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Singing You to Sleep

June 29th, 2011 by admin
Promotions, Sleep Tips

Remembering Through ResonanceBuying a great mattress is the first step toward finding your way to a perfect night’s rest—but sometimes life’s stressors, big or small can manage to worm their way under the covers and disrupt the sleep you need and deserve.

The most prevalent reason for sleepless nights is the inability to let go of all the stuff that goes on during the day: your stressful job, your kid’s soccer loss, a tiff you had with your spouse are all hard to shake off when night falls.

So, to help you strip off the negativity along with your stuffy suit and pinchy shoes, Englander has teamed up with sacred sound guru Fabeku Fatunmise for a free download of one of his soothing singing bowls tracks. It’s simple really – just head over to our Singing You to Sleep page, fill out the VERY small form and you’re on your way to a better night’s sleep!

Fabeku FatunmiseMore About Fabeku Fatunmise

Fabeku has dedicated the past 18 years to learning the inner workings of the thing he calls “sacred sound.” That combined with a master’s level certification in “this sound stuff,” he’s the guy you want to know about when you need to he’s unwind through music and cut out the “stuck and struggle” that can make sleep impossible.

 

“I’m most comfortable in a Bob Marley t-shirt and Chuck Taylors…When I was 9, I was pretty sure I was going to marry Cyndi Lauper.”

- Fabeku Fatunmise, Sankofa Song Sound Healing

More About Remembering Through Resonance

Fabeku has quite a way with words and can describe his work much better than I can. Check out his description of Remembering Through Resonance, the full-length album that contains this track:

“When things go fuzzy, stuff goes wonky. But don’t beat yourself up for forgetting. It’s normal. It happens to all of us. The good news is that since stuck and struggle show up when we forget stuff, they also take off once we remember. Remembering causes stuff to shifts.

Composed entirely of singing bowls, Remembering Through Resonance helps you to plug back in to your bigness—back to the big, deep, always-there awesomeness that is you at your best and most brilliant and most beautiful. It’s a call back to the place within you that’s beyond the stuck and the struggle, the part of you that holds the mojo to move mountains. When you reconnect with that, stuff shifts. Quickly. Deeply. For good. And for real. That’s a thousand kinds of awesome.”

Awesome, indeed.

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Live Better.

June 14th, 2011 by admin
Promotions

Jennifer Louden, bestselling author the The Woman's Comfort BookJennifer Louden, author of The Woman’s Comfort Book, should be the poster girl for our “Sleep Better, Live Better” campaign—if only the Internet had posters. Jennifer sums up her world philosophy in a Twitter-approved 44 characters by saying:

“Self-love + world-love = will make you whole.”

So succinct and totally to-the-point, we think this easy equation is great. Jen’s less concise version of her outlook, on the other hand…is also great. Jen writes on her web site’s “Who I Am” page:

“Ever feel restless – even though your life is so so busy? Ever feel that, with the talents and the compassion you have, you could be doing more for the world? Ever wish you could find a better way to both slow down and ramp up, so your life is both one that you savor and one that better serves the world? Then you have come to the perfect place. I’m so curious about the sweet spot where our longing to be happy meets our desire to make a difference I’m devoting a year to exploring it.”

Jen invites you to explore along with her, to discover your passions and yourself in order to—you guessed it—live better.

The Woman's Comfort Book by bestselling author Jennifer LoudenWords to Live By

In her best-selling book, The Woman’s Comfort Book, Jennifer offers encouragement and advice on how to derive peace and pleasure from daily rituals by focusing on self-care and self-kindness.

Her suggestions range from the routine (herbal baths, journaling) to the whimsical (blow bubbles when stuck in traffic), each tackling different areas of a woman’s busy busy life. When you are asked to do it all, Jennifer seems to ponder, how do you fit it all in? Why, by taking care of yourself first.

Start Today with a “Like”

Jen graciously signed copies of her The Woman’s Comfort Book, and we will be giving away one a week to our followers on Facebook. (Yay! Cool!) All summer long, we will choose winners randomly from among those who “Like” us – so don’t forget to head over our page and click that Like button for a chance to win!

Spread the word: to your friends, your family, anyone you love and respect, and start living better now.

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Bring the Indoors Out

May 26th, 2011 by admin
Design Ideas

Outdoor BedSpring has sprungity sprung sprung—I know, the official start to spring was eons ago, but it feels like the weather has finally decided to catch up—and summer is just around the corner. As the temperature rises, a strange phenomenon takes hold of people: the need to take all things outside and do some outdoor living.

Brunch happens in the garden, dinner happens on the patio, washing happens in the outdoor shower and napping happens in the hammock. Oh, glorious sunshine! It seems the only thing that we continue to do inside, most likely because we feel like we have to, is get a good night’s rest. But what if someone moved the mattress outside? The perfect midsummer’s night dream with an outdoor bed is just a little imagination away!

From the practical to the fantastical, these whimsical outdoor boudoirs could be just what the doctor prescribed for your spring fever. Let these gorgeous photographs jumpstart your imagination, then move on to our tips for functional-izing your vision.

Seek shelter.

Beautiful outdoor living with a sleeping porchThe biggest concern involved in taking it outside is the elements. It would be very unfortunate if your mattress and linens got a thorough soaking in a storm. So, eliminate the rain factor by finding a covered area for your bed. A screened-in or roofed-in porch, a fanciful tent or a pergola all would do the trick.

Go versatile.

You can also incorporate your outdoor bed into your existing décor by dressing it up as a daybed. Or, go for a stripped-down approach to minimize the risk of damage to your bedding; use linens sparingly, a throw pillow here a quilt there, and add extra accoutrements on the clear nights you want to sleep under the stars.

Gorgeous outdoor bed

The idea of hauling a mattress to the great outdoors may seem daunting, but I imagine the rewards far outweigh the inconvenience. One perfectly cozy mattress + a bottle of red wine or some tea + the sky’s velvety canvas of stars sounds like a waking dream—one soon to be followed by an actual dream.

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