Here is the newest revision of Welcome to Earth.  It contatins the additional track "12 minutes to sleep" plus some additional written material on how to let go of daily stress from the body.
My newest project comes from requests I had to modify the Relaxation Sequence in Welcome to Earth: Explorations in Body Awareness and Relaxation. People loved the relaxation but didn't want to be returned to a relaxed, alert and awake state.  They wanted to deeply relax and then fall asleep.  So here is the new product!

What this CD can do for you

• For Your Body
  • RELAXATION:
    Learn how to let go of tension by practicing a simple skill set. A simple fifteen minutes of relaxation can revitalize your whole day, Relaxation reduces blood pressure, decreases heart rate, and alleviates insomnia allowing you to sleep.
  • STRESS REDUCTION:
    Become aware of the events, people, places and activities that activate your body and lead to tightness, stress and headaches.
  • BODY PAINS AND DISCOMFORTS:
    Learn to listen to the messages that your body is giving you about how to heal. Begin to make healthy choices based upon your body's healing wisdom. Learn to let go of that tension before the headaches and pain start.
  • SLEEP BETTER:
    Relaxation is the key to sleep. Teach yourself to let go of that body tension and stress that keeps you tossing and turning all night.

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Why I Made this CD

I work with clients doing work called Structural Integration, that changes people's shape, posture, and movement patterns restoring them to a more natural form and freedom. A critical part of this work is focusing awareness. As I work with new clients, I often ask them to move awareness into different parts of their body. For many this is a new idea.

Clients often experience relief and healing through the use of these awareness skills. They also learn that different parts of their bodies may have different feelings and needs. Once these feelings and needs are recognized and expressed, the whole person can then change and heal at an accelerated rate. I put this CD together so that you can get a jump start on your body awareness, healing, and personal growth.

Getting the most out of Massage, Bodywork, Movement, Yoga, and Athletic Performance

Imagine getting a massage when you already know how to relax when you want to. The benefit of the therapist's work can then go deeper, opening you up to new levels of experience. When a physical therapist, trainer, or movement teacher asks you to move your arm or leg in a new way, you will have the skills to find that part of your body in relationship to the rest of you. Whether doing Alexander, Feldenkrais, Pilates, Hellerwork, Rolfing®, Structural Integration, Golf, Tennis, Dance or Yoga the skills leaned on the CD will allow you to get more for your money and reach your goals faster.

Awareness, Change, and Pain

Awareness itself is the master of change. Bringing awareness into an area of the body activates change. So often when a body area is uncomfortable or aching, we withdrawawareness from the area and unintentionally shut down instead of arousing the body's curiosity of how to change itself for the better. By simply being aware of what is, the drama of pain and discomfort lessens.

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Description

This work originates out of a wish that all my clients could have an understanding of the power and wonder of awareness in their daily lives. Body awareness is a skill that we lose when we start living in the fantasy worlds of the past and future. The body exists in the here and now, and if we place our awareness in our bodies, then we are reunited with the present moment.

This recording offers a way of learning to focus on our bodies, an exploration that brings us into the moment of now. Our bodies have so much to tell us, if only we listen. I offer a path for listening, for creating a dialogue with our bodies, for saying hello, and for moving the focus of our awareness through our bodies.

Join your body on this enlightening exploration of life and consciousness.

The three explorations on this recording are best done at separate times. Each exploration is complete in itself. You will need time to rest and integrate after each.

• Introduction
• Exploration #1: Scanning your body for information, reawakening your body's ability to sense and feel, beginning a conversation with your body, saying Hello.
• Exploration #2: Moving awareness intentionally through your body. Reuniting the body's sense of wholeness.
• Introduction to Exploration #3:About affirmations.
• Exploration #3: Deep Relaxation Sequence. Deep relaxation, letting go of stress, being in a state of mental clarity and total relaxation, and returning to an alert, aware and awake state.

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Testimonials and Reviews

"Dear Scott,

I received and listened to your CD today. CONGRATULATIONS! I think it will really fit the bill for my clients. I found it very relaxing and I feel it will help those who are disconnected from their bodies to learn how to reconnect in a simple and pleasant way.

I plan to try it out on several clients and if they do as well with it as I anticipate, then I will be in touch with you for including ordering info on my website.

Thanks for creating something that will help me greatly in my work! I'll be in touch soon."

Sharon Butler, Certified Hellerwork Practitioner

"After I listened to the gently voiced recording and followed the simple instructions I was indeed more relaxed, present, and with a fuller sense of embodiment. The time zoomed by. Nice tool to have at easy reach.

(I'm reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle and found Welcome To Earth right in line with and supportive of the practice the author is encouraging.)

I highly recommend this tool for the care and feeding of the SI Practitioner and as a wonderful, tangible take away for clients to support their own development."

David Wronski

Great Stress Buster!

"This is a great CD for reminding you how to get back into your body and find the relaxation that all of us are starved for these days. Gently spoken, easy to listen to, nicely crafted. I especially liked the trip around the body, helping me to remember the parts I have become unaware of, and encouraging me to get to know them again by letting go of the tension I have been holding there."
Reviewer: Sharon

This concept is helpful, useful and stimulating to both my mind and body.

"I have found being able to move "awareness" to different parts of my body has enabled me to focus in on a pain or weakness and find relief. Being a tense person the relaxation sequence is just what I need to "calm down" and get a "second wind" or to relax me completely at the end of a long day. This CD is excellent gift to yourself and for a friend."
Reviewer: Jane

Extend body work from the table to daily life.

"This is a thoughtfully designed set of exercises that will extend the work done on a massage table and allow it to expand into daily life. It's practical and will save everyone time: the client who wants to do more than passaively receive bodywork and the bodyworker who wants to give his or her clients a way to relax and at the same time wake up the body."
Reviewer: Leonard Worley, Ph.D. from Charlottesville, VA April 2, 2003

So good it will put you to sleep.
"I listen to this CD every day. I'm really learning how to relax and it feels great."
Reviewer: Mary Morony from Keswick, VA United States March 27, 2003

BEST BODY AWARENESS & RELAXATION CD I'VE HEARD IN YEARS!!

"THE BEST RELAXATION CD I HAVE ENCOUNTERED! I have listened to literally 50 tapes and CDs on relaxation techniques and exercises, and this is by far the best I have encountered! Scott Gauthier's voice SOOTHS and puts your MIND, BODY & SPIRIT AT EASE. The exercises are EFFECTIVE, INTERESTING, IMAGINATIVE, RELAXING, opens one's breathing to be more RESTFUL & FREE, and brings the listener back to that vast ocean of calm within. The relaxation exercises helped me get in touch with myself, my feelings, my inner guide or inner voice (my authentic self). In addition, after completing the exercises I felt calm, but was better able to concentrate and had much more energy than usual. The sound quality is excellent; Scott Gauthier's speech is clear, calm, and easy to understand. He has a great voice for leading people through relaxation exercises. In addition the artwork on the front and back of the CD is beautiful and tranquil. For people who are too much "in their head" and analytical, some of these exersizes would be great at helping them get present in their body through body awareness exersizes. This CD would also be great for use with groups for relaxation training. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A GREAT RELAXATION AND BODY AWARENESS CD, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ONE!"
Reviewer: Devine Love from California, USA November 5, 2003