AT Constructive Rest
Constructive Rest is a practice of lying down in a supportive position in order to allow your body to release excess tension, and your spine to lengthen. Based in the Alexander Technique, our guided lie-down talks provide an opportunity to practice awareness and establish freedom and ease in movement. Each installment is 15-20 minutes in length, and guided by Alexander Technique teachers Alexandra Kassouf and Kateri Gormley.
Episodes
When we practice acceptance, we are allowing conditions to be what they are, without judgment, and without trying to change them directly. This week, we use imagery to explore movement of the pelvis and head in a centering constructive rest practice. Read the accompanying text on our website.
We all have to make choices, and it's easy to get stuck wondering "what if..." In this lie down, we invite you to reframe the question "what if" as curiosity for the present moment. What if I allow my neck to be free?
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If we're walking around holding ourselves in place, just in case something happens, we aren't allowing ourselves the freedom to adapt if something does happen. If even the idea of falling can make us tense up and lock our joints, what kind of bracing do we do when we're actually falling? What if we could remain available to adjust and regain balance? What if that's also a metaphor for other areas of our lives?
Acceptance isn’t easy. But it can be an extremely useful practice when we are faced with situations that are outside of our control. This week, our lie down centers around a few simple questions you can ask yourself to bring you closer to accepting the present moment, and finding some freedom in your current conditions. Read the accompanying text on our website..
It's easy to shut down when you get overwhelmed. What if you could stay present by considering yourself permeable? Accepting information that is coming your way doesn't mean holding onto it tightly. It may mean letting it pass through you as if it were light. This week's lie down provides space to practice participating in your surroundings. Read the accompanying text on our website.
A winter coat isn’t useful in every situation. Neither are the familiar tensions of our protective habits. Take a few minutes today to practice softening yourself in this lie down, shedding your protective habits. Read the accompanying text on our website.
We are all born with an innate sense of direction, that is: the head leading us in movement, and the body following. This is due in part to our senses, many of which are located in our head. This week, we explore our natural sense of direction in prone. You can find the accompanying newsletter text on our website.
In this lie down we invite you to practice being open to what is there, rather than filling in the blanks with your previous knowledge and experiences. You can find the accompanying newsletter text on our website.
This week's lie down is based on the "Fish Body Exercise," a way to view your trunk as a supportive central structure. How might that be different from letting your limbs dominate your movements? You can find the accompanying newsletter text on our website.
We all have habits associated with one side of our body or the other. Our practice this week invites you to explore the left and right sides of your body in a meaningful way. You can find the accompanying newsletter text on our website.
This week, practice sensing yourself on the floor as you move with clear direction. Don't worry about getting it just right! You can find the accompanying newsletter text on our website.
This week, we practice cultivating a sense of quiet alertness in constructive rest. Stillness is a place from which movement begins, and a place you can return to. You can find the accompanying newsletter text on our website.
This is the first lie down talk of our new series "Integrating Thought and Movement." Take a few minutes to slow down and find out what happens when you give a thought to action and what happens when you stop. You can find the accompanying newsletter text on our website.
This week’s lie down explores what it means to listen with your whole self.
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This week’s lie down uses guided imagery to help you with your direction. Approach it with curiosity and free of expectations.
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Our possibilities for learning unfold when we allow ourselves to let go of our expectations. This week, we explore "getting out of our own way" by noticing our habits in constructive rest, and making different choices instead.
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How often do you try extra hard to fix a problem or pain and find yourself in a worse predicament? This week, we invite you to allow yourself to benefit from the indirect process of the Alexander Technique.
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