Chapter 1 (sample text)

First Things First:  Constructive Rest

Smart farmers know they must prepare their fields before planting seeds, otherwise, their crops have little chance of thriving. 

So with learning, it’s advisable to prepare the receptive field.  Cultivating receptivity improves our ability to make connections and allows new information and new experience to take root.

A very good way to prepare for learning is to do Constructive Rest regularly.  Constructive Rest is very useful at the beginning of any practice session or even before a concert.  Our most important instrument for making music is our whole self of mind and body.  Constructive Rest is a time to enhance our relationship with ourselves and with our environment.

Five Intentions of Constructive Rest . . .