!
How Does Constructive Rest On Airplanes Work?
- By cultivating a wholesome embodied awareness.
- By inviting muscular freedom throughout your body, beginning with the muscles of your neck.
- By restoring coordination to your breathing by allowing easy, complete exhalations.
- By being aware of subtle body position changes perceived by your joint sense: kinesthesia.
- By enjoying the process of resting while letting go of cares and concerns.
- Constructive Rest On Airplanes is deeply influenced by principles of The Alexander Technique and Body Mapping.
Why wait?! Download or order the CD now and experience Constructive Rest On Airplanes on your next flight!
NOTE: Constructive Rest On Airplanes is for passenger use ONLY. Do not listen while piloting an airplane or operating any vehicle or machinery.
Feedback
Amazing!
“I listened to the recording at the beginning of first flight. Have to say I have never been that relaxed or at ease. I could barely open my eyes. Hoping that I can have a similar time on the 4hr one. You are a miracle worker! I also must say I almost thought there was some celestial being whispering in my ear . . . the hum of engines with your track on top of it transported me somewhere amazing!”
Cara D., Oregon USA
Improved My Trip!
“I recently flew to Japan and the 14-hour flight usually leaves me sore and exhausted. On this past trip, I listened to Constructive Rest On Airplanes and it greatly improved my trip! It helped me relax and feel comfortable in my seat, which is quite a feat for an economy seat on a 14-hour plane ride. All of the Constructive Rest CDs are wonderful ways to relax and improve your “Use” and now there’s a version you can use on airplanes! It’s wonderful!”
Karen W., Japan
Welcome Travel Companion!
“I recently flew to Germany for a summer vacation, and had already spent about 8 hours in airports and walking around before I sat down in the 8-hr flight across the ocean. Needless to say, I started the flight even sore-er and more uncomfortable than usual. Listening to Constructive Rest On Airplanes, I was able to check my posture and had reminders to sit in ways that were -much- more comfortable and painless for my body. The entire audio, beyond reminding me to sit in a way that respects my body better, was very relaxing to focus on after the day’s stress of traveling. This audio is a very useful and welcome travel companion.”
Danielle F., Colorado USA
A Necessity For Any Trip!
“All of the constructive rest CDs provided me with wonderful opportunities to gain awareness of my “Use” and how I carry myself. In particular, Constructive Rest On Airplanes made my traveling experience much more comfortable and relaxing, both mentally and physically. This CD helped me reach my destination calmly and with no stiffness! This is definitely a necessity for any trip.”
Abby D., Massachusetts, USA
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The Alexander Technique Edition: Whispered Ah
The Whispered Ah is one of the classic procedures used in practice of The Alexander Technique.
This guide includes all the basics of The Guide for Everyone and Directions, with the addition of gentle invitations to play with the Whispered Ah. The Whispered Ah is a vocal procedure encouraging openness and relaxation in the neck, throat, and around the vocal folds. It’s great for those who use their voice a lot like public speakers, singers, parents, and teachers. The Whispered Ah is a very effective stress reliever.
The Alexander Technique Edition – Whispered Ah includes the instructional track: The Intentions of Constructive Rest.
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The Alexander Technique Edition: Directions
Basic Constructive Rest, plus Alexander’s directions.
F. M. Alexander, the forward thinking creator of The Alexander Technique, developed the “directions” as a way to help cooperate with the freedom and ease we experience as we release stress.
When we experience anxiety (the startle response) our neck tenses, our breathing is restricted, and our eyes fix. We also experience a shortening and narrowing of our back muscles. This state also makes us prone to uncoordinated movement and unclear thinking.
Alexander’s directions describe very succinctly the opposite, releasing state, as in: neck free, head forward and away, back to lengthen and widen. These directions and variations are not meant to be actively done, but just dropped into our consciousness like a drop of lime juice in a glass of water. Our body knows what to do because our default by nature is freedom, not tension. Alexander’s directions are encouragement to our nervous system, that yes, we can be free to ease our neck, lengthen and widen our back, free our breathing . . . essentially regaining our full, empowered stature.
The Alexander Technique Edition – Directions includes the instructional track: The Intentions of Constructive Rest.
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The Guide for Everyone
The essential introduction to Constructive Rest.
Experience the basics of Constructive Rest. Come to your senses, release your muscles, free your breathing by renewing complete, relaxing exhalations, and open your perspective beyond your worries and concerns.
A gift to yourself, do Constructive Rest everyday!
The Guide for Everyone includes the instructional track: The Intentions of Constructive Rest.
Move Well Avoid Injury DVD