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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
Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020
16 min
This week, we invite you to explore the cross-body connections of your limbs as a way to release the abdomen and ribcage.
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Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020
9 min
In this week’s activity, we will explore allowing movement along our natural spirals both in walking and in lying down.
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Nov 28, 2020
Nov 28, 2020
8 min
This week, we take the skills we have practiced in constructive rest into an upright position: sitting in a chair!
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Nov 28, 2020
Nov 28, 2020
11 min
In this week’s shorter lie down, practice listening to yourself and making choices that honor what you hear. This lie down talk is a part of the 12-week series in which we invite you to “Come home to yourself.”
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Nov 28, 2020
Nov 28, 2020
18 min
This lie down talk is a part of the 12-week series in which we invite you to “Come home to yourself.” Take a few minutes to rest and connect to the space around you with ease, openness, and curiosity.
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Nov 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
16 min
This lie down talk is a part of the 12-week series in which we invite you to “Come home to yourself.” Take a few minutes to rest and consider what kind of words you use to direct yourself through space. Can you be gentler with yourself?
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Nov 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
14 min
This lie down talk is a part of the 12-week series in which we invite you to “Come home to yourself.” Take a few minutes to rest as we use natural imagery to help us release tension and discover our own intrinsic value and vitality.
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Nov 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
13 min
This lie down talk is the first in a 12-week series in which we invite you to “Come home to yourself.” Take a few minutes to rest and consider meeting uncertainty with openness.
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Nov 18, 2020
Nov 18, 2020
16 min
This week we invite you to be where you are, rather than where you wish you could be.
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Nov 18, 2020
Nov 18, 2020
19 min
This week, we take the time to pause and establish freedom and ease through mindful movement as a way to connect to ourselves and the world around us.
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